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Glass Cages.com
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:09 pm
by Kart Racer
Anyone have an opinion on glasscages.com? Any experiences good bad or otherwise you would be willing to share? Their prices on aquariums don't look to bad but if they are not worth dealing with then I dont want to spend my money on some junk.
Jeff
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:24 pm
by Scott
If you do a search here there is an old thread about it. Some have heard or had bad experiences and others good. Pretty much you get what you pay for and it may not be worth the hassles of buying a new tank to replace a crappy one that you saved a buck or two on.
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:48 pm
by Brandon
They're coming to New Orleans in Oct , if you want to do a pickup and save the costs of shipping. I think the web site is
www.glasscages.com, will prob show their schedule on shows on there somewhere. Following Reef Central posts, it seems like the quality has improved. Maybe a little sloppy on the silicone, but overbuilt for the most part. For a large tank he can not get white glass thick enough I don't think.. (could be wrong).
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:48 am
by Kart Racer
Brandon, how big would you consider to be a "large" tank. I was looking on SWF.com is where I found them. Someone there had bought one and liked it and said basically the same that the workmanship was better than before. On there website are links to shows and if i read it correct at the shows you can save shipping and also get the tanks for $1 per gallon.
Jeff
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:56 am
by Brandon
I don't remember the specifics about the starfire/white glass,, just that could only get up to a certain thickness and some people were a bit miffed about it on Reef Central.com. They also sell on Ebay as Twinoaks2. You could do a search for twinoaks or glasscages for more info on reef central. I thought about getting one from their oct show, but won't be ready for it yet.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:14 pm
by Kart Racer
Thanks for the info Brandon. I have never been on reef central but will take a look at it and search there also.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:21 pm
by Brandon
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:20 pm
by Kart Racer
In your opinion, would 1/2" be thick enough for a tank. I was looking at either the 125 or 135 gallon ones.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:59 pm
by Kart Racer
OK I will. i was hoping to get my wet/dry filter this week and the aquarium in the next week or two after that until I started getting bills from my kidney stones so it will all be pushed back some now.
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:40 pm
by snoopdog
90 percent of what i found on the guys 6 months ago was horror stories.
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 5:52 am
by max
My 180 is 1/2 inch thick and is made from starphire glass. You're welcome to see it at the next meeting. I bought the glass and had it assembled locally.
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:34 am
by Brandon
Yeah, I think 180 is fine for a 6' tank. Not sure what is used for 8 footers. My 125 (6') is 1/2".