need your help picking a tank

[paulreyna]

alright,,, while looking in the sale forum for a tank, i was told to check out www.glasscages.com for a tank. I'm curious what anyone thinks of these tanks and if this is my best option to buy my first 100-150 tank. Your responses will help me a great deal. I also have a couple tanks im interested in in the sale forum.

[subber]

The question boils down to "new" or "used", New you may get a warranty but the cost may be really high, or used, you probably won't get a warranty but if the seller is honest, you are buying a known to be good tank at a usually great price. Also the thought of not liking the hobby or obsession as it tends to be after a while , may be something to think about. This isn't a cheap hobby by any means, but it can be very rewarding in many ways , or disheartening if something goes wrong and in this hobby, it is always when, not if something goes wrong as Murphy's Law is always there to show you who is boss. A lot of people on here will tell you to go BIG with tank size right off the bat, because they spent money on smaller tanks and wound up getting a bigger tank. But the part that isn't stated or just forgotten, is that the smaller tank you learned on is what makes getting the larger tank so much more satifying and all the knowledge you learned with that smaller tank is what lets you make the larger tank work as it is supposed to and not losing your a-word by making a mistake in a much grander scale.

[don-n-sa]

I have a 240g low iron from glasscages and I am very happy with it...do a search for glasscages in this forum and you will find a few threads about glasscages

[JeffCo]

I like the glasscages tanks myself, you can also specify how you want it build as far as overflows, bulkheads and such.

[GaryP]

My suggestion for a tank in that size range is to go with a 24" wide tank over an 18", regardless of the gallons. I'm currently upgrading from a 125 to a 180 gal. for exactly that reason. Get a reef ready tank, you're maintenance will be a lot less. If you are going to make this into a reef tank, have it drilled for a close loop as well.