The deal with my new 75 gallon fish tank

[cccnewby10]

I just got a 75 gallon fish tank. It has a nice stand but that is it. It isn't drilled so I need to know the following things. The way I see it is I have 2 big options right out of the gate. A) drill it B) use hang on stuff. If you think A is the best tell me why and how I go about getting it drilled. If you think B is the best let me know why. Eather option I have no clue what I need to buy besides fish, lr, ls. Please include what brands and how much it will cost. Thank you very very much.

 

[acrylic51]

B is probably the easiest option, but will cost you more......Are you handy??? Can you run a drill? I would opt for option A and drill the tank myself.....If you search around there are tons of threads on drilling yourself with a dremel or rotozip......In those threads I show bits and tell you where to get them, and it's really cheap and easy, as long as you don't rush it and let the bit do the work......
IMO you'd be happier with it drilled....JMHO.

 

[scsinet]

Drilling is a much more sound solution, no worries of an overflow failing while you are at work or on vacation...
But, I don't know of any commercially made 75 gallon that does NOT have a tempered bottom, so I wouldn't even try drilling the bottom. You'd have to drill the back or side, which puts a lot of people off because one of the nice things about a drilled [bottom] is that the tank can be placed very close to the wall...