Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Buying Basic Tanks in the UK

Yup, I'd like to have the answer to that one as well - one of the bigger
tanks that I was looking at cost more than I paid for a car a short
while back - and it was a pretty decent car as well. How they can
justify charging that much money for what is, effectively, an open top
glass box, would be something worth reading.
On a point of curiosity could your husband give some ballpark ideas of
the actual cost to just produce,say, a standard 2 foot or 3 foot US
tank? What sort/thickness of glass do they use?

I'll send you any links I come across but, given the prices, I'm not
realistically likely to be looking until the end of the year. One place
I do recommend, though, for anyone in the UK looking for a basic tank is
their local Gumtree ( www.gumtree.com ) - I've seen a couple on mine
and I live in the sticks (didn't have the money to go after them at the
time!)

Christine McCluskey
Scotland, UK

On 27/06/2013 20:39, Dawn Moneyhan wrote:
>
> I just wonder why they are so expensive... my husband works for a
> manufacturer so I know what it costs for them to make the tanks, and
> even if costs are a bit higher overseas... I can't see them being 5
> times the price.
>
> They are also a challenge to find, at least for someone here in the US
> trying to search them out online. So again, I do thank you for the
> links you provided. I spent so long searching for a standard tank for
> someone about a yr or so ago, we were both getting so frustrated
> because a basic tank was what she really needed. She ended up with
> one of the tanks we were able to find online with the built in filter
> and light fixture built into the cover and then I talked her through
> some modifications to fix the problems she'd had in a previous tank.
> This is the first time I have seen a standard "just tank" available
> for the UK so if you find anymore links to them, even somewhere that
> used ones are often sold, I would be very interested. That could be
> quite helpful to someone in the future.
>
> Dawn
>
> Dawn Moneyhan
> Aquatics Specialist/Nutritionist
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