This maybe a vague or weird question, but does anyone know how strong/tough/stable is a TRUVU tank? A friend of my mine sold me his TRUVU 125 gallon (72wx18dx20h) and it's problem about 5 years old. When I filled it with water and rocks what look like from a side view is that the acrylic is bent ( bowing from top to bottom). Is this normal? I will take a picture later in the afternoon.
TRUVU Question
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xinumaster
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You can get a thicker acrylic from truvu too if you are welling to pay.
you couldn't be more wrong. Their standard ones made in the past did, but NON of my custom tanks ever have, nor any of the current standards I've bought. Like any company, things change. When Scott took the helm, he changed a few things around. IMO he's done a super job, and has added a bunch of new life to Tru Vu 
Qwiv
Persistant Perspective
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8217707#post8217707 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreshamH
When did this take place? All the tanks I have bow. Newest one is (2) years old.
I've seen tanks bow for years w/o bursting. We had one at our old facility that was 3' tall. Thing bowed like you wouldn't belive, and was like that for 10 years and 4 set-ups. Not that I like bowing tanks, quite frankly, I hate ANY bow in a tank and do everything I can not to have that happen. I always oversize my tanks thickness to get away from that. it always reminds me of my 54g bow front and alll the visual problems that created (headaches )
)smellyfish
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My truvu tank is 7 years old and it has bowed from eatly on. No other issues though.
"likes to cheat people on tanks". Umm... do you really think "they" have a "master plan" for cheating. I mean, is there some dark smoky office somewhere where the powers that be get together and figgure out how to fool people on tank size? BTW, are these inner or outer dimensions?
Now i'm not coming on here defending Tru-View, however I've owned/serviced several of thier tanks. I feel they use too thin a top resulting in distortion not only to the top but to the front panel as well, as well as what Elite addressed with the limited access due to lack of top integerty. They rely too much on flame polishing, and don't use enough elbow grease in order to prevent crazing. However, they are prompt, experienced, and do have the ability to construct an excellent tank.
I'm out.L8tr
Big Pappa Pump
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there sumps are garbage as well. Platinum series umm ok?????
