My tank is failing . . .

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fishhead0103666 said:
If they give you a tank for free then I might just have to order that same acrylic tank you ordered and hope they do the same thing on it.
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That’s the thing. When you buy a new tank the manufacturer is selling you the tank for 2-5x material cost. So if you buy one, it’s faulty so they make you another one free and still double their money on the sale. Take this tank for example. It’s only around $650 in material. The manufacturer could replace it 3 times and still profit.
 
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Lepisosteus said:
That’s the thing. When you buy a new tank the manufacturer is selling you the tank for 2-5x material cost. So if you buy one, it’s faulty so they make you another one free and still double their money on the sale. Take this tank for example. It’s only around $650 in material. The manufacturer could replace it 3 times and still profit.
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I wasn’t aware just how much profit is made on tanks, thank you for pointing this out.
 
Those are big margins but it's no surprise. For those that actually do it for a living, will factor in labor and overhead.

There are things around the house where Im sure we'd all be shocked of the mark up LOL.
 
phreeflow said:
You’re brave...I would’ve emptied that tank and moved the fish elsewhere by now. Water damage is no joke. Manufacturer better do you right....that’s a load of BS for a tank to fail like that
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Since this was my first big acrylic tank, I have been watching it like a hawk. Once I felt it was actually slowly getting worse, I reduced the water level. I feel it was enough to reduce the creeping failure to naught. I'm not anticipating a burst failure.

fishhead0103666 said:
If they give you a tank for free then I might just have to order that same acrylic tank you ordered and hope they do the same thing on it.
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They'll never build that design again.

Since I paid $900 for a custom 75g plastic tank, they could make me a glass one the same size and not suffer too much.
Glass is a lot cheaper. My 125 was only $399 plus $60 to drill the holes.
 
Consider a standard 120 gallon acrylic aquarium, 4x2x2. Uses 1.25 sheets of acrylic to build. You are looking at around $1500 new. 3/4” acrylite and chemcast is around $450 per sheet, 1/2” $300 per sheet. $562.5 and $375 in material respectively to build the tank. If you build one tank it pays for itself 3-4 times
 
You mess up the first tank, make the second tank for free and still profit on the initial sale.
 
I want a tank that works the first time. And lasts for 10 or 20 years.
I've bought tanks for $10 that did that. I've bought over 20 in my life that were just fine.

This is my first disappointment, and it's an awful expensive one.
 
There is no excusing this. This guy could have built it right the first time and still made a bunch of money off it and not had an unhappy customer. It's bad business! I am really angered by this. If he makes tanks he knew that was border line at best. So he purposefully cut corners to make a higher profit at the expense of the customer and without care to the damage that could have happened.
 
Maybe, but mistakes do happen, and I don't want to wag the finger too hard.
For one thing, I drilled a 2.5" hole in the bottom.
They could just tell me to get lost, as I have altered the tank.

I'll just order somewhere else if that happens, and I'll make sure word gets around.
 
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