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Glass.
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Acrylic.
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07-17-2006, 11:11 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,339
     |  Reef Aquarium - Glass or Acrylic?
Reef Aquarium - Glass or Acrylic?
Personally I like glass for reef aquariums but I will say it's nice to be able to move around my 5 foot long 75 show acrylic tank by myself.
Anybody have experience with using both as reef tanks though? Which did you prefer?  | 
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07-17-2006, 11:18 PM
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#2 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
Posts: 1,200
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Glass for me. I'd have to say that it's a little more difficult to scratch than acrylic but a little more fragile than the counter-part. 
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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07-18-2006, 12:25 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
Posts: 3,406
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GLASS GLASS GLASS! Almost all of the tanks in the lab are acrylic....and....scratching...SO MUCH SCRATCHING...CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!....
sorry about that...little breakdown. lol
Well i think that the cons to acrylic outway the pros...which are what? less heavy?...not really sure. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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07-18-2006, 01:26 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone |
glass forever!!!!
besides the mentioning of acrylic weighing less, there is also the fact that acrylic is a better insulator. that can be both good and bad.....if the power goes out, cool.....my acrylic tank stays warm. if it becomes too hot in the summer time and i don't have a chiller....all of my inhabitants become seafood chowder. glass is difficult to move especially with a larger tank, but that's what friends are for  . acrylic can be manipulated into all sorts of shapes and sizes but in my opinion the classic rectangle rules for viewing.....but in the long run.....for me, it's all about the glass (especially starphire ). _________  | |
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07-18-2006, 02:31 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
Posts: 3,905
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Glass for me even if the sole reason for this is based on scratch resistance. Once you get scratches, they stick out like a sore thumb...then you get algae in the cracks. Yes, they are lighter, but how many times and how often are you going to move a fish tank? They are more expensive as a whole as well. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
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07-18-2006, 12:59 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
Posts: 424
Karma: 63
 
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Glass = hard to scratch
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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07-18-2006, 01:55 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 533
Karma: 47
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Glass. _________ Senior Noob Setting my 75 back up soon Main SW Tank:
55gal, 70LBS of Tonga/LFSDIY, 50lbs LS, 1x250watt MH(20k), AquaC Remora Skimmer Live stock: Velvet Damsel, (12)Blue legged crab, lawnmower blenny, (1)cleaner shrimp, Yellow Tang, Featherduster CoralsRandom Zoo's(like 10), more zoo's,red mushrooms and hairy mushrooms, Sinularia | |
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07-18-2006, 02:37 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
Posts: 618
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Glass for sure but acrylic seems to be a good fit for a fuge if you find on for a good deal. To my understanding they are easier to drill.
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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07-18-2006, 03:19 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: the valley, CA Age: 23
Posts: 125
Karma: 18
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yeah acrylic is most definately easier to drill if you are into that. for me it is glass all the way baby!!! glass rectangles rule.
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50 gallon reef tank. coralife 36 in 96w 10,000 k/96w actinic/ lunar lights, 40lr, 4inches ls, RemoraAquaC skimmer, closed loop flow, refugium, oscellaris clown, bluegreen reef chromis, green mandarin,turbo snails/reef crabs, sand sifting stars, corals: blue striped mushrooms, toadstool mushroom,yellowgreen cup, purple gorgonian, greenblue pipe organ, favites brain, torch, frogspawn, sebae anemone.
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07-21-2006, 08:59 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
Posts: 1,200
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wow, I see no acrylic people so far. It would be funny if all 3reef are glass aquariasts. | |
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