Acrylic Regrets?

[dsaundry]

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]

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

[justinl]

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.