Help me to get back to hobby please.

[miralami]

Hello Everyone,

I am new to the country but not to this hobby Can't live without a tank more than few months. (My last tank was a 72x24x24 mix reef in Melbourne)
Trying to set up a small enough mix reef since I am renting here and not sure how long I am going to stay in Bay Area.

Appreciate some advice if you have any experience with these:

I am looking in 2 options:

- SC Aquarium 80 G (32x24x24)
- Marineland Cube Rimless 93 G (30x30x24)

I heard will be good deals here for Black Friday, best time to convince my wife :lolspin:

Is anyone aware of any LFS or online store with the deals on tanks and stand? I never saw any of those tank in person just read some reviews and appreciate if you share your experience.

 

[3drockz]

Neptune has a very good collection of tanks, Robert matches online prices too...

 

[Rarend99]

+1 to neptunes great guys and the amount of tanks they have on hand is amazing

 

[POOLSCAPES]

I know from a friend in Los angles that the SC Tanks are very popular. People seem to like them a lot. I want one of there tanks also. Like other people say neptunes and possibly cad tanks might be a option for around here. Good luck.

 

[Jmerriott]

Go check out ca reef co in Fremont. They have a bunch of cad light tanks that are very similar to the SC stuff. They have some cad light tanks that the manufacturer doesn't show in their site too

 

[miralami]

Thanks everyone for the feedback, I will go and check those tanks in person. Marineland in very tempting since is made in USA but I can live with others as long as don't flood .

Actually I don't mind good used tank as well.

I saw very good deals for black Friday on equipment which I am going to order, these are the one I am ordering:

- Pacific Sun Pandora S (1x 145W + 2x 24W T5)
- Pacific Sun 5 Channels Doser (Love this one with built in ATO)
- Vertex Omega 180I (New skimmer but saw good reviews)

 

[Crispy001]

Neptune's is pretty great, they have quite a few reef-ready tanks of different sizes right near the entrance. I wasn't shopping for one at the time but I remember the prices seemed reasonable. Can't go wrong with craigslist for a used tank though.

 

[miralami]

Thanks Crispy001, I will check them out next week.
Unfortunately most of the Tanks in Craiglist are not deep enough and I really like deep tank (At least 24).
In case I find a used one I can have my cash to spend on better equipment and more corals. haha