Glass or acrylic????

[santarosasalt]

Well I just bought a house and now is my time to upgrade to a bigger tank. I have a spot picked out in the new house that is 48 x 24 inches. So I'm looking at either a 75 or 90 gallon. What are the advantages or disadvatages of glass or acrylic in those sizes?

 

[Grant W]

acrylic scratches more easily but is much lighter and easier to drill and customize,ie overflow boxes etc, if you go acylic TRU view is a good brand

 

[kalapnath]

acrylic also looks better than the glass

 

[jedheuer]

I am a big fan of starphire glass. Its low iron so its crystal clear. Very hard to scratch. Easy to clean cause you can use razor blades. I have had both acrylic and starphire I starphire glass hands down is better in my opinion.

 

[northbay-reefer]

I used to have acrylic and they always get scratches so my new tank is glass and I love it.

 

[santarosasalt]

That's what I'm leaning towards is glass. Cesars has a 75 and stand for 299. Seems like a good deal to me. Also I'm kinda doing this on a budget so all my equipment is set for my 29. Would I be able to use this on the 75 as long as I don't increase the bio-load? And will I see a cycle from changing over?

 

[gdm42001]

acrylic also looks better than the glass

when it is new:dance:

 

[Friday Night]

Put em on the glass. +1 to glass.

 

[Emerald525]

acrylic scratches more easily but is much lighter and easier to drill and customize,ie overflow boxes etc, if you go acylic TRU view is a good brand

I love the look of glass much better and it is way easier to clean. I have a 150 gallon glass and 15o gallon reef tru vu. The Truvu is 10 months old and yes has scratches but if I had to do it over again I would get glass.

And as far as brands. I would get Envisions over tru vu any day. Had I known he was based in Portland! Much higher quality acrylic! Very nice quality.

 

[santarosasalt]

Well looks like glass. Any ideas on the equipment. I'm pretty sure its gonna be ok. Don't laugh but what I'd be using would be a penquin 350 bio filter which just holds a little carbon. And a seaclone protein skimmer. The stuff has worked fine for all my corals even sps. I just won't add any fish till I get a better skimmer. Also what size heater would you recommend?

 

[chrismck97]

get starphire glass

 

[iamwrasseman]

glass ,glass ,glass ! you may like acrylic in the beginning but as soon as you scratch it boy o boy will you be mad . they just scratch way to easily and its just not worth the weight savings IMO .also a 75 or 90 gallon tank is so cheap because they are very common you just cant beat it for the price . i would go with the 90 as i just replaced one of my 75s with a 90 and i already wish that i did it years ago .in many cases the star fire glass is overrated unless you have a very large tank IMO .
happy reefing !