What tank is the best?

[Joe Glass Cages]

Skip the Red sea, give @Joe Glass Cages a call go from there .
save a bunch of money on freight if you can pick up .
and don't have to go through LFS...

thanks so much @fishguy242. Really appreciate the support.

@Koby, you have so many options. Welcome back!

Below is a list of Aquarium manufactures. You have many options to explore. I am sure I may have missed a few. Totally not intentional.

1. Coast 2 Coast
2. Reef Savvy
3. Miracles Aquariums
4. Titan
5. Tsunami Aquariums
6. Crystal Dynamics
7. Planet Aquariums
8. Advanced Acrylics
9. Midwest Custom Aquarium
10. Fish Tanks Direct
11. Custom Aquariums
12. Acrylic Tank Manufacturing
13. Tank Me USA
14. Crystal Reef Aquatics
15. Aqueon
16. Glass Cages
17. SCA
18. Acrylic Glass Exhibits
19. GEO
20. Tenecor Aquariums
21. Exotic Aquariums
22. Waterbox
23. Cade
24. Innovative Marine
25. Reef Octopus
26. Zero Edge
27. Redsea
28. Sheman Tanks
29. ELOS
30. New Level Tanks
31. The Aquarium King
32. Fish Traps
33. Splash Box Creations
34. Aqua Forest
35. Nyos
36. AquaMaxx
37. Mr Aqua
38. Eshopps
39. Lifegard Aquatics
40. LiquidArt Aquariums
41. JBJ
42. Maxspec
43. Miraculous Catch Aquarium
44. Concept Aquariums

The best choice is your choice.

I am so excited and proud of our Glass Cages Team. We look forward to hearing from you about how we can serve you better now and in the future.

 

[danreef55]

Skip the Red sea, give @Joe Glass Cages a call go from there .
save a bunch of money on freight if you can pick up .
and don't have to go through LFS...

I agree. If you go to their website there is a customize your build. Just answer the questions and you will get a quote right then and there. A great jumping off point. I have ordered a tank and sump from GC

 

[WvAquatics]

thanks so much @fishguy242. Really appreciate the support.

@Koby, you have so many options. Welcome back!

Below is a list of Aquarium manufactures. You have many options to explore. I am sure I may have missed a few. Totally not intentional.

1. Coast 2 Coast
2. Reef Savvy
3. Miracles Aquariums
4. Titan
5. Tsunami Aquariums
6. Crystal Dynamics
7. Planet Aquariums
8. Advanced Acrylics
9. Midwest Custom Aquarium
10. Fish Tanks Direct
11. Custom Aquariums
12. Acrylic Tank Manufacturing
13. Tank Me USA
14. Crystal Reef Aquatics
15. Aqueon
16. Glass Cages
17. SCA
18. Acrylic Glass Exhibits
19. GEO
20. Tenecor Aquariums
21. Exotic Aquariums
22. Waterbox
23. Cade
24. Innovative Marine
25. Reef Octopus
26. Zero Edge
27. Redsea
28. Sheman Tanks
29. ELOS
30. New Level Tanks
31. The Aquarium King
32. Fish Traps
33. Splash Box Creations
34. Aqua Forest
35. Nyos
36. AquaMaxx
37. Mr Aqua
38. Eshopps
39. Lifegard Aquatics
40. LiquidArt Aquariums
41. JBJ
42. Maxspec
43. Miraculous Catch Aquarium
44. Concept Aquariums

The best choice is your choice.

I am so excited and proud of our Glass Cages Team. We look forward to hearing from you about how we can serve you better now and in the future.

This is a true business! Name one other company who post their competitors! And is very active on the forum!

 

[VintageReefer]

This is a true business! Name one other company who post their competitors! And is very active on the forum!

And puts themself as number 16

 

[Koby]

thanks so much @fishguy242. Really appreciate the support.

@Koby, you have so many options. Welcome back!

Below is a list of Aquarium manufactures. You have many options to explore. I am sure I may have missed a few. Totally not intentional.

