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Where to buy a photo tank?

Started by Guest_deftik_* , Mar 11 2012 07:18 PM

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#1 Guest_deftik_*

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Posted 11 March 2012 - 07:18 PM

I know alot of people on here use photo tanks in the field is there any place online to buy a decent one without having to make one?

#2 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 11 March 2012 - 08:05 PM

From thatpetplace, the Lee's specimen container. It's a 7 in x 3.25 in x 6 in specimen tank for $9.99: http://www.thatpetpl...ainer-large-7in

Thatpetplace also sells Tom's Dip and Pour, which comes in large (8.75 in x 3.75 in x 5.75 in, $6.79) and regular (7 in x 3 in x 5 in, $4.99): http://www.thatpetpl...imen-containers

Edited by EricaWieser, 11 March 2012 - 08:11 PM.

#3 Guest_Yeahson421_*

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Posted 11 March 2012 - 08:10 PM

Don't get the specimen container; it's very fragile. This appears to be a nice one, homemade and comes in a few different colors on his Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/...=item53ea10715e

#4 Guest_natureman187_*

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Posted 11 March 2012 - 10:52 PM

Contact Uland. I thought he used to sell them.
Make one! I've put together many glass phototanks and they are easy to assemble. I don't have experience with acrylic, but Uland has a great acrylic instructorial here.

From thatpetplace, the Lee's specimen container. It's a 7 in x 3.25 in x 6 in specimen tank for $9.99: http://www.thatpetpl...ainer-large-7in

Thatpetplace also sells Tom's Dip and Pour, which comes in large (8.75 in x 3.75 in x 5.75 in, $6.79) and regular (7 in x 3 in x 5 in, $4.99): http://www.thatpetpl...imen-containers

Our new, friendly, and knowledgable ThatPetPlace representative, EricaWieser.

#5 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 11 March 2012 - 11:03 PM

Our new, friendly, and knowledgable ThatPetPlace representative, EricaWieser.

Nah. I've just been browsing their website recently looking for stuff to help set up my first marine tank and happened to see those. Deftik asked for a photobox to buy without having to make one, so I linked them to the one I saw recently. That's all.

Edited by EricaWieser, 11 March 2012 - 11:11 PM.

#6 Guest_FirstChAoS_*

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 01:58 AM

I often buy a cheap, plastic, wal mart special beta tank or a small critter keeper the few times I tried one. they don't last long though.

#7 Guest_exasperatus2002_*

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 07:16 AM

Until my wife broke mine, I was using a 2 1/2 gallon glass tank with the back, bottom & one side paint black.

#8 Guest_davidjh2_*

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 09:01 AM

Until my wife broke mine, I was using a 2 1/2 gallon glass tank with the back, bottom & one side paint black.

I was going to say try a pet store and get a 5 or 21/2 gallon tank. I've gone through a couple of critter keeps already but even cracked they tend to hold water so they are good for sampling but not so much for pictures

#9 Guest_deftik_*

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 09:22 AM

Thanks for the responses everyone, very helpful!

#10 Guest_exasperatus2002_*

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 07:18 AM

I was going to say try a pet store and get a 5 or 21/2 gallon tank. I've gone through a couple of critter keeps already but even cracked they tend to hold water so they are good for sampling but not so much for pictures

I liked the 2 1/2 since its smaller, easier to keep them in frame. Wish I'd had it with instead of that plastic tank I had to take when we went sampling. It'd had been easier to get a good pic. Plastic tanks will get foggy from the water deposits.

#11 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:24 AM

I know you started by asking about buying... but now we are talking about durability... see this old thread on one that I made (well two actually) that have heald up very to field use...

http://forum.nanfa.o...__fromsearch__1

...and this phot shows it in use as a viewer and also shows the backpack that it lives in when I am out in the stream

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