tonym10
Premium Member
I am planning a new 180 in wall at my office at work. I used to have a 75g at home, I took the 75 down after 4 years because I was not home enough to enjoy it and maintain it.
For my in wall office tank I want it as easy to maintain as possible. I will keep just softies, leathers, shrooms, zoos, etc.. no sps or lps.
Here is where I am up in the air. A custom built 180 acrylic 3/4" $1600 plus shipping from a very good builder or $950 for an Oceanic 180 with starfire front glass.
My 75g was an oceanic and after a few years salt built up and caused streaks down the front glass as I guess the salt acted like a wick, does this happen to others? I am quessing an acrylic tank would not do that due to the wide brace around it.
The other thing with the acrylic tank is that it would have the overflows built the way I want, one external the other internal at back corner at an angle leaving me more room in the tank plus I will have it drilled for 1 CL.
I am not really concerned about the $1000 difference although a thousand bucks is a thousand bucks , if the difference was more then that I would be swung to the glass for the savings.
I am concerned about being able to clean the front panel of an acrylic tank from the rear of the tank, no access from front. Is it possible to keep the acrylic clean with magnet cleaners without scratching? If coraline builds up how do you scrpae it without scratching?
Do acrylic tanks every crack and leak the way glass can? To have the least chance of cracking and leaking is very important to me.
My tank dimensions will be 60x24x29tall.
I have many more questions but first I need to figure out between glass non custom or custom acrylic?
thanks
Tony
For my in wall office tank I want it as easy to maintain as possible. I will keep just softies, leathers, shrooms, zoos, etc.. no sps or lps.
Here is where I am up in the air. A custom built 180 acrylic 3/4" $1600 plus shipping from a very good builder or $950 for an Oceanic 180 with starfire front glass.
My 75g was an oceanic and after a few years salt built up and caused streaks down the front glass as I guess the salt acted like a wick, does this happen to others? I am quessing an acrylic tank would not do that due to the wide brace around it.
The other thing with the acrylic tank is that it would have the overflows built the way I want, one external the other internal at back corner at an angle leaving me more room in the tank plus I will have it drilled for 1 CL.
I am not really concerned about the $1000 difference although a thousand bucks is a thousand bucks , if the difference was more then that I would be swung to the glass for the savings.
I am concerned about being able to clean the front panel of an acrylic tank from the rear of the tank, no access from front. Is it possible to keep the acrylic clean with magnet cleaners without scratching? If coraline builds up how do you scrpae it without scratching?
Do acrylic tanks every crack and leak the way glass can? To have the least chance of cracking and leaking is very important to me.
My tank dimensions will be 60x24x29tall.
I have many more questions but first I need to figure out between glass non custom or custom acrylic?
thanks
Tony
