fishy, fishy, fishy...

marioensf · 01/24/2009, 10:24 PM

Is anyone familiar with this "new " site?
www.moonaquatic.com

To create your account you must provide VERY personal info like birth day.
Hey for a cone skimmer for $2.00 why not?

SuperTang23 · 01/24/2009, 11:41 PM

this is actually a very bad store. i would go to it.

rhaey · 01/25/2009, 12:14 PM

huh??

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Originally posted by SuperTang23
this is actually a very bad store. i would go to it.

sfsuphysics · 01/25/2009, 12:30 PM

That must be a typo for the cone skimmer, even if it is the lowest of low cheap end stuff you couldn't buy it that cheap if you were in China buying it from the sweat shop that they made it at!

although I did get a chuckle out of this

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frier shrimp

Thought Fire shrimp? uhhh... hmmm maybe they mean fryer shrimp!

Apparently you can buy fish disease too

Solitaryensis · 01/26/2009, 12:16 AM

Let us know how it goes. You never know, I suppose. Plus, doesnt look like it comes with a pump, so that could add to how cheap it is.

This is besides the point but reality is, you can make these cones for relatively low production costs. Much of the costs of a skimmer go into R&D, costs that international manufacturers skirt by waiting and copying.

Anyways, let us know if you recieve something. I wouldnt be surprised either way

sandiegan · 01/26/2009, 12:32 AM

Contact # is a 510? It's local?

Elite · 01/26/2009, 01:12 AM

I think the website is still under construction.. a piece of scrap acrylic at tapplastic cost more than $2...

Solitaryensis · 01/26/2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by Elite
I think the website is still under construction.. a piece of scrap acrylic at tapplastic cost more than $2...

Yeah but that's tapplastics. Not that I'm arguing for this company but I would not be surprised if they could make this very very cheap. Acrylic is expensive at tap not necessarily so in other places of the world and especially if you use really thin, lower quality stuff (see ASM). Either way I'm really curious now about the viability of a knock off cone skimmer. We've seen it with bubble masters so I'm sure this is a strong possibility especially if you aren't forced to buy a crappy pump with it

On another note, I don't advocate companies copying things from others but I will say that some skimmers out there are ridiculously priced. I know a lot of time and money goes into R&D but it's still tough to swallow for most hobbyists so it should come as no surprise to see knock-offs partiularly because of how inexpensive it is to manufacturer a skimmer

chris4869 · 01/26/2009, 04:57 PM

It looks like it's under construction. I think the pictures and prices are just fillers for the html page test. I hate the use of lightbox javascript to load images. It's so slow.

01/24/2009, 10:24 PM	#1
marioensf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,502	fishy, fishy, fishy... Is anyone familiar with this "new " site? www.moonaquatic.com To create your account you must provide VERY personal info like birth day. Hey for a cone skimmer for $2.00 why not?

01/24/2009, 11:41 PM	#2
SuperTang23 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 59	this is actually a very bad store. i would go to it.

01/26/2009, 12:16 AM	#5
Solitaryensis Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Northern Cali. Bay Area Posts: 1,669	Let us know how it goes. You never know, I suppose. Plus, doesnt look like it comes with a pump, so that could add to how cheap it is. This is besides the point but reality is, you can make these cones for relatively low production costs. Much of the costs of a skimmer go into R&D, costs that international manufacturers skirt by waiting and copying. Anyways, let us know if you recieve something. I wouldnt be surprised either way

01/26/2009, 12:32 AM	#6
sandiegan Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: sunnyvale Posts: 697	Contact # is a 510? It's local?

01/26/2009, 01:12 AM	#7
Elite Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SJ Posts: 5,979	I think the website is still under construction.. a piece of scrap acrylic at tapplastic cost more than $2...

01/26/2009, 04:57 PM	#9
chris4869 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,006	It looks like it's under construction. I think the pictures and prices are just fillers for the html page test. I hate the use of lightbox javascript to load images. It's so slow.