Acrylic tank

[RedSox81]

I was thinking about buying an acrylic tank and was wondering if there was any downside with acrylic?Thanks

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

Scratches, scratches, scratches, and scratches.

I was as careful as careful could be and still scratched the acrylic tank I had.
You can buff them out, but it's a PITA.

 

[BayCorals]

hard to clean. Cant use the scraper blade.

 

[Sikryd]

They're nice to look through and drill, for everything else they're a pain.
I leave them to the guys that really enjoy them and don't mind the other headaches.

 

[LegoZ81]

Glass for display tanks. low-iron (Starfire) glass for the viewing pane.
use acrylic for all other, sumps, skimmers, reactors .

 

[RedSox81]

Thanks for the info.I guess I will not be buying a new tank now.I found a ok deal on 210 acrylic tank but I dont want to deal with the scratches.

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

ChrisB's?

 

[Troylee]

What about all the upsides guys? There lighter the optical clarity is better they hold temps stable better etc.....

 

[ladyreefer1983]

i use magic eraser for cleaning my acrylic tank very easy

 

[RedSox81]

ChrisB's?

Yep you know him?

 

[RedSox81]

i use magic eraser for cleaning my acrylic tank very easy

What is that?

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

Yep you know him?

Know of him, spoke to him on the net, but never met him.

 

[RedSox81]

Do you know anyone who has a 210 for sale?

 

[Troylee]

What is that?

Mr.clean magic erasers....I can't knock the idea but I don't endorse it either since I have no exp. With it....

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

Mr.clean magic erasers....I can't knock the idea but I don't endorse it either since I have no exp. With it....

Worked great when my son took a crayon to an older projection screen TV I used for Xbox. :xd:

 

[ladyreefer1983]

i have known people here in my area that uses it...im using it and so far everything is doing good...

 

[Murfman]

I bought a used 300 gallon acrylic and had to buff out the scratches. It was pretty bad. I got them out and the tank looks great. You have to be careful with it not to get any grit between the cleaning magnet. You can use a scraper on coralline but it has to be a plastic one, not the metal. I use a Dobie cleaner under my magnet for cleaning the glass. For me, it was well worth the time and effort to polish the tank vs 3K+ for a new glass one.

 

[RedSox81]

Worked great when my son took a crayon to an older projection screen TV I used for Xbox. :xd:

Nice!