My lousy 2 feet tank with extremely questionable worksmanship suddenly sprung a rather severe leak when I haven't even used it for a month!It spilled so much water on my wooden floor! Luckily I was able to save my animals in time by transferring them to my other tank. I don't know if the same can be said for my floor
. Does anyone know any vendors that supply 2 feet tanks and provide delivery as well and at a reasonable price?
(DO NOT recommend me oceanfree tanks as the poorly made tank is from oceanfree. I would encourage all users who plan to buy acrylic tanks to stay far far away from oceanfree acrylic tanks.)
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Most Local Fish Shops have ready made 2ft tanks for cash and carry.
I would think that 2ft tanks should not have much issues with leaks considering that the pressure on the silicon and glass panels will not be that great.
Maybe you just weren't very lucky.
Cheers,
JJ
Just buy the crystal clear fish tank. I am using OF type. Look pretty solid !
The problem is that silicone only adheres well to glass and does not adhere well to acrylic. Despite this, OF thought they were smart and still decided the use silicone! The whole seal at the leaking section lifted off in 1 whole complete piece!Originally Posted by jiajuen900
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Yeah... i always wonder why companies use silicone to build acrylic tanks (instead of using chemical bond which is way stronger and cleaner for acrylics), the acrylic panels are so thin and the silicone is just applied in thick layers with ugly plastic braces trying to hold them together, very easy to separate under pressure. Even just moving the tank with water inside is enough to pull apart the silicon joins.
You should go for glass tanks with good quality silicone workmanship, those will be much more durable.
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You can go for GEX tanks or ANS tanks. Both in my opinion, are rather great and value for money!
i'm using a GEX Deskboy 450 which is 1.5ft acrylic tank, sturdy and been through 2 major re-scaping and now its a house for my small ranchu and orandas
they have 600 which is 2 ft acrylic tank with the given dimension if you are looking for slim tanks (60x17x25.4cm) LxWxH
It's no fun nor safe when a aquarium leak or worst, if it breaks!
I stopped buying OceanFree and QianHu products all together, after a few product quality issues.
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