Acrylic Regrets?

Chin_Lee · #1 03-05-2008, 01:02 AM

My first SW tank was acrylic and I'll never ever get one again. Every mistake, every grain of sand in your magnet cleaner, and every rock that tumble that hits the side of the tank is "engraved" into your tank. Biggest PITA tank i've ever owned. In the end, that 180g SW tank became my sump for my current system.

dsaundry · #2 03-05-2008, 01:14 AM

I had a 100g acrylic and I won't ever get one again. Just like Chin says, every little pebble or anything that touch's it leaves a mark..Glass is heavy but I like it better. Way better!

spikehs · #3 03-05-2008, 02:04 AM

hmmm, interesting... i never knew that the fish would cause scratches, although it does make sense!

justinl · #4 03-05-2008, 02:32 AM

I have a 60g acrylic tank. While building it was fun and something i dont regret at all, after a single year of use, I am already looking into getting a new glass tank because acrylic scratches too easily. I haven't had any kinds of fish that could scratch it, it was mostly just my own clumsiness. Glass is just more forgiving. I also like using the razors to scrape the crustose algae off the glass which i just cant do in an acrylic tank.

I also think the acrylic i used was a bit too thin as it is bowing (about 1 cm in every direction). Im pretty sure it would have blown by now if it weren't for the brace i put in it.