Building a tank...

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.





I will admit there ar days when I fanatasize about an enormous
aquarium built on the bedrockbelow this place that sticks up
20 feet in the center of the house, but that's public aquarium
dimensions.

Sure would be a neat way to hear the house though :-)

Build it in a garage That's my dream.

Sean

"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. :-))
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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

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
...
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

"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

"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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Kurt (who left the Rock about 50 years ago)

"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*)

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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 ;-)

Heh, that's funny. I'm actually glad about that.

Sean

"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

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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