Too Good to be Worth it?

[Midus]

My LFS(Jacks Aquarium) is running a deal. $1 per gallon on aquariums. You want a 55 gallon you pay $55 and so on. What should I look out for quality wise? This seems almost too good for me to trust them... :(

http://www.jackspets.com/sale/page1.jpg

[demonsp]

Check if its a DIY or a established distributor. If the tank is clean and has a warranty it would beat my 600.00 for my 75gallon. But be cautious cause it doesnt sound right even from this end.

[usmc121581]

I would check first. Saids like its to good to be true, but then again theres a first for everything. Were is this place at.

[Acillaton]

Sounds like he got a lot tanks in stock and want to get rid of them. If they are a decent quality tanks than its a killer deal.

[Midus]

Locations here. Mainly located around Ohio it seems.

http://www.jackspets.com/locations.html

[cpl40475]

from what ive heard Jackspets is a highly praised shop i live in Richmond,Ky and have heard ppl from here and Lexington talking about jacks

[dsn112]

alot of pet stores do that ie: petsmart, petco etc..

They are advertising to the novice fresh water folks who will wind up buying all kinds of accessories like filters and gravel and stuff like that.

(Its really good for DIY sump/fuge setups)

Its a good deal usually if thats what you want. You are getting a very basic tank, If your going reef just look for a used higher quality pre drilled tank.

[steven_dean17]

There not going to have the best glass in them but it should hold water and come with a warranty. "The cow jumped over the????"
Nice avatar cpl40475.

[luke33]

There's lots of lfs doing this these days to compete with the big boxes. They just want to get people in there stores to buy other stuff. Whats an empty tank.......you'll need to fill it. Also, they usually stop at 55g for this deal as well.

[jubjub]

yeah i got my 55gallon at petco for a 1$/gallon say few months ago....i heard deathco..err petco does this sale every year but 55gal is the max size

[m2434]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11300761#post11300761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jubjubrsx
yeah i got my 55gallon at petco for a 1$/gallon say few months ago....i heard deathco..err petco does this sale every year but 55gal is the max size


And of course, they don't allow anything special like overflows, so be prepared to drill...

[Kryptikhan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11300761#post11300761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jubjubrsx
yeah i got my 55gallon at petco for a 1$/gallon say few months ago....i heard deathco..err petco does this sale every year but 55gal is the max size

Maybe in your region. I got my 72 AGA bow with stand, light (of course it's junk) and glass top for 330. Was not a dollar a gallon sale, but one time tank and stand sale @ petco which is now public btw. Petsmart is going to start getting into the salt business more with supplies I hear.

That stand and tank are far superior in quality than my other two set ups, my 75 aga and I have a 90 gallon acrylic as well.

Check corners, check the silicone. And you need to look real real close cause under certain lighting you will not see slight cracks etc.

[Kryptikhan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11300813#post11300813 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by m2434
And of course, they don't allow anything special like overflows, so be prepared to drill...

Doing months of research before putting my set up together, I opt out of a reef ready tank for reasons of noise...(that of which I am sure many have set up nicely without), and also looks...I just felt anything under 120ish gallon I would need the real estate and I don't like the reef ready look in the back.

So as far as get ready to drill is subjective...in the future if all goes well with this 72, my 200+ plus tank is going to be reef ready as the volume of water will certainly need it.