"Daniel Morrow" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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I would definitely buy one when starting a new tank and if the price
was relatively reasonable (reasonable can extent to quite high for me
- - maybe $200-$400 usa dollars for a 120 gallon tank or larger). My 3
tanks are established so I wouldn't need to buy the whole shabang in
the case of a breakdown as likely only one component would need to be
replaced. Your idea would look awesome too compared to people having
cables, cords, tubes and pipes spewed out all over the place. You go

Thanks! When I sold aquarium set-ups, I'd often get customers who
inherited a tank (just the glass), and they wanted to buy everything
else. I explained that there were 4 cost drivers, and the order (from
most expensive to least expensive, over the 1st year) was usually:

1. equipment (canopy, lights, filters etc)
2. decorations, plants, fish, and their maintenance (foods, water
treatment etc).
3. stand
4. tank (!)

Economically, you're usually much better off with existing equipment,
stands and fish, and just buying a tank, than doing the reverse, but
emotionally, people rarely buy a tank to put under that spare heater ;~),
so tanks drive the industry. I'd have to design the canopy for existing
tanks, for hobbyists who were being successful and wanted to take it to
another level.
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