Typically they are more expensive compared to regular glass tanks. The starphire and the shipping costs are what shoot the price up so high. Glass tank that size is nearly 1000 lbs. Aside from the shipping I'll need about 5 hands to help me move it.
I kind of remember somebody on this site ordered the glass and was going to make their own tank...my memory isn't that good nowadays, so I don't know if it was actually ever done. Your a handy guy, you might look into doing something like that.
Thought about it but trying to man handle the material for a large tank like this really requires having an extra hand or two. It's just not something I wanted to spend the time dealing with. Kinda wanted to just pay for everything this time around (accept for the stand) instead of diy'ng everything. Don't really want to drag another build out for 2 years.
