small starphire tanks

[Boomboy]

yes that was my point, because the tank is smaller you wont need thicker glass, and so i dont think its worth the cost of it, for something that doesnt make that big of a difference on smaller tanks.

[sphelps]

I know what you guys are getting at, basically you feel there's an acceptable level of clarity and until you go below that you don't feel it's worth spending extra money, don't get me wrong I get that. However to say it doesn't make as big of a difference is misleading. Staphire glass uses less iron and as a result is clearer by a certain percentage, lets say 25% for example (not sure on the exact amount). So regardless of thickness you're increasing your clarity by 25% and I think any size tank would benefit from that not just large ones. To me it's like saying only large trucks would benefit from better fuel efficiency.

In addition colors seen through Starphire will appear more true to life than colors seen through conventional. I built a few smaller tanks with starphire, I think it make a big difference and well worth the extra money. Also in my experience it's a lot less extra money for smaller tanks, even when you compare percentage wise but that may depend on the supplier.

[FitoPharmer]

lets just say they use starphire glass in reflectors for solar power plants for a reason. i was just wondering if it would be possible to build something like this http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ighlight=nTOTM out of starfire glass, and could it be done safely with no braces around 15-25 gallons ish?s safely?

[Pan]

Originally Posted by FitoPharmer

lets just say they use starphire glass in reflectors for solar power plants for a reason. i was just wondering if it would be possible to build something like this http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ighlight=nTOTM out of starfire glass, and could it be done safely with no braces around 15-25 gallons ish?s safely?

Yes, but it would be near double the price. Same price, if not a little more, than acrylic. I priced out tanks the other day. Unless you go say glasscages.com route or something. You just have to increase your thickness a bit, which for starphire is a bigger jump than it would be for regular glass.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by FitoPharmer

lets just say they use starphire glass in reflectors for solar power plants for a reason. i was just wondering if it would be possible to build something like this out of starfire glass, and could it be done safely with no braces around 15-25 gallons ish?s safely?

Absolutely, the glass thickness required will depend more on tank dimensions than volume.
Pretty much any size tank can be braceless and constructed from starphire glass. I'm in the process of setting up a 200+ gallon tank which is both starphire and completely braceless also often referred to as rimless.