Quality of fish tanks these days....

[dl10]

I would like to get back into the hobby with a 125 gallon tank setup after being out of the hobby for a while. Online reviews seem to say quality control has gone down.

How is the quality of mass market tanks these days ? Oceanic is no longer around, Marineland got out of the large tank business and All Glass is now Aqueon.

Petsmart has a 125 gallon Aqueon setup on sale for 399.

 

[Deadeye]

The glass tanks are built fine, it’s the lids/hoods that are crap.

 

[Backfromthedead]

Jexnell maintains several newer aqueon 125s i believe and doesn't seem to have any problems with them. How bout a review, jex?

 

[Cfremont23]

I got that exact bundle last year and it has worked completely fine

 

[Jexnell]

Jexnell maintains several newer aqueon 125s i believe and doesn't seem to have any problems with them. How bout a review, jex?

I got mine from Petsmart 2+ years ago now. Not a single issue with it so far.... well one, it's not a 8x2x2 lol

The day I got it

ATM it's Caspers home

 

[Jexnell]

I would like to get back into the hobby with a 125 gallon tank setup after being out of the hobby for a while. Online reviews seem to say quality control has gone down.

How is the quality of mass market tanks these days ? Oceanic is no longer around, Marineland got out of the large tank business and All Glass is now Aqueon.

Petsmart has a 125 gallon Aqueon setup on sale for 399.

I would get or two if I had the money. I got mine for $475 on sale with rewards, 75 less ATM will cover your substrate cost possibly. Originally they are 700 so nearly 1/2 price.

Edit: they come with a lifetime warranty if you use the stand it comes with so there's that.
One of our members finally had, if I remember right, had a ten plus year old tank finally leak. They let him keep the old one and sent a new one, so in the long run a 2 for 1 deal.

 

[jjohnwm]

Compared to tanks of several decades ago, I continue to be amazed at how thin the glass is on modern tanks. Back in the day, tanks were made of glass that was thicker than the absolute minimum that is typically used today. 6-foot and even 8-foot tanks were made without any type of bracing across the top, and although heavy they were very durable and secure.

I remember when tanks started to made of thinner glass and braces across the top started to become common, I found myself thinking that these things were a disaster waiting to occur. I figured it would be a short-lived fad; surely nobody would buy these flimsy boxes that actually required awkward braces across the top to keep from blowing up! A couple years, a few complaints, a few disasters, and i just "knew" that these things would fade from the market and the old overbuilt tanks would stage a comeback.

Yeah...right... ?

 

[Backfromthedead]

Compared to tanks of several decades ago, I continue to be amazed at how thin the glass is on modern tanks. Back in the day, tanks were made of glass that was thicker than the absolute minimum that is typically used today. 6-foot and even 8-foot tanks were made without any type of bracing across the top, and although heavy they were very durable and secure.

I remember when tanks started to made of thinner glass and braces across the top started to become common, I found myself thinking that these things were a disaster waiting to occur. I figured it would be a short-lived fad; surely nobody would buy these flimsy boxes that actually required awkward braces across the top to keep from blowing up! A couple years, a few complaints, a few disasters, and i just "knew" that these things would fade from the market and the old overbuilt tanks would stage a comeback.

Yeah...right... ?

DIY! overbuilt glass tanks are making a comeback in my fishroom, albeit in a very ponderous and trial-and-error laden process.

 

[jjohnwm]

DIY! overbuilt glass tanks are making a comeback in my fishroom, albeit in a very ponderous and trial-and-error laden process.

DIY? You're preaching to the choir! I haven't actually purchased a commercially-produced tank bigger than about 30 gallons in over 20 years...but I've built several 360-gallon tanks, a whack of 120-gallon versions and a few other oddball sizes. That's all I have now.

Glass? We don't got no glass...we don't need no stinkin' glass! Plywood, baby...plywood!

 

[Backfromthedead]

DIY? You're preaching to the choir! I haven't actually purchased a commercially-produced tank bigger than about 30 gallons in over 20 years...but I've built several 360-gallon tanks, a whack of 120-gallon versions and a few other oddball sizes. That's all I have now.

Glass? We don't got no glass...we don't need no stinkin' glass! Plywood, baby...plywood!

Ehhh...agree to disagree. Having tried both, I enjoy building glass tanks immensely and find plywood to be an enormous pita. To each their own though. Theres no question plywood becomes more advantageous when you're talking about 300g+ builds though.