Zero Egde?

[asherah]

you wipe down the inside of your tank do't you ?

but yeh they are beautiful =)

asherah

[Static]

I imagine it would be difficult to alter the amount of flow in the tank. You couldn't have cross currents or it would overflow more on one side than the other, and if you tried to increase the flow through the stock circulation system I think the water wouldn't remain laminated to the glass beyond a gentle flow.

[Brent F]

You probably wouldn't want to modify one.

I've seen these tanks operating and they are great looking. The water spilling over the acrylic makes it almost disappear. Great look for a high end tank.

There is a market for tanks that stress style and people who will pay a premium for an artistic design. This tank is definitely a design that gets noticed.
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[corpusse]

I was very surprised to find them crystal clear from the side. The view on all sides and the top is spectacular.

I'd love to get one of these tanks but they're just too expensive and small.

[digital-audiophile]

If you get Algae on the inside of your glass in a regular tank, would you not face the same problems on the outside in a design like this?

[trilinearmipmap]

I would expect a nightmare trying to clean coralline algae off the inside, outside and top edge surfaces of the acrylic.

With the return spouts well below surface level I would expect eventually the check valve will fail causing a flood.

[Quinster]

A fellow locally was running one made of glass for a while, looked great!

He did have a little leveling issue so it wasn't 100% effective for the overflow, but I could see it working great if the tank was level.

He was using a mag scraper to clean the glass just like on a regular tank, ant it seemed to keep booth sides relatively clean.

[VFX]

I'd love to see one of these running.

I like the clean look of them, but I guess there's not a lot you could do to customise them & a daily cleaning routine may be needed to keep them looking good.

I wonder if they would work well with deeper dimensions, say 48x30x24.

How scratch resistant is acrylic compared to glass?

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[Brent F]

I accidentally had one of these running last night. I took the vacuum pump off my CPR overflow while leaving the pump from the sump running. Air entered through the nipple on the top of the overflow breaking suction. When I came back into the room my Red Sea Max had water cascading over the top on 3 sides.

Looked nice except for all the water on the floor
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[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by VFX

How scratch resistant is acrylic compared to glass?

If you look at acrylic the wrong way it will scratch. On the other hand, the scratches are easier to buff out than glass scratches.

Dealing with coralline growing on the outside will also be an issue. And if you've got kids, forget it.

As somebody mentioned, this is a high-end artistic presentation tank where form trumps function to a certain extent. People tend to pay a lot for this stuff - ever tried to bid on a Picasso which just hangs there?