pseudodoras;5100361; said:
Give it some time, I'm sure they will come through for you.
8 weeks for a custom tank sounds about right to me. Mine took that long and it seemed like forever. Be patient, it'll work out.
Who Makes a Good Large Acrylic Tank?
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Give it some time, I'm sure they will come through for you.
8 weeks for a custom tank sounds about right to me. Mine took that long and it seemed like forever. Be patient, it'll work out.
I would definitely recommend Midwest Custom Aquariums, especially for your location. The guy probably spend over half an hour with me on the phone, making sure every spec was exactly the way I wanted it. The tank arrived 4 weeks later... gorgeous and perfectly made. The price was comparable to quotes I got from all other companies.
erk419;5070661; said:
They do make acrylic tanks.
shua71;5098390; said:
I called these guys to get a quote on a replica of an acrylic tank I already had. I just wanted an exact copy. 125g 4.5'ft long and I believe 23" tall and 24" deep. One side in tank overflow 3 drills one in emergency overflow. They quoted me a little below 2,000$ shipped.
Maybe 1-2 months ago I was reading a thread on someone setting up their new 240-260g tank here on mfk. Same acrylic thickness, 2 in tank overflows and in a back location and when I heard what they payed via glasscages.com w/ s/h and all it was literally a bit above half of what they quoted me for a tank with 1 less overflow and less than half the size.
I can't comment on their tank quality but that baffled me to see someone payed almost half what they quoted me for a tank double what I was looking for.
Also, I called them to get two glass hinged lids for my 90g tank I picked up via craigslist. It has a glass brace in the center and is divided into two sections. Anyhow, the sections are like 1" shorter than the typical length of these openings I guess. I saw they only made 24" length so I called them to ask if they would custom make two for me. She asked me the measurement and then told me I was measuring wrong because that's not a standard size for the opening in a 90g. So, I measured again with her on the phone and told her the measurements again assuring her I'm not a moron and know how to use a tape measure. I told her I have inserts of egg crate in the openings that fit flush and they also have the same measurements I was giving her. So she told me they don't like to do custom lids because people complain they are the wrong size when they get them because they always measure wrong. I assured her I was giving her the correct dimensions and she said she needed to check with her boss or whoever and call me back.
Never called me back. Plus, when she was explaining to me the shipping she told me I'd have to travel either to the next state over from me or I believe it was Jacksonville which is about 4 hours from me to pick them up because they won't ship them to my house because "they could break." I understand this for tanks but these were only less than 2' long pieces of glass and with proper packing could be shipped simply without breaking. I told her I'd be willing to pay whatever shipping needed for extra packing/fragile w/e and she said they couldn't do it and I'd have to drive to get them. So I said well at least I could put the s/h money towards gas and she informed me I still had to pay shipping even though I'd have to drive over 4 hours each way to pick them up. Of course this didn't matter since she never even called me back in the first place. :/
(still need those glass lids if anyone has any suggestions on a good company that can make them
)Jon M;5105838; said:(still need those glass lids if anyone has any suggestions on a good company that can make them
your local window glass shop! =)
philfreenode;5115664; said:
That's what I was already planning I'm just having a hard time figuring out where the hell I would buy those plastic pieces that flex in the center and have inserts that the glass goes in. You know, the same ones that come with glass aqueon lids and others.
I could always hot glue hinges on the glass but, I would much prefer the plastic black strip with the glass insert. Specially since this tank sits a lot lower than my other tank so the top WILL be in plain site.
Jon M;5117566; said:
Found it for you you can order the size you need.. as long as it is one of these two glass thicknesses.
http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=13819
Chromobotia;5074989; said:
It is because of people not properly supporting the tank and the issue with the light is true as far as I know. Although they do say the lights will void your warranty.....I can understand that but I would not spend $3000 on a tank with no warranty no matter the reputation. If you ask me that is how people make ignore I mean bad decisions and then think they got screwed. You have to cover your own ass cause companies will not.
