Well since I am one of the " Albertans " that is shutting down a tank maybe I can shed some light here from my perspective.
My intention was to go " larger " not shut down the tank ... however Mitch at IA once again did NOT come through as he promised and I missed a window of opportunity to build the big tank while I had some time off
... he promised a 2 week delivery back in March and still had not even cut the glass 10 weeks later ... I was off the whole month of May ( I wanted to build the tank in that month ... get it plumbed and running 100% ) and when I did not have the glass at the end of May it was pointless ... wanted a refund because he was so late and he told me to pound sand
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moral of the story ...
always pay with Visa as they will backcharge retailers that are completely incompetent like Mitch at IA is
The tank I have setup now is not as automated as my old 330G and I really did not spend the time to automate it because the intention was to go bigger
Because there is no tank to transfer everything into I now have to sell it all so that I can develop the space it is occupying in my basement ... once that is done this winter I will then be on the hunt for more 3/4" glass to build the big tank once again.
I will still have my dual beckett skimmer, calcium reactor, MH & VHO lights etc to drop onto the new tank
So if anyone knows where to
reliably and honestly get 3/4" glass please let me know ( front must be starphire in that size )
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