ATM overpriced?

piranhaman00

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I went on there website just to look around at tanks and immediately i stopped looking.

I dont understand why someone would pay 1600 dollars for a 90 gallon tank. Can anybody tell me why its so much? Its without shipping too!

http://acrylicaquariums.com/contact/quote
 

petspoiler

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because they fancy themselves as being movie stars ;-)
 

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Because ATM is one of the BEST acrylic display shops in the world. Quality, design, customer service etc.... nobody beats it. Their clients are not the people who shop PetCo. I love working with those guys.

That $1600 is a full set up - custom sump, life support etc.... You would easly spend that putting it together part by part anywhere else.

To give you another 'high end' place to compare it to, Living Color has a cylinder tank just over 100 gallons that lists for $24,000.

When you get into tanks like those, trying to compare them to off the shelf/ mass produced tanks is like comparing a kayak to an executive yaht.
 

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Because ATM is one of the BEST acrylic display shops in the world. Quality, design, customer service etc.... nobody beats it.
Great actors as well...
 

piranhaman00

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Oh ok thanks for the input. I just didnt understand that
 

Dan F

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The 240 for $2600 seems like a much better deal. I have to say that it seems like it would be hard to spend $1600 putting together a 90 gallon - assuming no stand/cabinetry/lighting is included....
 

piranhaman00

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The 240 for $2600 seems like a much better deal. I have to say that it seems like it would be hard to spend $1600 putting together a 90 gallon - assuming no stand/cabinetry/lighting is included....
Yes thats what i thought.
 

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At first I thought that too but after i found out it was a setup and there tanks were super hight end maybe it is an okay deal...
 
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