Thoughts on larger tank manufactures.

[dwair]

I live in Florida so maybe it wouldn't take that long.... do u guys have any gripes with them yet? What u like what u don't like. I know alot of people were complaining about the piping on redsea and so on.

My only gripe is that I didn't have the budget for the 230 and could only get the 100.3

 

[sharpimage]

I'm in South Florida. If they have it it left the warehouse in like 2 or 3 days. Plus shipping from LTL I think. I really have no complaints. The stand looks nice. Directions weren't great and it goes together like IKEA furniture in like 3 hours. Piping is, well, piping. Screwed together and that was it.

 

[Meista_Flya]

Ikea !!! Oof that gets me nervous haha ... I have put many ikea furniture together in my day and they are not that sturdy to say the least

 

[dwair]

Ikea !!! Oof that gets me nervous haha ... I have put many ikea furniture together in my day and they are not that sturdy to say the least

Its sturdy. I will agree they could have done better on the stand, it is pleasing to the eye though.

 

[sharpimage]

Its plenty sturdy. But the do use the same connectors. you know the rod that screws in, and the little round button that locks them together

 

[Meista_Flya]

True. I think for me the custom route may be a little to aggressive for my needs I wouldn't even know where tonstart besides looking at the manufactures individually. I think going custom would need to be for certain specialties like @joshhhas the closed loop system he wants. For me to just get a regular tank I don't know if I need to go custom. The only reason I was thinking custom is to get that 300 deep dimension without the leaks. But I think a 220 would be plenty!

 

[Meista_Flya]

These things ? Oh I don't know if I like that half the times they dont lock down if they do they are loose and idk. It may be sturdy but for how long.

 

[sharpimage]

That's them, but there are probably 60 of them. It is plenty sturdy and I have no worries.

I also had a 300 DD. I personally didn't like the 27" height. It made getting stuff off the bottom a pain, especially in the back.

Custom was quite a bit more money, and over my budget.

 

[Meista_Flya]

Yea i just looked at some videos of custom built ones they are nice but for the tank alone if, if I want to go large, is 2-3+ thousand then just as much for the stand itself.

What do you guys think about the seams the "laser cut" u think its enough to prevent leaks for suck a large tank with no bracing on top

 

[sharpimage]

I certainly hope so, as it is full of water. I really like my tank. And I have had a bunch and realize that the final fit and finish is super important to me. The 2x4 stands are a thing of the past for me.