Is starphire clearer than acrylic?

[Kinetic]

Is starphire glass clearer than something like Spartech Polycast acrylic given they're the same thickness?

 

[DitchPlains2]

Starphire is clearer then float glass, I forget the numbers, but no Acyrlic is much clearer then Starphire, by how much I don't know. I did read this;

Glass has a different index of refraction than water. This means the as light passes through the air, then the glass, then the water to bounce off a fish and get reflected back through the water, then the glass, then the air, the light is bent four times. Each time the light is bent, the image is distorted. Colors are not quite true, position is not quite accurate, size can be distorted slightly

and this

Acrylic has nearly the same index of refraction as water. This means that when you see a fish in an acrylic tank, the light has only be bent once or twice. Because of this, the only distortion you are likely to see is that the fish is slightly misplaced, but the size and color are true

as well as....

Many types of acrylic will yellow with age, particularly if they are kept under a full spectrum light or are exposed to direct sunlight. This is a normal chemical reaction in the materials that the acrylic is made from. Though this is getting much better, this is still a possibility. Also, because the acrylic is so fragile, it is very likely that you will be viewing your fish through a haze of scratches that will only get worse over time.

Glass maintains its clarity over time. The glass in a new tank will match that in an old tank, and if you have to replace a pane of glass in a used aquarium, the correction you will notice is that there are fewer scratches in the new glass.

good luck!
David

 

[Kinetic]

hi david, thanks a ton! that's exactly what I wanted to know and more!