uni-quarium ????

by **Snowboss4492** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:14 am

anybody ever seen or had any expierience with one of these? a customer of mine bought a 200 gallon and it came with a crack in the top {not structual or anyplace it could leak, just holds the lights up} so he called the manufacturer and ended up getting a 300 gallon and 1000 bucks refunded for the damaged tank . . . .so he asks if they are gonna pay shipping on the 200 to ship it back and they told him to just smash it up and toss it in a dumpster ....LMAO ......needless to say he didn't, said he'd sell it to me for a grand...................i looked online and they start at 2,800 bucks with no pumps or anything . . . . . this one has everything but the protien skimmer - - -it would be an awsome self contained in the wall tank - - -if they're anygood?????

thoughts??

advice???

Boss

by **blueshoes2208** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:49 am

thoughts...
worth 1000 double cheeseburgers....
two semesters worth of books....
lotta beer... ha
do people really have that kinda money??

by **fihsboy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:20 am

dude thats almost two months pay......if its structurally sound hell why not....I know you have been looking for a larger aquarium of this sort. usually the uni aquariums have bio balls.....but all in all they are awesome from what I hear. all the filtration is right there........and you dont ever see any equipment. You can even plumb pipes to act as powerheads.....sounds like a good deal to me....if you have the time/patience/and money. :) of course im sure its acrylic......and i know if i were to go to pet supermarket I could get a brand new 210 tank stand and hood for 900 bucks. of course thats 72 inches long and well you know the dimensions.......insanely large. Its a good deal for the uniaquarium for sure.....in general its right with the new regular ones.

by **Snowboss4492** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:42 am

this one is 96 inches long 20 tall 24 deep and yes its acrylic, which is making me nervous as well................my customer loves his 300 but is only doing a FO tank, it's kinda sad to see all that beautiful rock he has and then all he has is regular flourencent lighting, he has a black dogface puffy in there thats bigger than any chihuahua i've ever seen, lol this thing is a monster, an 8 inch long harliquin tusk and a couple of huge wrasse {6-8 inches each}

as i've been researching building a monster tank, i've priced cell caste acrylic and star fire glass for a plywood tank and time a matierials wood be far more than 1000 bucks.....................agian being acrylic and the filtrations capabilities are my major concerns

Boss

by **saltwaterpimp** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:36 pm

They are nice though..my lfs has one of those its made from glass..the thing is incredible, always clean, its only a 40 gallon i think.you could probably build one of those false backs with a tank, and a chunk of glass, silicone. and a few other tools.

swp

by **fihsboy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:27 pm

I think its a pretty good deal boss. acrylic is pretty damn strong.....yet scratches easily. So thats up to you. Personally.....If i had that kinda cash....I would buy a big a@# glass tank.....get a HUGE sump and go from there. maybe a 220 with a 100 gallon sump. do a 50 gallon water change a month. only thing is......protein skimmer would be costly for that size tank. I would like to know how sea world cleans there tanks.....honestly. Can you imagine how big of a dump a whale takes.....yet the tanks are spotless. no algae no wastes......yes they have like a billion gallons of water......but they still have to have an incredible filter. where do they get there water? anyways. You have been looking for a tank for a while. Question is.........is this the one you want. Dont settle....I did and now im just upgrading everything. Which is a royal pain in the @!## and a waste of money.

by **Snowboss4492** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:28 pm

yeah but thats assumeing i already have the big tank built or bought - - - i still don't think i can build a 200 gallon tank for 100 bucks - - -i can't find cell cast acrylic out here for nothin

i did price a piece of 1/2 inch thick 7 foot by 30 inch star fire glass for my original plywood tank and just the glass was 770 bucks

Snowboss

by **fihsboy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:34 pm

Yeah i understand that.........hmmmmmm. I honestly wouldnt trust myself building an aquarium...so I personally would just go buy a 220. There is a guy here that cant give his away. Hes selling it for 850? im pretty sure. anyways here you can get the 220 for a grand brand new with stand and everything....pretty sick deal really. :) I would go with pre built.

by **Snowboss4492** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:45 pm

i really want to build one but this is gonna be in the living room of a new house, and although i consider myself a pretty compitent carpenter and craftsmen, um , i wouldn't wanna live with my wife if it failed for any reason.....lol . . . . plus just the shear time it would take to do it - - -no way would my wife let a project that size go on in the middle of the living room for a month or more.....lol they just don't get it , do they? - - - - - well it's prolly a good thing because i'd prolly have a motorcycle or snowmobile in the house if she'd let me

my dad used to use his Triumph motorcycle as a night stand in the winter so it wasn't out in the weather

Boss

uni-quarium ????

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uni-quarium ????

uni-quarium ????

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