exodus
Aquarium Advice Freak
As a few of you may have already seen from my other thread, I'm in the market for a new 55 gallon tank on-the-cheap.
What would you all reccommend is the best way to go about this?
No matter what I do, I'm fairly sure I'm going to end up building the stand. I'm also fairly certain that I'm going to be using pool filter sand as a substrate, because $7 for 50lb of the stuff seems to fit the bill quite nicely.
Some thoughts I've had -
The 55g WalMart kit is $169 - comes with everything except substrate and fish.
"Choice Pet Supply" (local CT chain) has 55g aquariums (not sure if the hood is included or not) for $109.
Looked at Petco, most were ripoffs. Not to mention when I was looking quickly at the fish, ~10 of the tanks were full of Ich so I'd rather not give them my money. Even for a tank.
When you buy an aquarium that isnt a kit, is the hood usually included? The display was a tank on a stand with a hood, had a price on the tank and on the stand.
If the hood isn't included, I suppose I could always build a canopy for not that much. If it is included though, that'd be perfect as I could still have plenty of money left for a good HOB filter and heater.
I've thought about getting it used, but I really dont want to take the time to track down and then pick up a suitable tank.
I guess this thread isnt really saying anything specific, but more of a running list of my current ideas. I'm sure lots of other people are doing aquarium setups for as cheap as possible.. can anyone share some insight?
Thanks! 8)
What would you all reccommend is the best way to go about this?
No matter what I do, I'm fairly sure I'm going to end up building the stand. I'm also fairly certain that I'm going to be using pool filter sand as a substrate, because $7 for 50lb of the stuff seems to fit the bill quite nicely.
Some thoughts I've had -
The 55g WalMart kit is $169 - comes with everything except substrate and fish.
"Choice Pet Supply" (local CT chain) has 55g aquariums (not sure if the hood is included or not) for $109.
Looked at Petco, most were ripoffs. Not to mention when I was looking quickly at the fish, ~10 of the tanks were full of Ich so I'd rather not give them my money. Even for a tank.
When you buy an aquarium that isnt a kit, is the hood usually included? The display was a tank on a stand with a hood, had a price on the tank and on the stand.
If the hood isn't included, I suppose I could always build a canopy for not that much. If it is included though, that'd be perfect as I could still have plenty of money left for a good HOB filter and heater.
I've thought about getting it used, but I really dont want to take the time to track down and then pick up a suitable tank.
I guess this thread isnt really saying anything specific, but more of a running list of my current ideas. I'm sure lots of other people are doing aquarium setups for as cheap as possible.. can anyone share some insight?
Thanks! 8)