Sorry. That was meant as a joke. Thus the little laughy fella. :mrgreen:


And as I said, despite my views, I would still do another low iron clear type glass front of the tank thingy.

I agree the velcro won't be the culprit, Steve do you keep your float in the tank 24/7? The only time I have ever scratched my glass (regular) was a pesky baby snail that somehow worked its way in between the magnets.

well crap Steve I never thought about that before until now..\\hmmmmmmm:redface:

I wont on this tank

Yeap I do, but I usually check for things like that prior to moving it. It would be smarter to keep it out completely.

Since we are talking about starphire and float glass, does anyone have an opinion on Optiwhite Glass? Optiwhite glass is like float except without the green tint while holds more iron than starphire but less than float, I guess it's in between float and starphire.

I think the ADA tanks are optiwhite glass...or at least can be? They look nice. There is something about the heat transfer qualities of Optiwhite though...I read somewhere...I'll try to dig it out.

plus its cheaper :)

Even the color changes with low iron depending on the thickness...

for example:
http://www.fabglass.com/sub_products...hire_info.html

Glass
 

So it seems that based on all your comments float glass might be the better glass by a slight margin . I call it 5 for float glass 4 for starphire and 3 indecisive . The one thing that is clear is mag floats are cause a lot of scratches on any glass due to sand finding its way under the velcro. I think it's kind of like comparing LCD to plasma or led they all look good when they are 60" :biggrin:

I've got 12 sq ft of scratched up low iron glass right on the front of my tank, the rest is fine.

I dont think ADA tanks uses Optiwhite glass. ADA's glass have a lower lead count than Optiwhite glass.