any one know anything about how good these tanks are ,do they perform

any good or has any one got one of them for marines,the one i am looking at is the aqua grade 180

http://www.aquaone.co.uk/AquaGrande_aquarium.php

I have the 150 version, it's a nice tank.

For marine however I ditched the filter and lighthood - so it's not the greatest value. (I used it for freshwater first)

i remember wanting one of these types of tanks for my 1st marine mainly because they looked so slick. you could dick @ with it, throw out the lights, hood and filter and make it work...the reality is that you will get far better value and practicality by having a tank and stand made to suit;you will prob want an overflow, sump etc and neednt spend anymore than these tanks usually cost..

throw out the lights, hood and filter and make it work...the reality is that you will get far better value and practicality by having a tank and stand made to suit;you will prob want an overflow, sump etc and neednt spend anymore than these tanks usually cost..

Yep totaly agreed, i bought an AR620T because i liked the look, dont have the lights or filter on it now, they just dont cut it if you want to keep the good stuff

i had a 120 verson, it was more hassell and not as good as the custom made one i have now, and best of all the custom made one cost me less than the aquaone and thats with a solid timber stand not the cheep weetbix stands that the aquaone tanks come on. i went as far as drilling the aquaone and running a sump, halides etc, so the hood and filter it comes with were expensive ordments.

cheeper, easier and better to get a custom tank and stand made IMHO

Ring wonder world in rotorua i think arde will sell you the tank and stand without the light or even just the tank.I see you are far away but it might still be a cheaper option.

Critter kingdom (stanmore rd)in christchurch, has a 1.8m aqua one tank with no lights, filter or stand. Should not be to much, the tank is massive.

Give them a call

i have the r2 150. i ditchd the trickel filter but i have kept the lights. i find that they work fine for heaps of corals

pacific blue where do you have your skimmer,

have had a look at your pics but hard to tell, can you explain your set up to me pumps etc i would be happy to have a set up like yours looks ok to me with out spending mega $$, and what suppliments you add etc , in your pics you have your trickle filter still on the back

yea the casing for the filter is still on to make it look normal i have just taken out all of the baskets and pipeing.and i have cut holes in the back so skimmer and canister pipes could fit in. the skimmer is just hanging on the back. if you look closely in the first photo you can seee the pump for the skimmer in the water on the left hand side. then i have one canister drawing and returning water at each end, ( this helps with the flow), i also have a few powerheads in the tank moving more water around,(one big one behind the rocks on a spraybar). the suppliments i add are calcium strontium, iodide, and coral liquid food.

this is the skimmer