DILEMMA! 180 Glass or 300g Acrylic ?

[csnmusic02]

Yea acrylic scratches but if you are easy with everything should be a problem I like it cause the weight and chemically bonds together

 

[jmichaelh7]

So there is mixed reviews.

Part of me wants to go with 300 gallon acrylic so I have so much room for plenty of livestock in the future.

And then the clarity plus scratch resistant Glass makes me want to do the 180 gallon.

Ahh help

 

[NowGlazeIT]

So there is mixed reviews.

Part of me wants to go with 300 gallon acrylic so I have so much room for plenty of livestock in the future.

And then the clarity plus scratch resistant Glass makes me want to do the 180 gallon.

Ahh help

It’s a lot of work but I’ve seen acrylic scratches repaired while the tank was still running. The owner used a few different grit sizes with a strong magnet glass cleaner to get the job done. If you scratch glass too deep you got to live with it.

 

[1ocean]

acrylic, get the extra space for the future.
Almost everyone out grows their tank, so plan ahead and go bigger...
I am build a 300 acylic now...at the adding water stage.
Been taking me some time since I even built the two sumps and the 2 chamber refug out of extruded acylic...
check out my thread for ideas....

 

[jmichaelh7]

I went with Eurobraced low iron glass. The scratch thing with my kids… yeah

 

[Scoob]

Clarity for one, and it scratches way to easy

Acrylic has more clarity than glass

 

[Tamberav]

I would go with the acrylic. Kids throwing **** around can’t break it and all scratches can be removed. It’s bigger and has better clarity and a good acrylic tank will last forever. You won’t worry about seam integrity from moving it. All you need is a good acrylic magnet.

I have a small 7g acrylic that has been up 7 years now and only has one tiny scratch that I did when I dropped some metal tongs. Would be easy to buff out but can’t even find where the heck it is anymore.

I love some of the acrylic displays on this forum and some have been up for a long while and look great.

 

[albano]

I have had many acrylic tanks for over 30 years… currently a 200g and 500g reefs… wouldn’t take a glass tank for free, especially a used one!

people that don’t like acrylic have usually not had one… people that like acrylic have usually had glass, and have no desire to repeat that mistake.