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I saw a 90g All-Glass Aquarium on CL this morning. The price is right for my market and I am considering using it for my room divider project (see below thread)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... p?t=225212
My only concern is the tank is 14 years old. The seller states that he has had it running constantly for the 14 years that he has owned it. I view this as a good thing because it was always in his house (a climate controlled environment) and that he had fish in it until less than one month ago (holds water). From these statements I am pretty confident that the tank in in good condition for its age and should not leak, but I have a few additional questions.
1) Has the clarity of glass used in aquariums advanced significantly since this was built (1996)? If I'm going to have a tank that you can look through I want to make sure it is pretty clear (not necessarily starfire, but close to your standard Petsmart tank of 2011). Any clarity issues will be x2 when looking through the tank.
2) I want to run a sump on my setup. Is a tank from 1996 going to make drilling easier or harder in anyway (more or less likely to be tempered on bottom, thickness of glass, etc)?
3) Is there anything else I should be considering that would make this a more or less desireable buy?
There are a decent number of aquariums on the market here, so it wouldn't be the end of the world if this slipped by, but I would certainly say if you take age out of the equation this tank is a great deal compared to most.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... p?t=225212
My only concern is the tank is 14 years old. The seller states that he has had it running constantly for the 14 years that he has owned it. I view this as a good thing because it was always in his house (a climate controlled environment) and that he had fish in it until less than one month ago (holds water). From these statements I am pretty confident that the tank in in good condition for its age and should not leak, but I have a few additional questions.
1) Has the clarity of glass used in aquariums advanced significantly since this was built (1996)? If I'm going to have a tank that you can look through I want to make sure it is pretty clear (not necessarily starfire, but close to your standard Petsmart tank of 2011). Any clarity issues will be x2 when looking through the tank.
2) I want to run a sump on my setup. Is a tank from 1996 going to make drilling easier or harder in anyway (more or less likely to be tempered on bottom, thickness of glass, etc)?
3) Is there anything else I should be considering that would make this a more or less desireable buy?
There are a decent number of aquariums on the market here, so it wouldn't be the end of the world if this slipped by, but I would certainly say if you take age out of the equation this tank is a great deal compared to most.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
