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300 gallon
Hi I am looking for a 300 gallon starphire tank to be built in Alberta. Any suggestions would be helpful. I hope to have a fish and planted tank with a sump. Thanks.
nelsonpush- Shrimp
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Join date : 2015-06-14
Re: 300 gallon
Couple of suggestions... custom builds are very expensive. The Starphire, or low iron glass is a waste imo. I have a 135 with Starphire front panel. You can tell a slight dif when empty, no dif with water in. If you are near any BigAls outlet, look into the 84x24x24, 265 Marineland tank. Should run you about 14-1500 bucks. I have one, its a great tank. And a lifetime warranty to the original buyer. Tough to beat that. I would guess that a 300g custom build would be well over 3 grand.
Suprd71- Angel Fish
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Location : North Bay On.
Re: 300 gallon
Thank you very good to know on the starphire.
nelsonpush- Shrimp
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Re: 300 gallon
That is nice to know about starphire glass now I will not have to be envious any longer.
Fores41- Pleco Poster
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Location : Williams Lake,BC
Re: 300 gallon
It is not that hard to build one yourself I'm going to build 2 tanks over 300 g to acomadate my sharks when full grown
fish lady- Pleco Poster
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Location : McLeod NB
Re: 300 gallon
Curious fish lady.. have you ever built a tank? Claiming its not that hard is a bit of a wayward statement imo. I have built several over the years including an 8ft 475gal. Its a LOT of work and margin of error is zero or less, especially for really big ones. And you always have in the back of your mind... will it hold?
Suprd71- Angel Fish
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Location : North Bay On.
Re: 300 gallon
I had looked on line at building but as I have been away from it for 20 years and it is going in my living room safer prob to just buy it
nelsonpush- Shrimp
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Re: 300 gallon
Yes I have plywood and full glass sides with wood bottom and all glass... I can see where you are coming from
fish lady- Pleco Poster
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Re: 300 gallon
Yes I have plywood and full glass sides with wood bottom and all glass... I can see where you are coming from
fish lady- Pleco Poster
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Re: 300 gallon
Gonna be in Calgary this week hope to look at glass and acrylic and all the new equipment on the market
nelsonpush- Shrimp
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Re: 300 gallon
new tank here in two weeks 294 gallon glass cant wait
nelsonpush- Shrimp
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Re: 300 gallon
Nice Nelson. Looking forward to the pictures. Exciting wait!
alexmtl- Veteran Member
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Location : Montreal Quebec
Re: 300 gallon
will watch for a tank journal for sure.
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Sbenson11- Support
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Re: 300 gallon
Sounds very exciting. Where are you getting it done? I too hope to see a tank journal for this one.
Re: 300 gallon
Bought in Calgary. Background ordered from Universal rock. Should be here late next week or early after. Gonna put a layer of Miracle Gro then Black Diamond sand for a cap. Cant wait.
nelsonpush- Shrimp
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