Walmart Tanks?

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I live in Canada and fish tanks are quite expensive here. At my LFS a 50 Gallon Hagen Tank (I think AllGlass makes Hagen Tanks?) with hood and stand costs about $500 and that's without filters, heaters, gravel, decortations etc. However, at My local Walmart they have a 55 Gallon tank with hood, heater, filter etc. for about $300. I know that the filter and heater aren't that great, but I have a friend with an AC 500 so it's not that big of a deal. I have also been looking in the classified ads for quite some time, but there are no deals to be found. Most tanks are only slightly cheaper than new so it makes more sense just to buy a new tank. I was just wondering if anyone knows who makes Walmart's Tanks, or if anyone has had any experience with them. Are they good? Should I just save more and get the Hagen?
 
for most cases, it really doesnt matter who makes the tank, as long as it holds water, looks nice, and has some kind of warranty
 
I agree with caz but I have to say that a warranty doesn't do you much good if you come home all of your fish are dead and you have fifty five gallons of water on your living room floor. If that happened would you really want them to replace the tank? Not to say I have ever had thet happen with a walmart tank. I had a ten gallon and it worked quite well, it held water and everything.
 
my sister just bouht a 55 gal, from petsmart in edmonton, 239.00 for the kit, but she asked to trade the inclosed filter for a ac500 and they accomated her, she just had to pay 30.00 more, so now she has exactly what she wants.

bob
 
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whoa!! is that 3000 or 30,000?? thats one expensive filter! j/k :D

seriously though, i wonder if pets mart would do that for me? but i dont think they carry Hagens do they?
 
yes they carry hagen products, but push their own products first, my sister just asked for the upgrade and they obliged, i imange all the stores wud do this , just have to ask.

she told me if they said no, she wud just buy the ac500 and not use the other filter, i beilve the ac500 was around 72.00 cdn


bob
 
Thanks, thats good to know! i didnt pay much attention to what my pets mart carries, im in there, buy the fish, talk to the guy at the fish desk, and leave lol I might go with getting everything other than the tank from Drs. Foster and Smith. im not sure
 
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