building all glass tanks...

[nickie]

Very worthwhile reading article by....Bill "pegasus NZ"  building your own glass tanks....go to .........." Aquarticles.search ",  then in their search box, type in       " making all glass tanks "   see article ....
     " Making All Glasstanks by Bill " Pegasus NZ "  ..
      If you want lots of tanks , and can`t afford to buy , heres the place !...  
         His idea on betta show tank is great !... especially with the sub filter system...              John P .(nickie)

[328iGuy]

Very worthwhile reading article by....Bill "pegasus NZ"  building your own glass tanks....go to .........." Aquarticles.search ",  then in their search box, type in       " making all glass tanks "   see article ....
     " Making All Glasstanks by Bill " Pegasus NZ "  ..
      If you want lots of tanks , and can`t afford to buy , heres the place !...  
         His idea on betta show tank is great !... especially with the sub filter system...              John P .(nickie)

I know some people who have done this, in the end it will be more cost effective to buy a professionaly built tank.  Trust me!  :lol:

[james]

Hi
I thought about doing what you are planning to do. Check the price of glass and the cost to cut the stuff. Believe me unless you are interested in a certain custom size tank, its cheaper to buy it

James

[328iGuy]

Hi
I thought about doing what you are planning to do. Check the price of glass and the cost to cut the stuff. Believe me unless you are interested in a certain custom size tank, its cheaper to buy it

James

Is there an echo in here?  :oops:

[dougb]

I went the custom sized tank route, and was surprised to find that it wasn't really any more money than a standard sized tank.  Mine is a large tank, though -- a custom small tank is probably a lot more expensive than a standard small tank.  My tank is 165 gallons -- it only cost about 50$ more than a 180 gallon (mine is the same height and width as the 180, but 6" shorter)

[328iGuy]

I went the custom sized tank route, and was surprised to find that it wasn't really any more money than a standard sized tank.  Mine is a large tank, though -- a custom small tank is probably a lot more expensive than a standard small tank.  My tank is 165 gallons -- it only cost about 50$ more than a 180 gallon (mine is the same height and width as the 180, but 6" shorter)

Yah but then add the work involved as opposed to walking into a store and buying one, less work AND less money.

The only profitable way is if you need it a custom size as you appeared to need.  If you are building a standard tank size, in the end it is going to be much less hassle and less cost.

ALSO keep in mind that 95% of the home insurance companies will NOT insure you for water damage caused by a NONprofessionaly built talk in you're home if it leaks.  Keep that deep in you're mind, in the end the damage could far exceed the savings as well!  :oops: