Acrylic Regrets?

[Pansy-Paws]

We also went with acrylic for our 375 gallon due to clarity and strength (impact strength in particular, as a pool table was 5 feet away - we've since sold the table due to lack of use). This is a fish only tank without metal halide, and the algae build-up on the acrylic is easy to remove with a magnetic cleaner. Also, sea urchins are not allowed in the tank.

After 3 years, we have only one 4" scratch from cleaning (sand dragged up during cleaning), and three 1/8" scratches from falling rocks. We know we can remove them with a product like Micro-Mesh, and as a result, they don't bother us.

Our previous tank was a 72 gallon bowfront, and once it got scratched from sand in a pad cleaner, there was no repair possible. The distortion from the bowfront also affected close study of the tank.

We're still happy with the acrylic tank.

[spikehs]

hmmm, seems pretty evenly split.. anyone have any experiance with truvu? I really like the look of the bent courners (no seams)..this is the one I was thinking of...
http://www.truvuaquariums.com/marr0150t.html

[Telford]

Originally Posted by spikehs

hmmm, seems pretty evenly split.. anyone have any experiance with truvu? I really like the look of the bent courners (no seams)..this is the one I was thinking of...
http://www.truvuaquariums.com/marr0150t.html

Nice tank. I recently bought my tank from a manufacturer called Tenecor. I'm very happy with it and I have to say i've received the best customer service you could ever expect from a company, especially since it's located in Arizona.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by spikehs

hmmm, seems pretty evenly split.. anyone have any experiance with truvu? I really like the look of the bent courners (no seams)..this is the one I was thinking of...
http://www.truvuaquariums.com/marr0150t.html

I wanted bent 90 degree corners, but ran into build difficulties. It would have required a 14 foot long piece of acrylic (mucho bucks!), and a large bend radius due the 1" thickness. While the bend is nice and easy to keep clean it makes for an optically distorted area you can't look through. So...this tends to work only to tanks of a certain size, or hex/octagonals where the bend radius is smaller.