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Imagitarium is a brand owned by Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc..


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• Petco's Brand:
  Imagitarium is one of Petco's owned brands, meaning it's a line of products that Petco designs, manufactures, and sells under the Imagitarium name.

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  The Imagitarium trademark is registered to Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc.
  
  
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  Imagitarium was founded in 1992 by Alex Martin, who was passionate about tropical fish and tinkering with aquarium designs.
  
  
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  Imagitarium products include aquariums, filters, decorations, and other pet supplies

About Us - Imagitarium

Welcome to Imagitarium®, your premier source for innovative and stylish aquariums, fish tanks, and aquatic accessories. Since our founding in 1992, Imagitarium® has been dedicated to bringing the aquatic world into people’s homes in new and exciting ways. Our Story It all started in a small...

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Doesn't exactly prove who ACTUALLY makes them, and where.

We have manufacturing partners across the globe who meet our exacting quality standards.

 

I mentioned it briefly in this thread a couple weeks ago but several manufacturers make those tanks.

They rebrand several OEMs.

 

I was back at Petco a few days ago and the had 55 gallons tanks for the two brands next to each other. The new Imagitarium tanks (on the left in below picture) seem to use much thicker glass and the sealer in the corners is much cleaner. The new tank is also taller at 23 instead of 21 for the Aqueon.

 

Hmm. Odd. I'm in the market for a 20 long.. Wonder if I should try one of the Imagitarium branded ones. They are on sale for around 30 dollars right now.

 

danm only 30

 

Yes. They are 50% off.

 

From the one I saw at the store the new 20 gallon long tank had cleaner silicone applied to the corners. The glass seemed a little thicker and the corners aligned better when compared to the Aqueon. It's actually a little taller which was always one of my wishes on the Aqueon tank. The edges of the glass have a very small beveled edge so felt a little less sharp in the corners who's nice. The black plastic framing felt a little sturdy. The only negative I could see was there was a little bit of a gap along the plastic edge and the glass on one side so the plastic was not flush against the glass.

 

Hmmm. I'd prefer my 20 long to not be taller lol

Well. maybe. Lol. If it was like, 14 inches tall, that wouldn't be too bad.

 

The dims are showing in picture in the other thread linked above. It's 14.18 tall.

 

Ah. Okay. I was spot on. Lol.

Why don't they make 30x12x16 tanks? Or even better... 36x12x12 tanks? I mean, in terms of common tanks. Not fancy rimless stuff. I know you can get all kinds of crazy sizes like that. I was at the LFS this weekend and they had a Marineland 30 long. It was 36x12x16. I think it was a pretty cool tank. Probably cool for someone like me who doesn't have a ton of space to work with.

 

I hope the glass is not like deep blue aquariums

Where the glass is actually blue

 

I don't recall the glass in deep blue aquariums actually being blue.

 

It's not. Isn't in Seapora, either. Source: my many DBP and Seapora tanks, like the ones linked in my signature and in ~12 other DBP/Seapora journals I have on the forum spanning 20 years. Higher grade, greenish, just like all the other glass in the hobby. Just a touch thicker and nicer quality. Not even their ultra clarity glass, which they no longer source for builds, is blue.

 

Buy there tank fill it with water

place a pure white backing into the aquarium

Then let me know what you come up with

Perfect clean glass or Blue glass ????I

I BOUGHT A 120 GALLON AQUARIUM FROM DEEP BLUE

UNFORTUNATELY THE TANK HAD a. Blue tint to it

 

Buy there tank fill it with water

place a pure white backing into the aquarium

Then let me know what you come up with

Perfect clean glass or Blue glass ????I

I BOUGHT A 120 GALLON AQUARIUM FROM DEEP BLUE

UNFORTUNATELY THE TANK HAD a. Blue tint to it

Do you think USING A LARGE, COLORFUL TYPEFACE WILL MAKE IT MORE TRUE?

It doesn't.

The hue you see from Deep Blue tanks is greenish. Their glass, which was sourced from Guardian Industries, is greenish due to its lower iron properties. Glass sourced from their new providers is more white or optiwhite and slightly less greenish. It's not blue glass. Starfire and Pilkington, for instance, can have a teal-ish hue but it mostly trends green.

But lower iron glass like that does allow more blue (and green) light to pass through. Which is why photos of a lot of DBP tanks appear to have bluer light than a hobbyist is using. Most of the photos I've taken of higher end tanks appear the same. It can be way more pronounced with brands like ADA and UNS and other OEM brands from the same factories like AquaTop:

Those were some of the most yellow/soft CFL bulbs I've ever seen in the hobby.

Here's some of the glass from the same supplier DBP used, which AquaTop sourced from for this line of equipment:

Here's actual DBP glass:

You can see in the final image it's greenish.

Here's a look of DBP glass next to glass from a tank using material from a manufacturer that produces more teal glass:

Makes the DBP glass more apparent.

More DBP:

In fact, here's a DBP tank with a 10,000 K incredibly blue light shining through it:

You can see a lot of the blue making its way through the glass. Were the glass trending blue, it wouldn't be apparently like that.

More DBP:

Even when light is blocked by black silicone, you can see the greenish hue of the DBP glass.

This is such a nothingburger. 🤦‍♂️

 

I have used aqueon 40s for years with no problem. Certainly you’re not suggesting that building an aquarium with proven dimensions is a technically demanding task… I bet even aqueon can do it.

