What One Acrylic Or Glass

[snowflake311]

Could you tell me why you like one over the other?

 

[-Nemo-]

I used to like acrylic until I got a glass tank. The acrylic one is full of scratches.

 

[holidayinn]

IMO Acrylic everytime, its lighter and tougher. Practically unbreakable. The only negatives are that its more expensive then glass and scratches easily.

 

[Inchworm]

Glass is harder to scratch and stays nice looking for years.

 

[tom130691]

glass feels much stonger tbh plastic feel flimsy

 

[Harlequins]

I'd go with glass everytime,i have a couple of small acrylic tanks and they're have got lots of scratches on them from the algae pads.i don't use them now.

 

[NinjaSmurf]

I don't mind small acrylic tanks, they're nice for a few things, like a betta tank or some guppy, but anything over five gallons I'd want to be glass, hands down.

 

[kizno1]

agree with ninjasmurf for small tanks acrylic but for anythink a fair sizes i wuold say glass would be best.

 

[Truck]

I'd go with low Iron optiwhite glass, it looks fabulous.

 

[GuppyGoddess]

I've been neurotically careful with my acrylic tank as to not scratch it. Well, guess what? It still has managed to become scratched up all over the front and sides. I have NO idea how! My others are all glass and have maintained their appearance.

 

[snowflake311]

Ok then seems like glass is the way to go. Thanks guys for your input it helped me make up my mind.

 

[snowflake311]

glass feels much stonger tbh plastic feel flimsy

have you seen a 100 gal acrylic tank? They are far from flimsy. It is a fact that acrylic is stronger it does not crack easy. But it does scratch easy. Humm I'm going to go look at a glass tank tomarrow.