glass vs acrylic 300 gallon

[tigershark4]

I want to get a 300 gallon tank 96" x 30" x 30" I have been talking to Ron at tenecor to purchase this tank. It will be a reef tank and I am scared about scratches. Don't know what to do. any one have any ideas?

 

[sphelps]

That's easy, Starphire glass all the way. Acrylic would be a bad choice in my opinion.

 

[JoeyK@OCMD]

If this tank is in your home, and your really careful, than you will only have 10,000 scratches. I have a 500 gallon tenecor and looking at it to long scratches it. It disgusts me. If I had know how fragile these things were, I would have just bought Glass. Oh well..... you pay, you learn

 

[aural]

Starphire all the way. no doubt about it.

 

[steve the plumb]

don't they have some scratch removal pads that are supposed to work on acrylic.I was thinking about getting an acrylic tank I thought they were stronger and lighter than glass

 

[hdtvguy]

Go with Starphire glass. I love my 300g dual pane!

 

[CeeGee]

If this tank is in your home, and your really careful, than you will only have 10,000 scratches. I have a 500 gallon tenecor and looking at it to long scratches it. It disgusts me.

:lol:

That is the funniest thing I have read on this board in a long time.

 

[tigershark4]

hdtvguy I saw your thread on building your glass tank. It looks great. My best friend sells glass for a living and he is looking into getting starfire glass for me. I am consern building it myself and it leaking. What tips can you give me. Is there a company that builds them in the states?

 

[tigershark4]

hdtrguy What did you put on the bottom of your tank and where do you get it?

 

[hdtvguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6846442#post6846442 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tigershark4
hdtvguy I saw your thread on building your glass tank. It looks great. My best friend sells glass for a living and he is looking into getting starfire glass for me. I am consern building it myself and it leaking. What tips can you give me. Is there a company that builds them in the states?

Thanks,

Not sure who would build them in the states? I'm sure there are some stores who will do this. IMO building a large tank in house is the best solution. If you go back on my thread I give a short step by step process.

 

[hdtvguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6846454#post6846454 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tigershark4
hdtrguy What did you put on the bottom of your tank and where do you get it?

It is one big sheet of what they call Starboard. It's HDPE plastic "cutting board ". Look local in your yellow pages under plastics.

 

[Hop]

Hmmm. I have no scratches in my 370 gallon acrylic. I take my time and use the proper equipment to clean it. I'm not sure what the issue here is...

 

[5thfishie]

I've got a 280 gallon acrylic tank with no scratches. Just don't go after the algae on the sides with an SOS pad.

 

[Johnsteph10]

You just have to take your time cleaning the acrylic, that's all. Check often. Being BB also helps a lot.

If it scratches, it is easy to remove. When you scratch a glass tank = forever. With a large acrylic tank, you also don't have to worry about spontaneous bursting, you can drill it up like swiss cheese if you want, and it distortion/color free vs. even starfire glass which still has some tint to it as well as distortion.

The choice for me was simple!