Glass or acrylic?

[JohnnyMantis]

I have always had a fasination with Mantis Shrimp and hope to soon find one. I just installed a 175 Bow Front for Dwarf Angels and was thinking that a tank for a MS would be cool. Should I invest in a glass or acrylic tank? What would be the proper dimensions?
BTW, where could I find a great shrimp?

 

[Fuegofish777]

well, if your going to go with any of the bigger species then i would go with acrylic just to be safe, but if your sticking with something smaller like then glass should be ok.

 

[Agu]

Depends on the species and size of the tank, however the breaking glass thing is blown out of proportion imo.

An idea I saw here makes good sense. My n. wennerae hits the bottom glass when he's digging tunnels and had me nervous that he'd eventually wear down the glass to breaking. A person here put a sheet of acrylic over the bottom glass before he set up his tank just because of that behavior.