Building a tank...

1500-$2000?????? Where are you shopping? I have picked up numerous 100gallon
setups for under $600. Including stands & canopies. I am in the Toronto
area.

"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"Sean" wrote in message
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A 100G tank here cost
anywhere from $1500-2000, ............
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Borrow someone's van or pickup truck and head for the States. Have the
closest pet shop near the boarder have the tank ready to go. That should
be a heck of a lot cheaper than buying it in ca, even including gas and
maybe staying at an overnight flea bag hotel. :-))
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Last time I looked, Hagen's 120g was $398cdn and their 130g was $432cdn
(regular prices), but this is just for the glass box. Canada's other
manufacturer (Perfecto) also makes large tanks and is priced similarly (or
lower typically).

Put them in a conventional stand with canopy & lights and you're typically
around $1,000. I've sold them with a filter system, gravel, stand, canopy &
lights for $1,000 but it was just a $200 open metal stand. I think US
prices are comparable (they have at least 2 high volume retail
manufacturers), and many low volume or commercial builders.

With a nice stand, and a lighting, filter and gravel upgrade, you can hit
$2,000 easy (more if you go with the matching red-oak stand & cap on an
Oceanic ;~).
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"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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1500-$2000?????? Where are you shopping? I have picked up numerous
100gallon setups for under $600. Including stands & canopies. I am in the
Toronto area.

"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"Sean" wrote in message
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A 100G tank here cost
anywhere from $1500-2000, ............
=====================
Borrow someone's van or pickup truck and head for the States. Have the
closest pet shop near the boarder have the tank ready to go. That
should be a heck of a lot cheaper than buying it in ca, even including
gas and maybe staying at an overnight flea bag hotel. :-))
--

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Troll Information:
http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
Reading Headers:
http://tinyurl.com/amm9s
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"Richard Sexton" wrote in message
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But they'll strip the meat off your bones if you try this in that
period just after the rains start.
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I saw a film clip on TV showing them stripping a water buffalo in minutes.
All that was left was the bones. Just knowing these fish are capable of
doing such a thing makes me want to pass on them.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Troll Information:
http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
Reading Headers:
http://tinyurl.com/amm9s
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

They can only do that when in packs of hundreds or thousands. When you have
a few in a tank they are VERY timid fish.

At least that goes for the Red Belly.
"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"Richard Sexton" wrote in message
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But they'll strip the meat off your bones if you try this in that
period just after the rains start.
======================
I saw a film clip on TV showing them stripping a water buffalo in minutes.
All that was left was the bones. Just knowing these fish are capable of
doing such a thing makes me want to pass on them.
--

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Troll Information:
http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
Reading Headers:
http://tinyurl.com/amm9s
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"Sean" wrote in message
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A 100G tank here cost
anywhere from $1500-2000, ............
=====================
Borrow someone's van or pickup truck and head for the States. Have the
closest pet shop near the boarder have the tank ready to go. That should
be a heck of a lot cheaper than buying it in ca, even including gas and
maybe staying at an overnight flea bag hotel. :-))


Sounds like a plan but I live on an island and for me going to the States is
like going on a vacation (at least it will cost that much anyways). It not
the point though I want to build it, I want to experiment with it.



Sean

"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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1500-$2000?????? Where are you shopping? I have picked up numerous
100gallon setups for under $600. Including stands & canopies. I am in the
Toronto area.

I live in Newfoundland. Our prices are nowhere near that good. We recently
had a bunch of Pets Unlimited shop open and I figured at those big chain
stores I would get a cheaper price. Nope...not a chance.

Sean

"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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They can only do that when in packs of hundreds or thousands. When you
have a few in a tank they are VERY timid fish.

At least that goes for the Red Belly.


That goes for all Piranha. The Red Belly is actually the more daring of the
bunch because they are a pack fish. A lot of Piranha species are loners.

Sean

In article ,
Sean wrote:
Why do you say arcylic is not so expensive? What have you found.

I checked around town here. I can get a 0.5" sheet of acrylic for $500. Or
I could buy Lexan, which would be about the same strength as a 1.5" thick
sheet of acrylic (according to the guy I just called here at a plastic shop,
but I shall check the PDFs on the product before I do anything ). He said
its the same stuff that they make bus shelters out of and its practically
indestructible. Anyways that runs for a little cheaper then the acrylic, so
now I've got my ballpark figure I say its going to be cheaper in
relation to what we have to pay here for tanks. A 100G tank here cost
anywhere from $1500-2000, I don't know what prices run where you are but
fish keeping isn't exactly a big thing here and the price/selection reflects
that. The local stores had a Xmas dealy happening and they were proud to
boast that they now have 55g tanks for the low price of $899. Comes with a
$10 filter/pump combo and a bag of substrate...ridiculous.

Ah, see, well, tanks are half a buck a gallon in Tronno. Used, albeit,
but that's fine. It takes two 4x8 shets to make a 240. I can buy one
for half the price of one sheet. But for BIG tanks it's your only option.

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"Sean" wrote in
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"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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1500-$2000?????? Where are you shopping? I have picked up
numerous 100gallon setups for under $600. Including stands &
canopies. I am in the Toronto area.

I live in Newfoundland. Our prices are nowhere near that good.
We recently had a bunch of Pets Unlimited shop open and I figured
at those big chain stores I would get a cheaper price. Nope...not
a chance.



Are you infering that the Pets Unlimited shop has joined the Water St.
Pirates? I'd think that they all have to swear alliegence before they
leave Halifax.

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"Sean" wrote in message
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"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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1500-$2000?????? Where are you shopping? I have picked up numerous
100gallon setups for under $600. Including stands & canopies. I am in the
Toronto area.

I live in Newfoundland. Our prices are nowhere near that good. We
recently had a bunch of Pets Unlimited shop open and I figured at those
big chain stores I would get a cheaper price. Nope...not a chance.


Thats what you get for putting the Gulf of St. Lawrence between you and
Civilization ;-)

Regards,
DaveZ
Atom Weaver
(Friend of Newfies... I've been Screeched *shudders*)