Once more why you want to go acrylic with big home aquariums....

[Stan510]

He's stuck!
I have yet to see any acrylic home aquariums of a few hundred gallons give way like so many glass tanks have. With glass,it's the silicone,its the starfire low lead glass being too brittle and it's just bottoms that gave way and all the water was gone in 2 minutes or less.
I would say glass is at best good to home aquariums of 125 gallons..then you are rolling dice after that.

 

[Rocky998]

It makes ya wonder how the big commercial glass aquariums hold up

 

[fishyfun&fans]

The big commercial ones have Very Thick glass usually a couple of inches thick at the minimum and they have metal corner bars and things attached

Or there made out of thick Plexiglass

 

[Rocky998]

The big commercial ones have Very Thick glass usually a couple of inches thick at the minimum and they have metal corner bars and things attached

Or there made out of thick Plexiglass

Ahhh ok...

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

He's stuck!
I have yet to see any acrylic home aquariums of a few hundred gallons give way like so many glass tanks have. With glass,it's the silicone,its the starfire low lead glass being too brittle and it's just bottoms that gave way and all the water was gone in 2 minutes or less.
I would say glass is at best good to home aquariums of 125 gallons..then you are rolling dice after that.

What a nightmare.

 

[Stan510]

Most big public aquariums have switched to Acrylic. Despite it being scratchable..the never break is needed. Besides,they must have buffers that can take out most scratches.

 

[Stan510]

In today's NYT. What does a 1,500 gallon Acrylic salt water tank run?..$125,000 and filter room but not counting the fish. Plus,this isnt a reef tank. How much more for that? I can only guess...

High-End Design Comes to the Fish Tank (Published 2021)

Luxury home aquariums now can rival installations at public aquariums in size and scale, and they come with hefty price tags.

www.nytimes.com