humongus glass tank

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gasser said:
My 600 gallon acrylic tank was all scratched up from having a reef tank for over 2.5 years and scraping all that coraline algae off the front did the front panel in. The scratches don't look too bad when full of water but when dry they really look bad.

I then bought a refinishing kit that fits on my orbital sander. I went through all the different grades using my orbital sander over the entire front panel and when done, the front panel looks almost new. Its not perfect but compared to what i did to it over the 3 years with trying to keep that hard coraline algae off the front, it was an amazing job.

Now when wet, the front panel looks perfect.

this stuff is very easy to re-finish if need be.

I love my acrylic tank.

Jeff
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tell it like it is bro :headbang2
 
My previous store location had two large glass aquariums

18'x4'x3' around 1600 gallons & a 8'x4'x3' reef tank around 700 gallons

I built them on sight, no way to move them assembled.

I like glass better, much easier to clean without scratching.

Joel
 
I suggest acrylic for tanks over 200gallons. All my tanks are glass 150gallon,125gallon, 125gallon, 75gallon, 20gallon long, 10, 10, 5. And I never had any problem w/ them. Cleaning is a breeze, you dont have to worry about rubbing a scraper than can scratch acrylic or worst has small rock particles on it that can easily scratch acrylic.
Oh, btw I plan on getting a 240gallon acrylic pretty soon. Getting it ready for my male dovii once it matures. :headbang2
 
i've heard pleco scratch up acrylic pretty bad
 
Well, after my quote above about my acrylic aquarium, I would do it again in a heart beat for a fish only aquarium especially fresh water. For salt where you plan on growing or encouraging coraline algae, that stuff really loves to grow on plastic. It grows so fast on acrylic, I will never do a salt acrylic tank again, only glass.

For fresh with less light and much lower calcium levels, I love the clear view acrylic gives you.
 
got a new idea for keeping fish... why not use large pallet ready fish containers (the one they use for seafoods in the wetmarkets) .. they run around 200-300 dollars each and they are plastic and very durable capacity is around 200 gallons. :D not heavy and not easily scratch and cheap!!! :grinyes: only problem.. it runs like a fish pond you can see them from the top not from the side :)
 
gasser said:
My 600 gallon acrylic tank was all scratched up from having a reef tank for over 2.5 years and scraping all that coraline algae off the front did the front panel in. The scratches don't look too bad when full of water but when dry they really look bad.
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Jeff
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The trick to cleaning coraline algae off of an empty acrylic tank is to fill it with water and add vinegar! I bought a used 60G that had been used for SW. Since I was going to use it for FW I needed to clean it. I filled it to to brim with water, added a gallon of vinegar, and let it soak for a couple of days with a pump running in it to circulate the water. Most of the coraline melted off, and the rest was simply a matter of sponging it off. VERY SIMPLE.

I only wish the rest of this aquaria stuff was so easy ! :)
 
glass can be formed, bent curved etc just like acrylic. i prefer glass, however i am a glazier by trade...
 
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