Tank advice needed

Parker420 · Dec 6, 2016

I currently have a 180 gallon Marineland, coral and fish that I bought from my LFS. I want a bigger tank, so I've spoke to Felix at Reef Savvy, and Chris at CTC. Great guys, but my wallet won't handle their prices. I have access to the Marineland 300DD for 1400.00, or the 265 gallon I think it is for 1600.00. The 300DD has starfire front. I also have thought about going acrylic.
Suggestions are appreciated, pictures make it even better. I'm in Central KY btw. Thanks!

fin mike · Dec 6, 2016

Look into those Marineland DD's. They have a certain failure rate and many members of this forum have stated problems they have had with them. Customer service seems to be a big problem too.

Check out Glass Cages. They are somewhat in your back yard and make a good product that may be more to the liking of your wallet.

I'm curious. What was the quote from CTC? I saw an absolutely awesome CTC 300 DD at WWC in Orlando. Now that was a bad aquarium. Everything I wanted.

Diesel · Dec 6, 2016

Stock tanks are your best bet if your budget is around the $1500.
I always ask "what is that you really want?"
If you answer that as I'm thinking what you want I would keep saving my money till you had enough for what you really want.
Don't get me wrong, the 300 and 265 are great tanks especially if you build a great custom stand, it will make all the difference in the world.

Parker420 · Dec 6, 2016

fin mike said:
Look into those Marineland DD's. They have a certain failure rate and many members of this forum have stated problems they have had with them. Customer service seems to be a big problem too.

Check out Glass Cages. They are somewhat in your back yard and make a good product that may be more to the liking of your wallet.

I'm curious. What was the quote from CTC? I saw an absolutely awesome CTC 300 DD at WWC in Orlando. Now that was a bad aquarium. Everything I wanted.

96x30x30 5728.00, starfire front and ends 595.00, trapezoid overflow boxes 600.00, crate fee 440.00, shipping 785.00

fin mike · Dec 6, 2016

Holy smokes. Had no idea it would be that much.

2manytanks · Dec 6, 2016

I was looking at Visio tanks as they were less on cost than others. I was getting quotes under 1500 for around 250+ gallons in custom sizes. You can check their stock sizes too, may be less. At MACNA some of their tanks looked nice. Local fish stores can probably get quotes as they are wholesale only. Never had one, was just looking at options. Not as nice as places like crystal dynamics but not as much $ either.