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Old 01/04/2008, 09:31 PM
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I had the tank custom built, however, overall I was unhappy with the build quality of the tank itself and wouldn't recommend them. I would only recommend the way they did it to be done better.

The actual acrylic to starfire part was fine (which should have been the hard part!). However, on my blue background they put such a skinny sheet of blue acrylic over the clear acrylic that after I filled it up, it peeled up. They had to pick up the tank and replace it with a thicker sheet. You can see tons of glue bubbles on the backside where they glued the blue background to the clear.

Then after a few years, the actual top of the acrylic part of the tank started to separate from the acrylic back of the tank. Of course, I had to empty it and have the acrylic repaired. I lost most of my fish and corals in that fiasco.

Of course, from the viewing side it looks great. I had an external overflow put on one side so you don't see the overflow in the tank.

But the upside is that the actual acrylic to starfire part worked out great!!

Joyce
 

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