1. Coast 2 Coast
2. Reef Savvy
3. Miracles Aquariums
4. Titan
5. Tsunami Aquariums
6. Crystal Dynamics
7. Planet Aquariums
8. Advanced Acrylics
9. Midwest Custom Aquarium
10. Fish Tanks Direct
11. Custom Aquariums
12. Acrylic Tank Manufacturing
13. Tank Me USA
14. Crystal Reef Aquatics
15. Aqueon
16. Glass Cages
17. SCA
18. Acrylic Glass Exhibits
19. GEO
20. Tenecor Aquariums
21. Exotic Aquariums
22. Waterbox
23. Cade
24. Innovative Marine
25. Reef Octopus
26. Zero Edge
27. Redsea
28. Sheman Tanks
29. ELOS
30. New Level Tanks
31. The Aquarium King
32. Fish Traps
33. Splash Box Creations
34. Aqua Forest
35. Nyos
36. AquaMaxx
37. Mr Aqua
38. Eshopps
39. Lifegard Aquatics
40. LiquidArt Aquariums
41. JBJ
42. Maxspec
43. Miraculous Catch Aquarium
44. Concept Aquariums

The best choice is your choice.

I am so excited and proud of our Glass Cages Team. We look forward to hearing from you about how we can serve you better now and in the future.

Thank you Joe, I will be in touch this upcoming spring

 

[codycolina707]

I am just getting into the saltwater hobby after years of having freshwater. I currently have a 30 gallon setup. Within the next year I will be upgrading and this 30 gallon tank will be a quarantine tank/ possibly a grow out tank. I am looking to get a 150 gallon tank but I have seen a cool 160 gallon tank. I thought the

Reefer XXL 750 G2+ System (160 Gal)​

Looks awesome. But I hear people on videos saying “this is what I don’t like about it” I understand that’s how society is, some people are never happy in life, but I feel if you drop a couple grand on a tank you should have absolutely no complaints. My question is for the people that have been doing this hobby for some time, Is there a tank brand that stands out to the community, or is it all preference? If I’m spending $4-5 grand or more on a tank I want the absolute best investment. Thank you for your time. I appreciate all feedback

Edit. I assumed this would be a topic that would be heavily talked about but I couldn’t find anything, so if this is already a thread I apologize

Doesn't red sea count sump when they say it's 160 so tank is probably like 120+ sump also I'll look into the failures personally they make nice looking tanks but I'd never pay top dollar for one to fail

 

[Charles Zinn]

I am just getting into the saltwater hobby after years of having freshwater. I currently have a 30 gallon setup. Within the next year I will be upgrading and this 30 gallon tank will be a quarantine tank/ possibly a grow out tank. I am looking to get a 150 gallon tank but I have seen a cool 160 gallon tank. I thought the

Reefer XXL 750 G2+ System (160 Gal)​

Looks awesome. But I hear people on videos saying “this is what I don’t like about it” I understand that’s how society is, some people are never happy in life, but I feel if you drop a couple grand on a tank you should have absolutely no complaints. My question is for the people that have been doing this hobby for some time, Is there a tank brand that stands out to the community, or is it all preference? If I’m spending $4-5 grand or more on a tank I want the absolute best investment. Thank you for your time. I appreciate all feedback

Edit. I assumed this would be a topic that would be heavily talked about but I couldn’t find anything, so if this is already a thread I apologize

Red Sea's are nice had one once. When I added a tank I went with Planet which used to Oceanic. Good construction on tank but you will have to do build out... Reef Builders with Jake Adams was good for looking at different tanks and sysytems

 

[motortrendz]

I'd like to revive this thread, see what guys are going with.. I've gotten the ok to go bigger.. always used conventional tanks, and then had to modify by driling holes and cutting out overflow boxes. This time I'm looking to go about 7ft long.. None of the out of the box peninsula tabks seem to have everything or the dimensions I want..
I want it to be wide enough to have a nice reef and the ability to see both sides without a flat wall in the center so I'm thinking 30-32in wide( my front door is 36in and 26in deep. Any deeper I can't reach the bottom and any shadows I feel like it'll look like a shallow tank with the wider dimensions. I would like to do an external overflow and possibly a closed loop for flow since it's long and the drain will be eon one side...

