danskim's 300g rimless starphire

[tbone28]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11776306#post11776306 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danskim

Cute!

 

[tbone28]

Forgot to comment on your tank - got distracted by your cute dogs

Great to see another rimless! Can't wait to see the progress. Did you decide on the powermodules?

 

[danskim]

Yeah. I went with the 2x48" 8 bulb ones.
They've been sitting in the boxes for wayyyy to many months now. Can't wait to get them out of there.

 

[tbone28]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10695736#post10695736 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danskim

You should name your thread Danskim's 3g and 300g rimless :rollface: I have the same pico in my office!

 

[FFrankie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11776133#post11776133 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reef Aquatics
I like your daschund....I have a miniature longhair...

I know you are excited about your tank. But Im sorry to say..just from your one
photo...the silicone job GC did looks aweful! I did business with that company once
and needless to say I will never buy another thing from them again ever!

Esp after reading the story on here about the guy that bought the 250 gallon
from GC and it burst in his living room! He had like $20,000 in damage..and
the owner of GC laughed at him and said it wasnt his problem.

I hope you have better luck....cheers!

I agree with you that GC has a a bad rep from all the researching i have been doing. I will be upgrading to a 300 Envision tank this year. I am having trouble seeing how you can tell the silicone looks awful though. I am in no way defending GC but being a person who has experience building aquariums I know a bad job when i see it and fail to see how you can tell in the pictures provided. It would be better to ask danskim for a close up of the joints if you see flaws. then we could help him.

 

[danskim]

I also asked Reef Aquatics in a pm to be more specific about the problems with the silicone he mentioned.

In person the silicone looks okay. In case there was a "bad silicone job," what would I do in that situation?

 

[Po-vegas reefer]

nice pups

 

[klasiksb]

We have a GC 140 cube, the majority of the silicone was pretty nice but was rather sloppy around the top of the tank. I really can't complain.

 

[sus]

My 180 is GC, and I've had no issues. I bought it used, and would guess its about 5-6 years old.

 

[FFrankie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11777439#post11777439 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danskim
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In person the silicone looks okay. In case there was a "bad silicone job," what would I do in that situation? [/B]

I think anything is repairable. I replaced my whole front pane with starphire and rebuilt the rest of the glass.
From the look of your tank that i can see it looks fine. If you want to post pictures of all the seams we can pick it apart. I bet the tank he was talking about that blew apart was not fully cured. I had to wait 2 months before i could fill my 120. I would not worry about it to much. If all GC tanks were that bad they would not be around anymore.

 

[Reef Aquatics]

Actually not to stir up an old argument on here...

FFrankie...I disagree with your comment "If all GC tanks were bad they wouldnt
be around anymore.."

Do a search on here for Glasscages and you will find tons of nightmare stories from
people, esp about GC tanks that leak. I had a bad tank from them. I had to file a
chargeback with my credit card to get a refund. Mastercard told me that GC had
so many complaints about them, that their merchant services didnt even try to
fight the chargeback.

Also the tank I was talking about was fully cured. It was made by glasscages. Im
sure by the time they delivered the tank to the guy and by the time he got it set
up, the silicone would have been cured.

My point was that you get what you pay for..and GC does not care about
craftsmanship, thats why they are so hit and miss.

But im hoping danskims tank turns out to be all good with no problems!

Cheers...

 

[FFrankie]

I am not going to turn this into a GC thing. My concern is where you see the flaws in his tank so we can avoid another disaster. lets try and help danskim if you see a problem.

 

[Reef Aquatics]

Ohh sorry...ya im a little jaded when it comes to this subject of GC...lol

FFrankie you are right...we do need to see closer up shots to really be able to
comment. But if you look a the one photo, esp in the corners toward the
bottom...The silicone looks really messy..from what I can see. But you are right it is
hard to tell. It just looks sloppy in spots.

 

[danskim]

Ok, I'll take some closer shots, but I am still having a hard time seeing what you're seeing in the picture. Up close, I didn't notice anything too sloppy with the silicone.
More importantly... the seams look fine too.
I'll take pictures later, and you can let me know.

 

[FFrankie]

Great! Now were getting somewhere. I can greatly appreciate why your jaded about them considering what you had to go through.
I am looking forward to the pictures danskim. This is going to be a wonderful tank to follow.
How do you like the starphire front pane? I have been very happy with mine for viewing. It did get a scratch though. Be careful, low iron glass scratches much easier than regular glass.

 

[Reef Aquatics]

Cool...ya I could be seeing things...If you look toward the bottom though, it just
looks a little sloppy...Danskim...you did mention in your PM that you tried to cancel
the order. What was the reason?

Anyway...I hope the tank comes out good!

Off the subject..heres a pic of my daschund...he just turned one year old..

 

[danskim]

The reason was that they cancelled the promised delivery date 4 times. I got fed up and wanted to switch builders even if I had to pay more.
I guess when I started a credit card dispute they panicked and delivered it pretty quickly after that.

Cute pup!

 

[Reef Aquatics]

Ohhhh....how did Tom and Beth act toward you when you wanted to cancel?
They were very rude to me....when I complained.

Thanks..my puppys name is Dexter... His coloring is almost the same as
your Chloe...

Cheers!!

 

[burton14e7]

My mini daschund gets out of the hospital on friday after rupturing a disk in his spine from jumping off the couch His little brother searches for him nonstop all day.

 

[danskim]

Oh no... I hope he is okay. When my puppies are separated they are always searching for each other too.