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01-11-2008, 01:24 PM
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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?
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01-11-2008, 03:04 PM
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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.
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01-11-2008, 03:35 PM
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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.
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01-11-2008, 04:20 PM
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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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01-11-2008, 05:10 PM
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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 ________ honey oil Last edited by Brent F; 01-23-2011 at 06:31 PM.
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01-11-2008, 05:22 PM
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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?
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