What do you guys think? Glass? Acrylic? Closed loop? Bracing? Curious to see th responses.. hope I'm not hijacking the thread too badly. Thank you

 

[danreef55]

I'd like to revive this thread, see what guys are going with.. I've gotten the ok to go bigger.. always used conventional tanks, and then had to modify by driling holes and cutting out overflow boxes. This time I'm looking to go about 7ft long.. None of the out of the box peninsula tabks seem to have everything or the dimensions I want..
I want it to be wide enough to have a nice reef and the ability to see both sides without a flat wall in the center so I'm thinking 30-32in wide( my front door is 36in and 26in deep. Any deeper I can't reach the bottom and any shadows I feel like it'll look like a shallow tank with the wider dimensions. I would like to do an external overflow and possibly a closed loop for flow since it's long and the drain will be eon one side...

What do you guys think? Glass? Acrylic? Closed loop? Bracing? Curious to see th responses.. hope I'm not hijacking the thread too badly. Thank you

I wouldn't go deeper than 25" in-tank tasks will get substantially more difficult. If you are going to go deeper use the calculator on glasscages site because 84x30x31 is the same price as 84x30x25

 

[motortrendz]

I wouldn't go deeper than 25" in-tank tasks will get substantially more difficult. If you are going to go deeper use the calculator on glasscages site because 84x30x31 is the same price as 84x30x25

I was looking at the glasscages site, and went through their calculator. I liked what I saw.. I wonder how much difference going down to 25in as opposed to 26in would be. 31 would look great but I don't want to have to go swimming everything I need to reach into the tank.

What about glass bs acrylic?

 

[danreef55]

I wouldn't go deeper than 25" in-tank tasks will get substantially more difficult. If you are going to go deeper use the calculator on glasscages site because 84x30x31 is the same price as 84x30x25

See above

 

[motortrendz]

See above

Wow big difference. I don't think i saw this calculator lol I was messing with the drop down menu on the 84in custom order. Thanks for showing me. 1500$ difference for 1in. 25in it is lol.
Thank you @danreef55

 

[danreef55]

Wow big difference. I don't think i saw this calculator lol I was messing with the drop down menu on the 84in custom order. Thanks for showing me. 1500$ difference for 1in. 25in it is lol.
Thank you @danreef55

You are welcome

 

[Scottiemac]

I went with Waterbox, and while their customer support is awful, the tank is great. Very sturdy and with a strong stand. Last I checked their pre-made tanks came with free shipping.
My only issue with it is the 1-1/4" overflow vs. a 1-1/2". I'd prefer to run more water through the tank without it going to the emergency overflow.

 

[RWinfrey]

Eshopps mariner 130 3/4 inch thick glass. Bottom has euro bracing overflow is glass . Plumbing is USA standard plumbing. Stand is marine grade plywood with 2 coats of epoxy.

 

[Paulk1]

I just went through this same process. Ended up with IM 170 ext. The shop I use has a custom 180 from GC for sale. It’s brand new , the customer bailed. He’s selling for an extreme discount. It didn’t fit my space. If interested I can definitely put you in touch. The tank is absolutely gorgeous! I believe 50% of retail.

 

[danreef55]

I just went through this same process. Ended up with IM 170 ext. The shop I use has a custom 180 from GC for sale. It’s brand new , the customer bailed. He’s selling for an extreme discount. It didn’t fit my space. If interested I can definitely put you in touch. The tank is absolutely gorgeous! I believe 50% of retail.

How was the stand from GC? Mine is in the process of being built

 

[Paulk1]

How was the stand from GC? Mine is in the process of being built

No stand with this one. It would need a custom built to match it. I believe it was going in a wall.

 

[danreef55]

I am hoping my stand and tank are going to meet my expectations. Very confident it will

 

[Paulk1]

I am hoping my stand and tank are going to meet my expectations. Very confident it will

If it’s anything like the tank I’m sure you will be very happy! I would have jumped on this one if it fit for me. I’m not an expert by any means. But my newbie eye could see the difference from everything I’ve looked at. I spent months before making a decision. Best of luck! Congrats!