I have a glass 29 gallon mutiple scratches just over a year old.
if I go with glass it’s hard to find a tank with the dimensions I’m looking for plus they really expensive, I thought about jst drilling into a standard 40L but I’ve never drilled into glass only metal.
Both tanks would be good, I like the Advanced acrylic 46 gal. better, I had a 55 gal Pro Clear acrylic cylinder running over ten years, and I never had scratches, I took good care of it, I used acrylic cleaner and protector on the outside, and I used a white non scratch scrub pay on the inside, the tank is in storage now from my move, but I will be setting it up again, I liked the tank a lot because acrylic is much lighter than glass, and it is much clearer.
Hmm, that's sort of shallow, it's nearing frag tank depths. Any particular reason? My preferred tank size in this class is 36 x 24 x 24 (90 Gallons) because it's really versatile. Deeper tanks allow you to run a mixed reef pretty easily. Shallow tanks you generally have to choose between SPS dom or LPS dom.
No I have not used any magnet, I used to use Fritze acrylic cleaner and polish on the outside, and it puts Coats on the acrylic making it harder to scratch, and I think the product is still around today. I would like to find out if your mighty magnet would work and be safe on the inside.
Yeah it is on the shallow side, I want a lagoon style tank. Right now I got a softy tank and I want to jst expand on it. I love zoas and gsp, also the pulsating xeina.
This is the one I’m currently leaning towards the dimensions are 40x18x15. And I agree this hobby is amazing and has a wide range of options.nothing wrong with that, I was just curiousThat's the cool thing about this hobby, everyone can find a lane that they like!
I like it that it has filter socks on both sides, I just like built in filter socks on my aquariums.
I have a 240g advanced acrylic, it has been setup for 3 years love it. The mighty magnet (not cheap) but works great, just stay away from the sand. I use a plastic scrapper close to the sand and on Coraline algea.
If you get a scratch on an Acrylic tank it can be removed. If you scratch glass it's there forever.
I bought an aqueous scrubber that comes with interchangeable pads. One for glass the other for acrylic. As mentioned with glass you have to use a razor after using the pad. I use utility knife blade. Warning if you have a clown put on a glove as they will attack you. Mine broke the skin. The female lol. I did not even know different tanks existed. Always went on design alone. Really have no preference except be aware a lot of equipment lights in particular are made for rimless tanks
