acrylic tanks or glass tanks

[Magnum]

what's your opinion on them?

 

[JackDemp528]

I just prefer acrylic. I think it's just nicer. Not much of a difference though.

 

[dothedew]

I've never had acrylic, so I just voted glass.

 

[caspercanuck]

^^ same with me haha

 

[lucky62]

never owned acrilic , just have glass ..............and more people would see this in tropical chit chat .

 

[Teelie]

Glass is better IMO. It doesn't scratch as easy and doesn't just disintegrate when it wears out unlike acrylic. Acrylic is lighter and I think more durable but scratches easier and doesn't last as long.

 

[jollysue]

I have both. I like that acrylic is light weight and easy to move. No way I could move my 100 usg glass by myself. I have an Eclipse 12 (acrylic) and a 40 usg Sea Clear Exec. They will scratch. I have some minor 2" pin scratches, but they are still clear and have that molded form that is very chic. I haven't had them long enough to experience them disintergrating. I can pick up my forty gallon acrylic (empty or near enough) or tip it up.

I have a hundred usg, a twenty usg, and a ten. I needed a moving crew to move the hundred in. Acrylic scratches, but glass chips and sometimes cracks or breaks. First thing I did was chip my 100 usg and count myself lucky that it didn't crack and leak. My 20 usg is chipped, too, from moving around. Again, I'm glad enough that it is still usable.

I could drop my Sea Clear. It might scratch. My twenty glass? Hmm

All that being said, I am glad to have any tank that holds water safely that you want to give me.

 

[Undawada]

Never used acrlyic in anything bigger than a 5 gallon. I prefer glass, although moving it is a pain.

Acrylic is good for quarantine tanks, fry tanks, other small tanks IMO.

 

[memnon]

i've never had an acrylic tank so i had to vote glass

 

[rixy]

only ever had glass so voted glass

 

[SirMinion]

Acrylic with plecs?

No thanks, I like to be able to see my fish.

 

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[Steve Adams]

I voted acrylic,

im building a 300 gal acrylic tank. 8ft long. just have to watch what you clean it with...but can be just as or more beautiful than glass

 

[fish_keeper2]

glass for me....doesnt scratch, discolor, doesnt come in odd shapes that r hard to pick caves and such out for...to me the class just seems to look nicer longer...all my acrylic tanks tend to look a litle old and used after just being set for a little while

 

[clunkster]

definately glass it dont scratch as easy it dont discolor & not with plecs so its a no no