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  • 1 month later...

Abyss would be the last place I would go - once bitten, forever shy.

I would suggest too that you do your own research regarding sump designs, people tend to over think them but there are some good design points (such as having a section for a heater than can never be run dry) that in all likelyhood, won't be a consideration if a tank maker builds his own design.

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Abyss has build alot of my tanks and sumps and I can highly recommend them, I would consider Pete as one of the best tank builders around by far, and this is why he gives a longer warranty than anyone else in the industry

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Abyss has build alot of my tanks and sumps and I can highly recommend them, I would consider Pete as one of the best tank builders around by far, and this is why he gives a longer warranty than anyone else in the industry

I have had VERY personal experience that is the complete opposite to this. I won't go into it as it can get ACE into trouble, but at the end of the day any commercial outlet is only as good as their lowest level of ethics are prepared to go. And it was proved to me to a level I didn't think it was possible to go.

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thats why u put in the effort tell them what you want you are the customer they give you what you order

and hense why I said do some research into sump designs. If the tank maker makes what you the customer ask of them, then the sump will be limited by what your knowledge is able to inform them.

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Couldn't remember the name the tank maker of "Dalbarb", that just came to me. They supply tanks to a number of retail outlets. I bought a 100 L octagon tank some years back and after a few months it developed a pin hole leak that squirted out the side like a little fire hose. Not good you will say and you are correct. But remember all tanks/sumps are handmade, and being hand made the "human"' side can come in. I told the shop who contacted the manufacture who came to my home, took the tank and returned not only a new tank (the same one remade?) but replaced at my request the top plastic strips that are used to sit the lids on, with the glued in glass reinforcing as all tanks were once made, where the same lids can sit, at no cost.

The point is that a tank maker is only as good as their back-up of their goods AFTER money has changed hands - and from my experience this manufacture backs their products 100%.

I remember another tank I had to pay another tank maker, other than the original maker, to fix a problem. While Wayne was IN the tank (it was a BIG tank) he answered his mobile phone, the call was from the original maker as he had heard that Wayne was fixing his/my tank (it can be a small industry). He rang Wayne to, and I quoteas near to the words of Wayne, that I will never forget; "He told me to get out of the tank and walk away and leave you with the problem". I will always be grateful to Wayne and regret that he no longer works in the aquarium industry. Many hobbyists and retail shops who know of their own tales refuse to deal with the same manufacture who made this tank, and one hobbyist whose name starts with an "M" took this same manufacture to Consumer Affairs after every single tank in his fish room was faulty....

Both tanks were nice tanks and otherwise well made - which tank maker would you use, the first or the second?

Mods, feel free to delete this post if it gets ACE any threatened legal action as I know has been used in the past to silence ACE.

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I will always be grateful to Wayne and regret that he no longer works in the aquarium industry.

Wayne made great tanks.

You may also want to consider building one yourself. I did with no prior experience, though many of the fellow hobbyists on this site offered me help. I can't see why people on here won't do the same if you explain what it is you're after. It's also a much cheaper option, and it wasn't difficult.

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