Acrylic or Glass Tanks

[Joe Reefer]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Acrylic is only recommended (IMHO & IME) for very large FOWLR tanks due to the weight savings and clarity.

Otherwise, for sw, with reef tanks & their high Ca levels, glass is the better choice since the coraline algae growth will cause you to scratch the hell out of your acrylic getting it off the viewing panels. Any little grain of sand on the scrubber pad or magnet cleaner will scratch up your tank as well.

Anthony

+1 well said

[globaldesigns]

I have a glass tank, and would only consider glass.... It still scratches, but don't have to worry as much as with acrylic.

Those both have their pros and cons though, so it is personal preference.

[Eyford01]

well my 55g is acrylic (just happened to find a good deal on a used one) but my main ups and downs are as follows

-harder to clean i have to use my safeway club card the magnet scrubber scratches
-cant keep chitons or urchins as they mark up the acrylic and may eat a hole right through it given enough time


+lifetime guarentee to never break or leak helps me sleep well at night (clarity plus brand)

[fkshiu]

Unless it is a gi-normous tank, then glass simply because acrylic scratches are a royal PITA.

[thanhjenn]

thanks for the feedback guys. looks like its going to be glass.