glass cages

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The reason the shipping costs are bad is because they will not ship glass tanks via UPS or FedEx, so they actually using a shipping company specifically to deliver the one item to the one person. If you get acrylic they can ship UPS.

Glasscages also does shows all the time, and you can have them bring it to a convention they will be at and you can pick it up there for only $125 more. (thats assuming that you are within driving distance of the show)

as far as how good of a product they are, keep the opinions coming, because i was going to get a 150G from them but if they have a bad rep I will look elsewhere
 
Yeah..unfortunately the shipping from glasscages is high, around 850 to the east coast. Although the tank is cheaper in price, but the shipping was insane. I know they have shows in White Plains NY where I can pick it up for 125, but the problem is trying to get people to help out, not everyone will be available, plus the show dates is no guarantee to be a free day to go and pick up the tank. Aside from getting a van or a uhaul to pick it up, its just a major hassle trying to coordinate friends to help out plus if that show date is a good one or not.

Which is why I went with Tenecor, got the tank last week, 96x24x24 and they delivered it via freight and the shipping was around 225. The major difference is weight. The GC 96x24x24 weighed around 500~600 and the Tenecor @270 lbs.

Also the warranty from GC kind of turned me off...90 days, as opposed to Tenecor's Life Time warranty. Sure the acrylic cost me more, but when I added up the shipping and compared to GC it was about 400 difference.

Anyways...my 2 cents...I didn't get to set up the 240g tank yet...building the stand thats semi-in-wall. :naughty: So need to finish that up and put the new tank in.

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Had a 180g that had been pre-owned.. while it had bottom molding issues. Where it was breaking off when you moved it either due to brittle ness or not enough glue when they glued it. Could have been and old old glass cages tank though. It was very well made. Loved that it was euro-braced and never leaked.
 
tonymofo;901681; said:
I'II stick with Great lake Aquariums in michigan. They have the best prices. They want $500 for a 180 (6footer), comes with metal stand and they guarentee it for a year. Anything happens replaced for free. Last time I was there got a 100 and a 85 with stand for around $375 w/warranty!!!!
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I had a 100 gallon aquarium from them new, great price, blew a seam after 3 months, they stood by their warranty and refunded the money. However I didn't buy their product again.So far it's all AGA and I'm happy, no problems with AGA to date, however they are limited on XL sizes
 
seems like you get what you pay for with them...
 
BushFishRox;1044187; said:
seems like you get what you pay for with them...
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That is what you get with anything that's commerical and made in the usa.. You can't put more work into something that you're being paid for it and still stay in the green. So yeah tenecor if you got the money will give you a great tank.. buy a cheaper tank and you're sacrificing a little..
 
cichlaguapote;1044227; said:
That is what you get with anything that's commerical and made in the usa.. You can't put more work into something that you're being paid for it and still stay in the green. So yeah tenecor if you got the money will give you a great tank.. buy a cheaper tank and you're sacrificing a little..
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I think if you get a monster tank you could be sacrificing a lot... better buy a wet vac as well :ROFL:
 
BushFishRox;1044243; said:
I think if you get a monster tank you could be sacrificing a lot... better buy a wet vac as well :ROFL:
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And such is why you take the risk of paying 2k for a 500g vs 4k for a 500g.. it's all in whether you'd rather risk quality to save a couple bucks. Either way you're putting all your faith in some companys tank builders whether you're paying half the price or double the price.

BTW everyone should own a shop vac already...;)
 
cichlaguapote;1044262; said:
BTW everyone should own a shop vac already...;)
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I live in a small apartment and I dont have carpet so I just have a broom and mop... :grinno:

when I get my monster tank 300+ (when I move) I will be getting it from a local custom aquarium shop that I know I can trust not a place that tries to cut corners to lower cost or places that sells tanks for retail like big al's...
 
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