Need opinions on this acrylic cube

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

I would definitely beg to differ in my experience. Acrylic scratches far too easily when you've got a reef even if you are extremely careful because virtually anything - a speck of sand caught in a magfloat, moving a piece of liverock, even a frag that falls - can cause a scratch. While you can buff you scratches, it is a massive PITA after you've done it a few times and it always seems that right after you've buffed out one another one appears. Reefkeeping is high maintenance enough without having to add another job to the mix.

Yes acrylic scratches easily when compared to glass but lets not get carried away. My point was it won't scratch from sand blowing around the tank. A glass tank will also scratch if rocks or corals fall against it or if sand gets stuck in your magnet cleaner. I've owned my fair share of acrylic tanks and have worked with acrylic for years, you simply have to be a little more careful and only use cleaning products made for acrylic.