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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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
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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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www.NetMax.tk

"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

"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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Cheers,
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*)

"David Zopf" wrote in message
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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