 

I have used aqueon 40s for years with no problem. Certainly you’re not suggesting that building an aquarium with proven dimensions is a technically demanding task… I bet even aqueon can do it.

Good for you. Enjoy. To me, Aqueon tanks are garbage quality and I will not purchase any tanks larger than 20 gallons. If you would like to, that's fine. Everyone has an opinion, not just you.

Do you think USING A LARGE, COLORFUL TYPEFACE WILL MAKE IT MORE TRUE?

It doesn't.

The hue you see from Deep Blue tanks is greenish. Their glass, which was sourced from Guardian Industries, is greenish due to its lower iron properties. Glass sourced from their new providers is more white or optiwhite and slightly less greenish. It's not blue glass. Starfire and Pilkington, for instance, can have a teal-ish hue but it mostly trends green.

But lower iron glass like that does allow more blue (and green) light to pass through. Which is why photos of a lot of DBP tanks appear to have bluer light than a hobbyist is using. Most of the photos I've taken of higher end tanks appear the same. It can be way more pronounced with brands like ADA and UNS and other OEM brands from the same factories like AquaTop:

Those were some of the most yellow/soft CFL bulbs I've ever seen in the hobby.

Here's some of the glass from the same supplier DBP used, which AquaTop sourced from for this line of equipment:

Here's actual DBP glass:

You can see in the final image it's greenish.

Here's a look of DBP glass next to glass from a tank using material from a manufacturer that produces more teal glass:

Makes the DBP glass more apparent.

More DBP:

In fact, here's a DBP tank with a 10,000 K incredibly blue light shining through it:

You can see a lot of the blue making its way through the glass. Were the glass trending blue, it wouldn't be apparently like that.

More DBP:

Even when light is blocked by black silicone, you can see the greenish hue of the DBP glass.

This is such a nothingburger. 🤦‍♂️

Hmm. All I see is clear glass. I dont see green and I dont see blue. Maybe something is wrong with my eyes lol

 

Hmm. All I see is clear glass. I dont see green and I dont see blue. Maybe something is wrong with my eyes lol

You'd basically have to have a calibrated display that's pretty large in order to see the actual difference.

But you can kinda see the slight differences on the edges of the glass. Never impacts viewing or the tank itself. Once filled with water, as you know from experience, it's imperceptible.

 

Ah, I see. They no longer make Deep Blue aquariums anymore though, correct? I remember seeing tons of them back in the day.

 

DBP have become Seapora. Same company, newish name.

 

Gotcha. My favorite tanks personally.

 

A reviewer on the petco website is complaining (about the 20 gallon Imagitarium tank) that they weren't able to purchase a lid. Is this actually a problem? It seems like they sell lids right on the petco website. As a complete noob I don't know for sure how difficult it is to fit lids on these tanks but the price on the tank seems pretty good @ $32.49


Review below:

These tanks are ONLY compatible with their own brand hoods, which you can not actually buy, even though they will tell you that you can use any hood. The inside rim is a weird size, and not standard, so you can't just use anything. Then they do not actually have the Led hood available to purchase, so you're stuck with a tank that you can't put a hood on. Worst purchase ever.

 

I would suggest calling your local Petco to confirm if actually available. Using the websites pick up, check near by option and only one store near me shows available for pick up. Maybe not in stock yet at most stores and online ordering only at this time?
It was that way for the tanks themselves about a month or two ago. Now more stores have more tanks in stock. Hopefully just a matter of time before they have better availability of inventory at the stores.

Here is a reviewer seems to be happy with his: Fits 20 gallon long imagitarium tank, they made it that way. The imagitarium 20 gallon long tank is 1/2 too short to the standardized 20 gallon long lids. I can 100% guarantee the 29 gallon is the same, but should be.

 

yes, only one kind of local (maybe an hour away) petco seems to have these lids around me.

I hate to make a thread just to ask this question but someone else in the reviews complains they can't fit a HOB type filter with this lid. how is this usually handled? I would think you'd want the lid to completely cover the top of the tank. I'm mostly thinking about keeping stuff out of the tank and keeping creatures (ie snails) in the tank.

 

From my prior experience with glass lids and the pictures provided on the website there is a plastic strip that goes along the back side that allows you to trim or cut it as need to accommodate most filters.

 

Petco's tanks are sourced out of China. Probably not very good timing to importing these tanks from a country that has 145% tariffs placed against it! Between the tariff on the tanks and the proposed port fees for items shipped on Chinese ships the $1 / gallon sale seems unlikely!

 

more like a $1.50 right now but almost certainly would go up from there in the future. maybe now is the time to buy??? Unfortunately, I haven't really planned everything out yet so I'm not sure if that 20gal tank I'm looking at is the way to go.

 

Since this is already about Imagitarium tanks maybe someone can answer this. Petco is also selling these tanks as kits.

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/imagitarium-20g-led-aquarium-kit

I read in the FAQ that typically buying the parts individually is better but is this actually not a bad deal? I tried to quickly select the equipment that I thought I'd need and it came out maybe $30 more with the same tank. If the stuff I'd likely buy separately would be a lot better I'll just do that. I was just thinking this was a somewhat foolproof way to not buy something that isn't compatible in some way.

eta: if I were to guess I suppose the light is probably an area where something like this is lacking since the kit is probably not targeting people that are growing plants in their tanks?