Getting A 240 Gallon Glasscage Aquarium?

[Snake42490]

Ok so i am very very soon as in tomorrow going to buy a new 240 gallon glasscage aquarium for 720 dollars. im super excited and have read many good reviews and a couple bad but i figured thats probably how all companies are.. Would really like to hear what you guys think : ) thanks

 

[WaterBender1995]

just make sure they have a real damn good (good for you) warranty in case of disaster. I had a support pop it's seam on my big tank and was told to basicly kiss their ...
it sits now empty in storage.
I had to get rid of 95% of my EXPENSIVE tanganyikans because where I'm at, there isnt a market for them.

 

[Snake42490]

thats the thing haha.. they only have a 90 day warranty... would anyone else have any good ideas on where to get a 240 gallon tank 96x24x25 for around 720 total.. something that has a better warranty?...

 

[Ace Of Spades]

thats the thing haha.. they only have a 90 day warranty... would anyone else have any good ideas on where to get a 240 gallon tank 96x24x25 for around 720 total.. something that has a better warranty?...

90 Day Warranty??!?!, How Useless is that lol......If I was spending that much money I would seriously try and find someone else

 

[jgray152]

My friend has a 240 Gal from glasscages.com and its REALLY NICE but the glass lids it came with you could break easily. Other than that its a real nice tank.

Its reinforced everywhere with extra glass. I can ask him how the warrenty is but from the looks of it its VERY well support on every inch of the tank.

 

[Snake42490]

from everyone i have heard the takes are very well reinforced like you said.. is there anyway to reinforce a tank... The only thing i could see happen would be the silicon blowing out.. but idk.. I just thought if anyone had an idea to clamp it or something.. adding extra silicon or modifying it in that way ends the warranty lol!.

 

[jgray152]

Believe me, there is no other reinforcing to be done with tanks form Glasscages.com. They do it every inch. Trust me. My friend has had his for I think 4 + years. I think they must have used over 100 tubes of silicone on all the reinforcments as well. When they mate 2 pieces of glass together, they silicone every inch of the sandwiched glass so their is no air gaps inside.

Beautiful made tank and very structually sound.

 

[Snake42490]

ok so it seems that glasscages does have great aquariums.. but what kills them is that they only have a 90 day warranty.. So yeah that is a huge put down for me.

Now im looking at 2 new brands Oceanic and Great Lakes Aquariums.

Does anyone know the warranty of Great Lakes Aquariums?

I know Oceanic has a lifetime warranty on their tanks +++++

 

[jgray152]

Here is a picture of what the tops of their tanks look like.

I havn't heard anything about the other brands though.

 

[SingMeat]

www.fmueller.com

 

[Snake42490]

this is a toss up! hahha i dont know what i want to do.

Do you guys recommend building a stand or buying one

 

[SJ2K]

Could you make a stand of high enough quality at a better price then buying one? if so, make it else, dont.

 

[Snake42490]

part of me thinks i should just save for a bit longer.. and then get the tank with the stand etc.. I will see when i get my prices from the other 2 stores