Acrylic tanks??? Looking for opinons

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Originally Posted by Ephraim

I have heard and seen too many horror stories of acrylic tanks of that size. If you only plan on having the tank running for 5 years, then go nuts. If not, drop the money and get a glass tank installed. Glass has proven to be much more reliable in tanks of this size and much longer lasting. Plus you dont have to worry about scratches as much. Shoot me a pm and I can give you a name and number to call for someone who can do the job for you. They have done tens of thousands of dollars of work for me and I have been very satisfied.

There are plenty of glass tank horror stories as well...

I suppose you can get bad acrylic tanks just as easily as bad glass ones. Believe me, my acrylic tank is going last longer than 5 years! Unfortunately, getting a 1st quality acrylic tank isn't likely to be cheaper than a good glass tank...so don't do it to save money.

I think that when you start to get into tanks this size, the glass/acyrlic get pretty thick. This is where the clarity of acrylic really starts to show.