ATO Reservoir Prices....RIDICULOUS!!

[Joshua Jordan]

I just don't understand why ATO Reservoirs are so dang expensive. Seriously??!!!! All they are, essentially, is a small acrylic aquarium. You can go to any major bigbox store and buy an acrylic 5 gallon aquarium for under $40. But you slap that some box with a label that says "ATO Reservoir" and all of a sudden they expect you to pay 3 times as much. Just look on BRS or any other online aquarium supply store and you can't find a 5 gallon ATO Reservoir for less than $100.

Can somebody please tell me why this is? I have my own hunch: People (like me) don't like the "look" of a 5-gallon bucket next to or under their DT, so they are willing to fork over the $$ just for esthetics. If I knew how to glue (or weld, actually) acrylic together reliably I would just make my own. Does anyone have any solutions for a cheap ATO reservoir, that isn't a 5 gallon bucket. I actually have a couple of Marineland 5 g Portrait tanks, but the are AIO and have a rear chamber, plus they don't "look" like an ATO reservoir.

Okay...vent session over.

 

[Dcal]

5 gal glass tanks are like 10 bucks max

 

[ninjamyst]

I plan to get a 15 gallon tank during petco's $1 a gallon sale for my ATO reservoir. It's gonna be inside the cabinet so no one will see anyways. Will make my own top to prevent evaporation.

 

[Siberwulf]

I didn't go for a 5 gallon bucket. I went for a 7 gallon bucket!

 

[a.t.t.r]

Cereal container with sealed top.

 

[GuppyHJD]

I searched for an acrylic "box" that fit my size requirements under my tank. I wanted something that could sit on a shelf above my sump. I ended up with an acrylic file folder storage that holds about 4 gallons.

 

[Xyloxo]

I use a big pet food container. Seals tight, holds around 13 gallons. I hide it in a wicker basket.

 

[ZoWhat]

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[danieyella]

Before switching to this tank with a built in reservoir, i used a vittle vault. my pico reservoir is a glass jar

 

[ZoWhat]

Well... lookey here. I did the research fir you:

HOGBOX
2900 S. City Lake Rd.
Fayetteville, Ar.
U.S.A

Ground Level Containers | Dock Height Storage | Fayetteville

Contact us to discuss your specific equipment needs, and our dedicated team will assist you in finding the perfect solution. With HOGBOX, you can trust that you’ll receive unmatched customer service, premium equipment, and a partner you can rely on for all your storage and transportation...

hogbox.biz

Phone​

479-445-6611

Email​

[email protected]

All sizes of plastic barrels for sale:

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[workhz]

5 gallon hedpak is $18.

 

[sunken3]

I just don't understand why ATO Reservoirs are so dang expensive. Seriously??!!!! All they are, essentially, is a small acrylic aquarium. You can go to any major bigbox store and buy an acrylic 5 gallon aquarium for under $40. But you slap that some box with a label that says "ATO Reservoir" and all of a sudden they expect you to pay 3 times as much. Just look on BRS or any other online aquarium supply store and you can't find a 5 gallon ATO Reservoir for less than $100.

Can somebody please tell me why this is? I have my own hunch: People (like me) don't like the "look" of a 5-gallon bucket next to or under their DT, so they are willing to fork over the $$ just for esthetics. If I knew how to glue (or weld, actually) acrylic together reliably I would just make my own. Does anyone have any solutions for a cheap ATO reservoir, that isn't a 5 gallon bucket. I actually have a couple of Marineland 5 g Portrait tanks, but the are AIO and have a rear chamber, plus they don't "look" like an ATO reservoir.

Okay...vent session over.

there are some things in this hobby that we just get killed over.. ATO tank is a good example. $1k for a protein skimmer is another example.. algae scrubbers... salt, sand... the list goes on. there are just not enough players in the market willing to disrupt it. China tries (eg. crap on amazon and ebay, but many of them also use low quality parts.. which is a shame.. because for an extra $5 they could sell a bullet proof product).

 

[ZoWhat]

Well... lookey here. I did the research fir you:

HOGBOX
2900 S. City Lake Rd.
Fayetteville, Ar.
U.S.A

Ground Level Containers | Dock Height Storage | Fayetteville

Contact us to discuss your specific equipment needs, and our dedicated team will assist you in finding the perfect solution. With HOGBOX, you can trust that you’ll receive unmatched customer service, premium equipment, and a partner you can rely on for all your storage and transportation...

hogbox.biz

Phone​

479-445-6611

Email​

[email protected]

All sizes of plastic barrels for sale:

 

[Gtinnel]

I have a 29g tank under my tank that I divided in half with a piece of glass. 1/2 ATO and 1/2 refugium that gravity drains back into my sump. The only thing I don't like is that I get a lot of light spill over into my ato reservoir.

 

[sunken3]

Well... lookey here. I did the research fir you:

HOGBOX
2900 S. City Lake Rd.
Fayetteville, Ar.
U.S.A

Ground Level Containers | Dock Height Storage | Fayetteville

Contact us to discuss your specific equipment needs, and our dedicated team will assist you in finding the perfect solution. With HOGBOX, you can trust that you’ll receive unmatched customer service, premium equipment, and a partner you can rely on for all your storage and transportation...

hogbox.biz

Phone​

479-445-6611

Email​

[email protected]

All sizes of plastic barrels for sale:

what? not this???

 

[sunken3]

what? not this???

i believe for this price, the box creates it's own RODI water magically and fills your tank without the need for any other equipment.

 

[Gtinnel]

i believe for this price, the box creates it's own RODI water magically and fills your tank without the need for any other equipment.

And I still wouldn't pay $900 for it.

 

[outhouse]

7 bucks for a 10G small waste paper pale. Done and done right. decade old

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

I got two 2-1/2 gallon plastic jugs from Amazon. Drilled the cap in two places, used a rubber grommet around the cord from ACE’s Hardware Drawers. 2-1/2 gallons is my safe limit on what I would want dumped into my 65 gallon, in case something goes wrong. When I go on vacation, I do tandem two together, after cleaning the optical sensor.

 

[afrokobe]

5 gallon hedpak

this is what I use. I drilled holes in the cap for the lines.