dattofish

oyea so how does he get 80-100 for glue? i would just like to return the tank an get my $ back not have to pay for glue or anything.. will someone in chch come an have a look with their opinion an write something for me so i could say im not happy with the build quality? i will pay them $20 for petrol

yea thats a bit easier said than done.. an yea i guess i shouldve checked out previouse tanks then... iv got as far as having to pay for the glue, but as i keep saying id rather just get my $ back.

alright i just didnt want to cause anymore hassel than their already is an just want this matter solved. preferbly i would like someone to come around an inspect it for themselfs? because at the moment i either try get my $ back or i pay for the glue and he builds me anougher one to the correct width. im concerned about the bracing thats whats got me puzzled i dont know anything about making tanks but wouldve thought it would be put together a bit better and a better quality finish so whos to say the next ones not going to turn out the same but wider?

i dunno personaly i would just like my $ back an go alse where. they are now saying if i can find the paper that says the measurments theyl refund me. otherwise theyl make a new 750 wide and take the other one back but i pay for the glue cost an said thats $80 - $100. (so that leads me to belive their is a paper trail somewhere with the right measurments on it?) to me the best solution would be to just take the tank back refund my $ no hard feelings i dont want any drama an would still be a regular customer their. i would like a 2nd opinion on it tho rather than just people i know agreeing with me about whats wrong with it. if theirs any pictures i could take to help awnser that i will do so.. end of the day im not happy with the finished product i didnt get a stand built that cost nearly as much as the tank because one day i had a measurment pop into my head of how its going to be and change it myself.

so the tank in my picture is that bracing ok? an like i said thats all it has each end nothing in the middel. an plus its 650 high an only 10mm thick. an he told me if i wanted to go higher than 600 it would have to be made of 12mm because can bow.? i havent filled it an dont want to i think it would bow .i would just like my $ back

yea well when i went an changed the measurements an agreed on them before i left. my girlfriend was their right beside me heard it all word for word as i did an has been in their nearly everytime i went in their an was under the same impression it was going to be 750wide as we were told for the same price. hence i got a stand built to that size. she talked to the lady that we delt with an she tryed saying no she said that'l be extra to go wider. an was talking as a third person about me so yea we are both going to go back an have a talk about that conversation because we both know she had to ring up an see if the glass had been orderd an then write it down. wether she write it down in the right book or what i dont know but she said she can see she was stressed an knew she muckd up

yea an the more i read stuff like this the more i want my $ back.. got the mrs to go in their 2day to ask bout it all an they said cant find any paper work with the 750wide measurments an that they told me itl be extra to go wider.. no that wasnt the case i went in their asking if could go higher they said thatl be extra because have to be 12mm an said can go wider for same price so was like yip go with that now their telling me i need to pay a extra $300 to get it made to the right size of 2.1m x 600 x 600 an that illl be paying for the base an he'l be paying for the sides.. yet he said to her earlier that he will be selling the tank i got at the moment which is the wrong size an making a new one.

ha thats what i wouldv thought. their is no middle braces at all!? what ya see in the picture is the same at each end an no bracing at all in the middel

yea haha the only thing i dont got going for me is i dont have the recipt with the new measurments but have one for the old measurments an its not even to that. but going in tomorrow to see the person i delt with.. i know for a fact she had to ring see if the glass was orderd an then changed the measurments an write it down in a book..

http://s244.beta.photobucket.com/user/andydatto/media/20130203_193654_zpse265cc28.jpg.html#/user/andydatto/media/20130203_193654_zpse265cc28.jpg.html?&_suid=135994931616906551954673875148 so you can see the 2 80mm strips each side of the width of the tank then theirs a peice joining inbetween the two of them. wouldve thought that would go right across the 2 long lengths

just reading over this it seems my tank i got built has a fault their.. didnt think it looked right. its 650 high an 600 wide but is ment to be 750 wide. for the bracing theirs a 80mm wide strip going right along the bottom both sides in length, an at the top its got a 80mm strip at the top going full length but for the width its got a peice 415mm long just joining into the 2 80mm peices each side. just by silicon an no bracing in the middel. does that sound right or wrong?

im not to keen on filling it up by looking at the joins an so forth the bracing doesnt seem to be much if do anything.. going in tomorrow so will see what the result is then... like i say dont want to go name dropping an give them a bad name as may well get sorted tomorrow fingers crossed

yea yea thats true.. well if anyone lives near addintion an doesnt mind poping over fo help with some advice that would be good. we have been calm about it just went in their yesterday an they couldnt find the recipts in the book but i know for a fact i did have one that said 750 wide, thats why i made the stand to suit a tank that size. its a well known company an have read threads on here of how much they make a good job of custom tanks so was expecting a way better job than this. even the silicon job is ruff SO IF ANYONE IN CHCH ADDINGTION WOULD LIKE TO COME CHECK IT OUT FOR ME FEEL FREE..

yea thats what i said.. so i got a few things going for me on my side?

