acrylic ok for photo s?

[mil hse]

I m looking into upgrading to a 240 cube and im having a difficult time finding someone that will ship a glass tank to my house.. my question is... can you get good micro shots through acrylic? i ve never shot an acrylic tank and would truly be disappointed if i could not shoot my tank. Can you guys show me some shots? micro or not. just wanting to see. the tank is going to be 3/4 thick i believe.

 

[Brett9917]

No problems for me... This is my dads 25gal nano made out of acrylic...

 

[ibefishy]

I dont think you would have a problem. Here is a trumpet coral from my acrylic tank. As long as its a quality acrylic tank the thickness shouldnt matter.

 

[mil hse]

im more worried about thick acrylic as my tank will be 3/4" thick...

 

[Reef Bass]

Shooting straight on (completely perpendicular to the front surface) is even more important shooting through acrylic IMHO, especially if it's thicker. I've noticed times when it appears I can't achieve tack sharp focus shooting through acrylic, but the pics come out ok.

 

[mil hse]

ok. good to know. still a little nerv about spending that much and it not working out.. but thanks for all the feed back.

 

[photongreen]

Just try to get as Parallel as possible as acrylic bows and can somewhat distort the image.

 

[mil hse]

BEAUTIFUL PICS! makes me feel a lot better... thanks