300 gallon

by nelsonpush Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:22 pm

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.

by Suprd71 Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:36 am

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.

by nelsonpush Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:47 am

Thank you very good to know on the starphire.

by Fores41 Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:09 am

That is nice to know about starphire glass now I will not have to be envious any longer.

by fish lady Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:10 am

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

by Suprd71 Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:13 am

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?

by nelsonpush Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:09 am

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

by fish lady Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:00 pm

Yes I have plywood and full glass sides with wood bottom and all glass... I can see where you are coming from

by fish lady Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:01 pm

Yes I have plywood and full glass sides with wood bottom and all glass... I can see where you are coming from

by nelsonpush Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:50 pm

Gonna be in Calgary this week hope to look at glass and acrylic and all the new equipment on the market

by nelsonpush Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:32 pm

new tank here in two weeks 294 gallon glass cant wait

by alexmtl Wed Jun 24, 2015 2:57 am

Nice Nelson. Looking forward to the pictures. Exciting wait!

by **Sbenson11** Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:53 pm

will watch for a tank journal for sure.

Steve

by **CAAIndie** Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:43 pm

Sounds very exciting. Where are you getting it done? I too hope to see a tank journal for this one.

by nelsonpush Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:19 pm

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.