Starphire Glass

[Diana Caye]

I'm having a reef tank built, about 44L x 23W x 22H. I plan to keep clams and soft corals. How much better is Starphire glass than regular glass for true colors? Is it really noticeable?

Thanks,
Diana

 

[reefergeorge]

Yes, If you are going glass. Definitely go with at least a starphire front.

 

[bertoni]

[welcome]

I agree. The normal high-iron glass is very green to my eyes.

 

[IHOP]

The starphire glass is nice especially if you plan to go with a thick glass.

 

[Diana Caye]

I've noticed that the pretty blues in clams, like Tridacna Maxima, appear brown when viewed through regular glass. Will Starphire let the blues/purples/greens show more accurately?
Also, is it true Starphire makes no real diffrence when viewing the red spectrum?

Thanks again,
diana

 

[bertoni]

Clams appear brown when viewed at an angle off from vertical, since their pigmentation seems to be a sunscreen, basically.

The normal glass will give everything a more greenish tint, in my experience.

 

[o.c.d.]

Just be careful cleaning my newbie buddy scratched <font size="1" color="#0000FF">profanity removed</font> the glass, didn't notice sand in the magnafloat srubber. Apparently it's a much softer glass?

 

[hanas]

my 90G is Starfire, you can definitely notice a difference, so if you don't mind paying the extra money, go for it.

 

[Diana Caye]

Hi o.c.d. So you think Starphire may be a glass that scratches more easily than normal glass. If that's the case, I wonder then how it compares to acrylic in endurance. Still much better, I hope.

Diana

 

[hanas]

From my experience, I've had no scratches and I use the a scraper and foam pad to clean the inside of the glass.