Advice on 20g cube tank?

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Advice on 20g cube tank?

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I'm looking for a ~20 gallon rimless cube tank (a 16-18" cube). The only options I've found are...

Mr. Aqua 25 gallon cube ($140/$200 for regular/low-iron)
Aquamaxx 17 or 24gal, both low-iron $130/$160

I would have thought there were others, but Deep Blue, Mr. Aqua, and GLA don't seem to have options in this size range. Am I missing others?
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Any idea whether low iron/starfire is harder to drill than plain old "glass?" I want to set it on top of a cabinet that I did with a soapstone top so I could plumb straight down through it. I find that this makes for nice straight plumbing runs to a canister filter, inline heater, inline reactor, etc. and of course looks way nicer.
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No, but you've got guts of steel to drill a nice tank like that!
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Bravery level: advanced!

Funny you want to drill filtration plumbing through the bottom of your tank. Plugging the bottom filtration holes was the first thing I did in the Fluval (as did almost everyone else in the AE contests after that). Curious why you would want to limit your design options forever with plumbing that's immovable? I get the outside aesthetics point, but.....

All that said your soapstone topped stand sounds AMAZING!! Can't wait to see it. Especially since you pretty much always make me jealous of your DIY project skillz :)
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Can I get some clarity on the tank-drilling trepidation? I was thinking of doing something very similar, also through a custom cabinet, for aesthetic reasons. What are the reasons not to do it?
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It's easy to break a tank while drilling. I broke a used 75g, but it wasn't as expensive as a nice starfire tank.
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