Is this a good price on a 75g?

csufman · 12/04/2008, 12:20 PM

My local fish store is selling a 75g (48x18x20) glass tank only for $140. Tank is not reef ready. Does this sound like a good price?

plateboy3293 · 12/04/2008, 12:36 PM

For brand new or previously owned I normally am willing to pay about 2 dollars a gallon for brand new. And does it come with a stand?

csufman · 12/04/2008, 12:58 PM

No stand. Just the tank.

returnofsid · 12/04/2008, 03:48 PM

That's a fair price.

csufman · 12/04/2008, 04:00 PM

This is the All-Glass brand. The shop told me that none of the glass was tempered. Does this sound right? I thought I heard the bottoms of the 75 were tempered. Anybody know?

deejeff442 · 12/04/2008, 04:34 PM

that sounds like a decent deal.
i just bought a 33 gallon with stand and hood with rio pump on craigslist for $50. perfect qt.
might want to check it out.
also found 60 lbs of lr for $60

greenmonkey51 · 12/04/2008, 04:41 PM

That's a good price now. I bought my first 75g a few years back for a little less than that. I think most 75g's I've seen are 180$ for tank only.

csufman · 12/04/2008, 05:31 PM

I've been checking out craiglist and my local board but everyone is selling a tank/stand/canopy combo and I want to do a peninsula tank so I am going to build my own. Seems like a good price and I might just pick it up.

By the way, called All-Glass and the bottom is tmpered but the sides are not...8^)

Macimage · 12/04/2008, 07:41 PM

If you are planning on a reef, I'd wait, pay a bit more and purchase a reef ready tank with a sump.

Joyce

12/04/2008, 12:20 PM	#1
csufman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 100	Is this a good price on a 75g? My local fish store is selling a 75g (48x18x20) glass tank only for $140. Tank is not reef ready. Does this sound like a good price?

12/04/2008, 12:36 PM	#2
plateboy3293 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hillsborough, New Jersey Posts: 1,038	For brand new or previously owned I normally am willing to pay about 2 dollars a gallon for brand new. And does it come with a stand? __________________ Wars come and go but my soldiers stay eternal Current Tank Info: 155 gallon bow

12/04/2008, 12:58 PM	#3
csufman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 100	No stand. Just the tank.

12/04/2008, 03:48 PM	#4
returnofsid Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,852	That's a fair price.

12/04/2008, 04:00 PM	#5
csufman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 100	This is the All-Glass brand. The shop told me that none of the glass was tempered. Does this sound right? I thought I heard the bottoms of the 75 were tempered. Anybody know?

12/04/2008, 04:34 PM	#6
deejeff442 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: fort worth Posts: 106	that sounds like a decent deal. i just bought a 33 gallon with stand and hood with rio pump on craigslist for $50. perfect qt. might want to check it out. also found 60 lbs of lr for $60

12/04/2008, 04:41 PM	#7
greenmonkey51 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,092	That's a good price now. I bought my first 75g a few years back for a little less than that. I think most 75g's I've seen are 180$ for tank only.

12/04/2008, 05:31 PM	#8
csufman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 100	I've been checking out craiglist and my local board but everyone is selling a tank/stand/canopy combo and I want to do a peninsula tank so I am going to build my own. Seems like a good price and I might just pick it up. By the way, called All-Glass and the bottom is tmpered but the sides are not...8^)

12/04/2008, 07:41 PM	#9
Macimage Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Quartz Hill Posts: 4,078	If you are planning on a reef, I'd wait, pay a bit more and purchase a reef ready tank with a sump. Joyce