Bow Valley builds tanks for Golds. Gary retired and somone bought him out. I know who it is but am not supposed to say anything. Hopefully this person will come out and say something to clear this matter up.

Well I bought my tank from Golds and it was Gary that built it and then ever so kindly brought it my house and helped me pack it in....

oh the plot thickens!! :lol:

I've had tanks built by both Mitch and Gary through Golds.

How do I become a cheatoball trimmer? :lol:

That's one hairy thread derail. I'd have to trim ya permanently if I told :razz:

I don't think we have rail's to be derailed here at Canreef :lol:, What does this "permanent trimming" consist of and how "Permanent" is it? :lol::lol::lol:.

On topic as said before you really get what you pay for, Colby's tanks might be more expensive but Jay's quality and his services are well worth it. I'm not saying other LFS in Calgary can't match up but in my personal experience Elite takes the cake for tank building.

Thats nice, but since Gary's retirement Bow Valley has taken over building all of golds tanks.

[b][QUOTE=Fragzilla;501364]I agree that Elite's tanks have very nice details, but there is a HUGE cost for the CNC machining. I priced out my new tank through Elite and it was 3-4 times the cost of Golds. With the way my tank is set up I wanted 2 of the edges to be beveled and polished, I got what I asked for.

Sitting on the shop floor Elite's tanks look great, but IMO once the tank is set up I doesn't justifiy the extra cost.

It all depends on you, i guess. I got a quote from elite which i thought was high. But I dont mind paying for a nice tank. The tank i have now, the edges are rough, Its a 90 gallon tank but the glass is 5/8" thick. I didnt know any better. If i would have known that the edges would have been rough cut, I would have notified them to polish the edges. Its something u learn from. Next time i know better.

That's nice Gary was at my house 2 weeks ago - lol