Good deal?

**Baby_Baby** · 07-06-2005, 11:58 AM

Okay, i want to buy this tank, but I don't know if its a good deal or not. I think it is, but I'm just making sure. Okay its a 10 gallon tank with a filter and a heater and a net, i don't know what kind of filter, i just know it has a tube. The cost is $55 bucks. Is this a good deal ot not?

Damon · 07-06-2005, 12:37 PM

Too expensive in my book. My LFS sells complete setups for $60.00 (Tank, Light, Heater, Airpump, Food, Aquarium salt, net, and Hob filter.)

*GoGoGo Fish!* · 07-06-2005, 01:26 PM

[b] Will to me thats not a lot of money, and thats a pretty good price. a 5 gal. tank down in Falmouth, MA. costs $47- with just a filter, the top and lights and heater, tank and no stand. No stand is kind of a ripe off to me. When I get 10 gal.tanks I make sure I have a stand because the stand costs more than the tank and etc.

I say go for it. ITs a lot cheaper than a 10 gal. tank set up here. It costs around $80 for a 10 gal. tank setup.

My other suggestion is to look in your local newspaper, in classifieds for aquariums for sale, for I got a 30 gallon tank for $70 with everything it had, encluding some extra fish items and a tank. IT also came with5 big fish. IT was a deal. I have seen 100 gal. tanks and more for a reasonable price.

fishfreaks · 07-06-2005, 01:35 PM

well that 10 gallon is way too small for your fish to begin with, and imo too expensive for a 10. for 10 bucks more i got a 29g.

**Baby_Baby** · 07-06-2005, 01:56 PM

this 10 gallon is for my betta. not my other fish, those are already in a 29 gallon. oh ya, it does come with a hood, which has a light. I bought the 29 gallon with a filter, and a freshwater package (net. magazine, food ,etc..) and a hood and light for $119. I just need the 10 gallon for my betta.

fishfreaks · 07-06-2005, 02:06 PM

is it a new tank or a used tank

**Baby_Baby** · 07-06-2005, 02:08 PM

the 10 gallon? its new, so was the 29 gallon

fishfreaks · 07-06-2005, 02:17 PM

still sounds way too expensive to me, you can get the tank itself for 10 bucks, a hood and light for another 10, a filter for about another 10 and anything else u may want or need with the other 20 bucks

**Baby_Baby** · 07-06-2005, 02:19 PM

hmmmmm........i just realized i can get it at wal-mart......but i don't know if the filter is the same....hm.....i'll have to look into that. thanx a lot. I really apperciate it.

fishfreaks · 07-06-2005, 02:24 PM

walmart still sells it at the same price, and i believe its an aqua tech filter

**TheOldSalt** · 07-06-2005, 02:28 PM

I thought you were TALKING about WalMart, and thinking their price went up a bit. LOL!
The WalMart 10 gallon kits are really pretty good despite their reputation.

Scuba Kid · 07-06-2005, 02:34 PM

oldsalt, do u know if their 55 gallons are okay? i think im getting one in the near future and ive gotten mixed responses.

Damon · 07-06-2005, 03:40 PM

All of their kits are ok. I think the 55 gallon is lacking in the filtration area but its not a bad filter. I just perfer canisters for 55 and up. (Who am I kidding. I perfer canisters on all tanks! lol)

Scuba Kid · 07-06-2005, 03:48 PM

well i am adding an extra filter to it since i will be upgrading tanks. it will have the filter it comes with and the filter on my 30. that should do it.

**Baby_Baby** · 07-06-2005, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

I thought you were TALKING about WalMart, and thinking their price went up a bit. LOL!
The WalMart 10 gallon kits are really pretty good despite their reputation.

oh. sorry. I was talking about PETCO

mrmoby · 07-07-2005, 01:43 AM

Petco charges WAY to much for everything!

Mr Aquarium · 07-07-2005, 07:09 AM

Yes walmart tanks are fine, babyhuey has two of them 55g, and for that ten gal your talking about used for 55 bucks, tell him 20 bucks is as high as you wil go, if that, g/fs son got two of them at yard sales here in town for 5 bucks ea i think it was, rediculus low price.

Lexus · 07-07-2005, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simpte

All of their kits are ok. I think the 55 gallon is lacking in the filtration area but its not a bad filter. I just perfer canisters for 55 and up. (Who am I kidding. I perfer canisters on all tanks! lol)

The filtration is great. It pumps 220GPH and has a biological filter. This is more power than the same model in Whisper.

