Need Input Please, Custom Tank
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insanereef
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glass is almost always flatter. i (stupidly) went with acrylic. and DARN THAT THING BOWS but they say its normal.....
so make your selfs happy. unless your doing somthing that need s acrylic go glass.
so make your selfs happy. unless your doing somthing that need s acrylic go glass.
insanereef
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they are about 5/8ths inch and tank is 60 inches long. 20 wide and 24 tall.
even the acrilic covers on my tank bow ( and these are 1 ft by 1 ft and you can really see the bowing.. and its made of the same stuff as teh tank) " another fine product by tenecor" thats the sticker that is on my tank... if i was them i would not advertise the piles of cra they male
as for bracing. no clue what euro bracing is. heard of it. just never cared to look into it ( whats done is done and dont wanna upset my self by finding out there was a better way)
anyways my tanks top "panel" has about 3 inches running all theway around. and a cener brace.. not sure what you would call that
even the acrilic covers on my tank bow ( and these are 1 ft by 1 ft and you can really see the bowing.. and its made of the same stuff as teh tank) " another fine product by tenecor" thats the sticker that is on my tank... if i was them i would not advertise the piles of cra they male
as for bracing. no clue what euro bracing is. heard of it. just never cared to look into it ( whats done is done and dont wanna upset my self by finding out there was a better way)
anyways my tanks top "panel" has about 3 inches running all theway around. and a cener brace.. not sure what you would call that
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like the distortion effect of a bowfront.
Acrylic will bow a bit, but I've not seen a tank where that caused appreciable distortion. The refractive index of acrylic is fairly close to water, IIRC, and that probably limits the damage. My little 12g Eclipse bowfront looks fine (small size, etc), but the 12g glass tank was so nasty to my eyes I took it down.
Acrylic will bow a bit, but I've not seen a tank where that caused appreciable distortion. The refractive index of acrylic is fairly close to water, IIRC, and that probably limits the damage. My little 12g Eclipse bowfront looks fine (small size, etc), but the 12g glass tank was so nasty to my eyes I took it down.
insanereef
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yeah if you have 2 bow front tanks. both exactly the same bow. one acrilic one glass. the glass will look worse. but if its a flat front tank. the glass will be straighter then the acrilic so in that case. glass will b ebetter
like i said only time yous ohuld use acrylic is if ya have no choice
like i said only time yous ohuld use acrylic is if ya have no choice
That's not my experience. Glass looks much worse to me, although the special low-iron glass sounds okay. I don't like the green color cast of normal glass, and I don't notice the bowing of the acrylic tanks I've seen. Especially here in earthquake country, I'm pretty well set on acrylic tanks.
I took another look at your m-tank thread on nano-reef other than the tank being narrow all the photos of the tank look good to me. Guess you are just a super pic taker and you hide all the distortion. You know if it is to much trouble just pack it up and ship it to me. I will give it a good home ;-)
Kinetic
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I like taking photographs as a hobby, and I guess I'm just nitpicking when I say the bowfront distorts a lot. IT's really not that bad, but it's harder to get angles. A flat surface would be far better for photos.
haha well if I get my 82 g setup successfully, the 32 will be broken down and put up for sale
tho i'm sure your custom will rock.insanereef
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did you make the stand or buy the stand with the tank. they usualy put the name on the stand as well
insanereef
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hate to say it but. i thik im safer with my hurricanes (florida) ^^
My 29g display tank is glass and it sits on a stand. Although I do spend a lot of time lying on the floor...
