Who makes Large drop off tanks

[ncfishguy]

Lookin to get one soon . But can't find any over 75 gallons and it from from marinedepo

 

[sk8ter20art]

Check with your LFS. Planet aquariums makes custom glass tanks, and they have built larger dropoffs. They only sell to stores, not to the general public. They are located in Texas.

 

[AdamNC]

If you trust them, ATM would make one. Most of their stuff is decent. I've seen a few tanks they built and they're not bad.

 

[sk8ter20art]

Check with your LFS. Planet aquariums makes custom glass tanks, and they have built larger dropoffs. They only sell to stores, not to the general public. They are located in Texas.

This is one they showed off at MACNA i do not know the gal volume though, 4ftx ?

 

[ncfishguy]

That's exactly what I want

 

[ironman20725]

Acrylic creations! Their on Facebook. Built in butler Pennsylvania

 

[JaimeAdams]

Acrylic creations! Their on Facebook. Built in butler Pennsylvania

They could certainly build one. I imagine that most of their tanks are good, but I know one guy who just had his sumps seem separate on him like a week ago. The LFS in Erie had their sump from him go just recently and then the LFS near cranberry PA had one of the 6 foot frag tanks and the front panel and side panel separated. I really kind of like the 6ft by 2 ft by 12inch frag tank they make, but I couldn't afford to have the seam go and to lose my stuff and damage to the house. Granted I am sure it's like everything else, sometimes things go bad. I'm not trying to bad mouth the guy as I have a friend who has been happy with the stuff he has bought there as well. I would just make sure that there are no air bubbles in the seams and that they are fully glued. I also have 3 separate friends who have had their DD Marineland tanks fail so it happens to other manufacturers as well.

 

[sk8ter20art]

They could certainly build one. I imagine that most of their tanks are good, but I know one guy who just had his sumps seem separate on him like a week ago. The LFS in Erie had their sump from him go just recently and then the LFS near cranberry PA had one of the 6 foot frag tanks and the front panel and side panel separated. I really kind of like the 6ft by 2 ft by 12inch frag tank they make, but I couldn't afford to have the seam go and to lose my stuff and damage to the house. Granted I am sure it's like everything else, sometimes things go bad. I'm not trying to bad mouth the guy as I have a friend who has been happy with the stuff he has bought there as well. I would just make sure that there are no air bubbles in the seams and that they are fully glued. I also have 3 separate friends who have had their DD Marineland tanks fail so it happens to other manufacturers as well.

Yes, failures do occur in this hobby. But sometimes its due to the owner. Maybe they spent there money on the tank and built there own stand. If a stand is not square/level/etc it can cause un-even pressure on seams. Or if it was frameless and did not put foam underneath it. Or if the tank/sump got dropped while moving it into place.

Marineland supposedly has a good warranty depth for tank failures.

 

[Adele1]

Hi everyone. I am a new member to this forum. It is so interesting here and I am so happy that I've found this forum.

 

[ironman20725]

They could certainly build one. I imagine that most of their tanks are good, but I know one guy who just had his sumps seem separate on him like a week ago. The LFS in Erie had their sump from him go just recently and then the LFS near cranberry PA had one of the 6 foot frag tanks and the front panel and side panel separated. I really kind of like the 6ft by 2 ft by 12inch frag tank they make, but I couldn't afford to have the seam go and to lose my stuff and damage to the house. Granted I am sure it's like everything else, sometimes things go bad. I'm not trying to bad mouth the guy as I have a friend who has been happy with the stuff he has bought there as well. I would just make sure that there are no air bubbles in the seams and that they are fully glued. I also have 3 separate friends who have had their DD Marineland tanks fail so it happens to other manufacturers as well.

The two in question.. Erie and Cranberry are/where friends of owners of Acrylic Creations. The tanks that came apart where built with them wanting Acrylic reused from previous tanks. These two retailers had bought, sold, traded between each other more than once. Drained, moved and refilled, more than twice on each respective tank

 

[ironman20725]

I did some research

 

[elfda]

Drop off tank??

 

[ironman20725]

Drop off tank??

No from an earlier post about acrylic creations

 

[JaimeAdams]

The two in question.. Erie and Cranberry are/where friends of owners of Acrylic Creations. The tanks that came apart where built with them wanting Acrylic reused from previous tanks. These two retailers had bought, sold, traded between each other more than once. Drained, moved and refilled, more than twice on each respective tank

As I said, I'm not bad mouthing the guy as I said in my first post I also have friends who have had tanks from other larger manufacturers fail. Even if it had moved that should not make any difference in the structural integrity of a tank. Also even if the tanks in question did use second hand acrylic why would that even matter? I mean really, moving a tank or emptying it and re-filling it ruins a tank? As I also said I have a friend who has had Dave make him a few things and has been happy with the work. I simply gave my advice with my experiences of a manufacturers products.

 

[ironman20725]

I know. I just wanted to find out.i want to get a big boy tank off him and that's important

 

[TimR]

That’s me in the picture on the other side of the tank!

 

[TimR]

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[Ghettobug56]

Mode Aquariums has a 75 gallon and will build custom sizes

 

[cgregnoobreef]

Fijicube makes 128 gallin

 

[Pistol Peet]

Yes, failures do occur in this hobby. But sometimes its due to the owner. Maybe they spent there money on the tank and built there own stand. If a stand is not square/level/etc it can cause un-even pressure on seams. Or if it was frameless and did not put foam underneath it. Or if the tank/sump got dropped while moving it into place.

Marineland supposedly has a good warranty depth for tank failures.

I have a 210 gallon marine land tank with stand and mIne failed less than a year in glad I caught it...u can see were it sliped off and almost dumped the entire tank on the ground.