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I have had a few quotes from different outlets on a tank complete with cabinet. I have been looking at getting a 48x24x18 and the prices have varied from £1,250 to my last quote of £594.45 from ND Aquatics and this includes lights, heater, Tetratec EX 1200 filter and even the gravel and...

Thanks for putting my mind at rest. Someone told me at a local garden centre that if I was out shopping or visiting for the best part of a day and had a long power cut I could expect to find all the fish dead when I got home and I wondered how everyone else coped with this situation. Thanks...

Done as much research as I can on buying and setting up a tank but there still seems to be a few obstacles. One of my main concerns is that nowadays power cuts are rare but in the last two weeks we have had two and one lasted 8 hours. How does anyone get over this type of problem. LJS.

Tropical it is then. I am hoping to buy a 4' x 2' x 2' next month and I am still searching around the websites for the best deal. Thanks.

I see manufacturers supply Tropical and Marine tanks/cabinets. What is the difference and which should I choose. I assume one system is easier to maintain than the other and cheaper but which do you recommend?

I have been told that the tank 4' x 2' x 2' and the cabinet of my choice will cost £600 which includes lights and filter. Excluding the fish how much extra will I need to spend to get every thing else up and running. Any ideas. Thanks.

Hi everyone, LJS from Lincolnshire, UK. Just retired and would love to get into this hobby. I was thinking of getting myself a 4' x 2' x 2' complete with cabinet and there seems to be a lot out there for the taking. I was going to position it in smallish room 12' x 9' but the problem is there is...