Best Place for Custom tanks?

[Magma]

Originally Posted by fishytime

not true......I have personally seen with mine own two eyes a tank from there with frosting on the bottom pane

the sump I have from bow valley has a textured bottom pain almost like shower door glass...

[Palmer]

Too early to crack open a beer, coke zero will have to do.

[Aqua Man]

Nvm, my question was answered

[chris121277]

IMO if you want a cheap tank and don't care about the finish, then by all means go ahead and use him.

But if you have spent months planning a tank, 3 weeks building a stand and want everything perfect......spend the extra bucks.

Especially if you live out of province and can't even check out the tank before it is delivered to your house....don't do it. I just think that they thought since it was being shipped to B.C. they could just slap it together get caulking smears all over the glass (inside and out) and it didn't matter because I wasn't going to re-crate it and spend another $150 to ship it back.

[chris121277]

Sorry for ranting on your thread here....this is still a touchy subject with me....as you can probably tell.....lol

[Aqua Man]

You can use a flat blade and scrape silicone off glass, I own a window, door, and siding company and we have scrape chaulking(glazing) smears all the time with a flat razor blade.


Corey

[Aqua Man]

Originally Posted by chris121277

Sorry for ranting on your thread here....this is still a touchy subject with me....as you can probably tell.....lol

We understand you had a bad experience with them. I however did not. I imagine when you build as many tanks as they do; you are going to have a few manufacture defects. He has 5-6 employees, could have been made on a friday, could have been a rookie who made it... Regardless we are not really allowed to bash anyone on this site. You can tell us of your experiences, but just be careful as the moderaters are reading this too. I don't want to see anyone get banned this is a happy community.

But between us after reading your posts, I am going to explore all options if I get someone to build my next tank.

Corey

[Aquattro]

As far as BV goes, there are threads here that go back 5 years commenting on the quality and service. All anyone has to do is use the search button and type in Bow Valley. Most aquarium boards have similar threads, search on BV or Inter-American.
As stated, please convey your experiences without any name calling, and hope that people in the market for tanks use the search function and do their homework.

[chris121277]

Originally Posted by Aqua Man

We understand you had a bad experience with them. I however did not. I imagine when you build as many tanks as they do; you are going to have a few manufacture defects. He has 5-6 employees, could have been made on a friday, could have been a rookie who made it... Regardless we are not really allowed to bash anyone on this site. You can tell us of your experiences, but just be careful as the moderaters are reading this too. I don't want to see anyone get banned this is a happy community.

But between us after reading your posts, I am going to explore all options if I get someone to build my next tank.

Corey

Thats why I apologized for ranting

[Magma]

Even after reading everyones comments on which company does it best or which looks nicer it all comes down to the simple question, how much am I willing to spend on 5 pieces of glass and some silicon? maybe some holes drilled as well?

prices ranges from $500-$1200 maybe even more as I havent called everywhere yet so how much am I willing to spend on the tank, thats not including pumps, skimmers, heaters, power heads, ATO, plumbing....