yea was thinking of doing that, does everyone agree if its 10mm sides an being 650 high its not safe? an what do yous think about the bracing if ya'd even call it bracing if ya give it a little wriggle slowly it has a movemnt to it the whole thing looks slapped together by silicon. if anyone in chch want to come over an have a look at it with a second option feel free?

thanks so its just not me an friends that have come round an seen it that think the same.. i could walk round it all day taking photos.. i paid alot of $ for it an didnt execpt a finish like this.. do you see what i mean about the bracing at the top? its more like a stiffner to me. i have read of this site they make good custom tanks but when i got this one i thought hmm not so much. what about it being 10mm sides an 650mm high. i thought the rule was 12mm sides if wanted to go any higher than 600? an yea the bracing i dont see how its braced? it looks rushed he couldve atleast tidyed up the silicon while it was wet. an for him to say the front should be cured by now gives me the impersion that he hasnt tested it. an im not to keen on testing it id rather drop it back at the shop an get my $ back or wait for them to do it the right size as per instructions

some pics.. this is the side view top an bottom to see the joins going up the side of the tank. http://s244.beta.photobucket.com/user/andydatto/media/20130203_102803_zps2f201420.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0#/user/andydatto/media/20130203_102803_zps2f201420.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0&_suid=1359916757007008959056405486826 bottom view.. http://s244.beta.photobucket.com/user/andydatto/media/20130203_102803_zps2f201420.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0#/user/andydatto/media/20130203_102753_zpsce182a11.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1&_suid=135991677123402585273474681836 top view.. http://s244.beta.photobucket.com/user/andydatto/media/20130203_102803_zps2f201420.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0#/user/andydatto/media/20130203_102658_zps22a0bce0.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2&_suid=1359916860856010333747120516662 the last photo is a top view to see the bracing.. theirs a 80mm strip going right down each side of the length of the tank an then joining between the two is anougher strip only joint by silicon i wouldve thought to brace it that strip would be going underneith the two long ones an stuck together not just joint in the middel so to me thats just a stiffner not a brace? i havnt botherd filling it an not to keen on it as can move that so called bracing. an its 650mm with 10mm sides id say it would bow as was told if want to go anymore than 600 high you would need 12mm sides.

yea i dont want to give the place a bad name as want to get it sorted went in their they looked thru the recipts an couldnt find it.. bet i wouldve if looked thru the books,their going to ring me during the weekend an can go in their on monday. i am 99% sure i had a recipt with the right demintions an know i went in their an they changed it in a book after ringing and seeing if had orderd the glass i dont have the recipt anymore but they will have a copy of it anyways. an i have records of dates of every payment so if they look in the books theyl find it.

hopefully yous can see that picutre or even someone mite be able to get the picutre on without having to go to the link. its a side view of the tank an can see the front lip of the stand is 50mm the sides 50mm (as ment to be sitting on that stand) but the back is 200mm because the tank is 150mm to short if was the right size tank the back of the tank would be 50mm of like the whole lot 50mm all round.

when we agreed on changing the measurement that was before brake up of last year i think a week or 2 before the 21st of dec so he said that hes waiting on a quote from the glass shop an then was waiting for the glass shop to open. from what he has been telling me he didnt order the glass till when companys started back at work on the 10th of jan then he told me on the 16th he only just got the glass 2 days ago an it was ment to be ready last weekend which turned into this weekend an droped it of saying the tanks front should be cured by now. but i dont even think hes tested it because it still has dirty marks all over it an even had 2 beetles in it for some reason

oyea thats one thing could do. im going to go in their all calm state all the bad points an see what their going to do. i mean they didnt know where it was going i couldve had it in a in built wall for he knew an he turns up with a tank wrong measurments it would be stuffed im going to ask to see the paperwork for it because i know i used to have a recipt with the measurements saying 2.1 x 750 x 600 but all going to plan i didnt worry bout holding onto the recipt.

well thats what i thought. im going in their soon, i dont know how much of a drama thats going to be tho? at the end of the day its their fault

as per title i got a tank made, measured between the windows where itd be sitting so went 2.1m by 600 by 600.. then thought oh na i want it 700 high instead of 600 they said if i was to go over 600 id need 12mm sides so said no just keep it 600 then, then they said we can do 750 wide an 600 high for the same price so said yea alright will go with that.. they rung the guy to make sure he hadnt orderd the glass an then told him so thats all sweet. we made a stand to suit a tank being 2.1 x 750 x 600 as to the plan, finally got my tank after ages waiting for him 2 sort the glass an turns up with it being 600 wide so doesnt suit what my stand is like. said is that only 600 wide an he said thats what you orderd isnt it an said no.. so now im stuck with a tank that doesnt suit the stand itd be a big job to sort the stand out but really its their mistake!? an + theyv made it 650 high instead of 600 but yet he said if i was to go anymore than 600 id need 12mm sides. an also he tryed telling me he couldnt get any 12mm for the base so did it in 15mm but just checked an its 12mm. the silicon is pretty ruff considering its ment to be a brand new tank. so what can i do guys?

so every couple weeks move the beetels onto the fourth draw? that draw has alot of beetels but no sign of mealworms or eggs?