**fish_doc** · 07-07-2005, 10:03 PM

I have a 55 from walmart and the only thing I changed was the filter. I have had it for a couple years and moved with it once. Its holding up nicely.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-08-2005, 09:53 AM

Where do you guys usally buy fish tanks? Preset or on-demand? Thanks I'll need to know that when I'm there

07-06-2005, 11:58 AM	#1
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,823 Blog Entries: 1	Good deal? Okay, i want to buy this tank, but I don't know if its a good deal or not. I think it is, but I'm just making sure. Okay its a 10 gallon tank with a filter and a heater and a net, i don't know what kind of filter, i just know it has a tube. The cost is $55 bucks. Is this a good deal ot not? __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

07-06-2005, 12:37 PM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,971	Too expensive in my book. My LFS sells complete setups for $60.00 (Tank, Light, Heater, Airpump, Food, Aquarium salt, net, and Hob filter.) __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

07-06-2005, 01:35 PM	#4
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,272	well that 10 gallon is way too small for your fish to begin with, and imo too expensive for a 10. for 10 bucks more i got a 29g. __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

07-06-2005, 01:56 PM	#5
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,823 Blog Entries: 1	this 10 gallon is for my betta. not my other fish, those are already in a 29 gallon. oh ya, it does come with a hood, which has a light. I bought the 29 gallon with a filter, and a freshwater package (net. magazine, food ,etc..) and a hood and light for $119. I just need the 10 gallon for my betta. __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

07-06-2005, 02:06 PM	#6
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,272	is it a new tank or a used tank __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

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07-06-2005, 01:26 PM	#3
GoGoGo Fish! My Home is Pet Crazy Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: East Falmouth, Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 31	[b] Will to me thats not a lot of money, and thats a pretty good price. a 5 gal. tank down in Falmouth, MA. costs $47- with just a filter, the top and lights and heater, tank and no stand. No stand is kind of a ripe off to me. When I get 10 gal.tanks I make sure I have a stand because the stand costs more than the tank and etc. I say go for it. ITs a lot cheaper than a 10 gal. tank set up here. It costs around $80 for a 10 gal. tank setup. My other suggestion is to look in your local newspaper, in classifieds for aquariums for sale, for I got a 30 gallon tank for $70 with everything it had, encluding some extra fish items and a tank. IT also came with5 big fish. IT was a deal. I have seen 100 gal. tanks and more for a reasonable price.

07-06-2005, 02:08 PM	#7
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,823 Blog Entries: 1	the 10 gallon? its new, so was the 29 gallon __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

07-06-2005, 02:17 PM	#8
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,272	still sounds way too expensive to me, you can get the tank itself for 10 bucks, a hood and light for another 10, a filter for about another 10 and anything else u may want or need with the other 20 bucks __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

07-06-2005, 02:19 PM	#9
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,823 Blog Entries: 1	hmmmmm........i just realized i can get it at wal-mart......but i don't know if the filter is the same....hm.....i'll have to look into that. thanx a lot. I really apperciate it. __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

07-06-2005, 02:24 PM	#10
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,272	walmart still sells it at the same price, and i believe its an aqua tech filter __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

07-06-2005, 02:28 PM	#11
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,534	I thought you were TALKING about WalMart, and thinking their price went up a bit. LOL! The WalMart 10 gallon kits are really pretty good despite their reputation.

07-06-2005, 02:34 PM	#12
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	oldsalt, do u know if their 55 gallons are okay? i think im getting one in the near future and ive gotten mixed responses. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-06-2005, 03:40 PM	#13
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,971	All of their kits are ok. I think the 55 gallon is lacking in the filtration area but its not a bad filter. I just perfer canisters for 55 and up. (Who am I kidding. I perfer canisters on all tanks! lol) __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

07-06-2005, 03:48 PM	#14
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	well i am adding an extra filter to it since i will be upgrading tanks. it will have the filter it comes with and the filter on my 30. that should do it. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-07-2005, 01:43 AM	#16
mrmoby Devout Heathen Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Waterville, ME Age: 36 Posts: 557	Petco charges WAY to much for everything! __________________ Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.- Siddhartha Gautama

07-07-2005, 07:09 AM	#17
Mr Aquarium Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Iowa Age: 43 Posts: 499	Yes walmart tanks are fine, babyhuey has two of them 55g, and for that ten gal your talking about used for 55 bucks, tell him 20 bucks is as high as you wil go, if that, g/fs son got two of them at yard sales here in town for 5 bucks ea i think it was, rediculus low price.

07-07-2005, 10:03 PM	#19
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,953 Blog Entries: 19	I have a 55 from walmart and the only thing I changed was the filter. I have had it for a couple years and moved with it once. Its holding up nicely. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

07-08-2005, 09:53 AM	#20
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