40G - 50G acrylic tank recommendations?

[permanaccour]

Hello, does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy a quality acrylic tank that would be around 40-50G?

Brands like innovative marine and red sea have solid tanks and their website/customer support are very well updated. I'm having trouble find reputable brands for a plain acrylic tank thats around 40-50G in volume. I'm planning on having a bunch of HOB gear and don't really need the AIO.

 

[thomas_neil]

Hello, does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy a quality acrylic tank that would be around 40-50G?

Brands like innovative marine and red sea have solid tanks and their website/customer support are very well updated. I'm having trouble find reputable brands for a plain acrylic tank thats around 40-50G in volume. I'm planning on having a bunch of HOB gear and don't really need the AIO.

Could check out Tenecor. There smallest tank that's not an AIO is 75 gallons, but have AIO in your size range.

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Edit:

This company does custom tanks, looks like they have a 70 gallon for sale.

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[permanaccour]

Could check out Tenecor. There smallest tank that's not an AIO is 75 gallons, but have AIO in your size range.

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ReefPoint® Saltwater Reef Aquarium Systems have an easy-to-customize design and come with lots of extras at no charge. They are an unbeatable value.

www.tenecoraquariums.com

The Best AIO Aquariums | Advantage® AIO

The leading builders of All in One AIO acrylic aquariums since 1980. Hundreds of thousands of Tenecor AIO are still running after 40 years. Safe, simple and reliable. Full wet/dry filtration in more sizes and styles. Come see why the Tenecor Advantage is the best aquarium you can buy.

www.tenecoraquariums.com

Edit:

This company does custom tanks, looks like they have a 70 gallon for sale.

For Sale-Deals - Midwest Custom Aquarium

For Sale-Deals We will occasionally post things for sale on this page. They might be extras, goofups of some sort, or just built with extra materials. If found on this page they will be offered first come first served at the discounted price advertised. Please note that it will not always be up...

www.midwestcustomaquariums.com

I really like the Tenecor aquariums. it looks like acrylic tanks always have this sort of top. Do you know how someone would put HOB refugiums, HOB media reactors and HOB algae scrubbers with this sort of top?

 

[thomas_neil]

I really like the Tenecor aquariums. it looks like acrylic tanks always have this sort of top. Do you know how someone would put HOB refugiums, HOB media reactors and HOB algae scrubbers with this sort of top?

Could potentiall find stuff to be between the openings? Or get smaller equipment what could fit inside the chambers? I've seen some smaller media reacors designed for AIOs that will fit in the chambers, and protein skimmers.

Could also do like a tunze macro algae reactor and only have a pump in the rear chamber and hard plumb the feed and return to the reactor. Or use the return pump to feed the reactor and then plumb the return into the tank return. Could put media reactor inline with this. Would just need a bigger return pump.

 

[permanaccour]

Do people typically just don't use any HOB equipment with acrylic? The more I look into acrylic tanks, the more I am realizing they all those those types of tops

 

[CBonito]

Do people typically just don't use any HOB equipment with acrylic? The more I look into acrylic tanks, the more I am realizing they all those those types of tops

Under 1000 bucks from Advanced Acrylics with all nice rounded, polished edges, rimless, black back and floor and external overflow made from 3/4" acrylic. I really like it. It's so clean and easy to work with. 45 gallons I believe. Dimensions 36"x24"x12"h. The footprint gives you a lot more real estate for such a small tank.

Right before I set it up...

 

[permanaccour]

Under 1000 bucks from Advanced Acrylics with all nice rounded, polished edges, rimless, black back and floor and external overflow made from 3/4" acrylic. I really like it. It's so clean and easy to work with. 45 gallons I believe. Dimensions 36"x24"x12"h. The footprint gives you a lot more real estate for such a small tank.

Right before I set it up...

Looks incredible, where did you get the stand from? I just checked out Advanced Acrylics...I really like their AIO Rimless Show Tanks. Have you found any issues with bowing or anything with the acrylic now that you've had the rimless tank without the eurobrace for some time?

 

[CBonito]

Looks incredible, where did you get the stand from? I just checked out Advanced Acrylics...I really like their AIO Rimless Show Tanks. Have you found any issues with bowing or anything with the acrylic now that you've had the rimless tank without the eurobrace for some time?

The stand is from a company called Alufab. Worth every penny. The tank does not move. Incredibly solid and strong. Plus you can move it if you need to since its on wheels.

 

[permanaccour]

The stand is from a company called Alufab. Worth every penny. The tank does not move. Incredibly solid and strong. Plus you can move it if you need to since its on wheels.

Thank you CBonito, I think i found the perfect tank along with a non-custom tank stand that has the exact dimensions that I'm looking for! Are you using a leveling mat as well or is that not needed since the Alufab stands have a leveler?

 

[Troylee]

Do people typically just don't use any HOB equipment with acrylic? The more I look into acrylic tanks, the more I am realizing they all those those types of tops

Not really… the problem with a rimless tank let’s say a 40gallon breeder for instance would need to be 1” thick acrylic to not bow and be built correctly.. with that being said it’s very expensive and power heads wouldn’t work with it unless it was a suction cup style.. euro is almost standard on all acrylic tanks unless it’s a cheap under built frag tank.