Acrylic tanks??? Looking for opinons

[howdy20012002]

no, the reason I would go with acrylic is it is much more cost effective

[mark]

Would glass/plywood be cost effective?

[howdy20012002]

I want to have visibility on both sides, so I don't know if that is possible with that in mind for the plywood

[mark]

Originally Posted by howdy20012002

I want to have visibility on both sides, so I don't know if that is possible with that in mind for the plywood

check pictures post 106 of SuperFudge's, and others views also buried in thread (has a couple of viewing panels).

[howdy20012002]

that would be great.
unfortuanately, I don't have Marc's DIY skills..lol
if anyone does..LMK...

[fishoholic]

If you are careful you won't put any noticeable scratches in an acrylic tank. We had one for almost a year and we never scratched it. However it was a huge PITA to clean the tank carefully.

We bought an acrylic magnet which worked great if you cleaned it everyday, and while cleaning you were careful enough to not get sand stuck in the magnet. However it was usually a few days to a week before we would get around to cleaning the tank. By then you would have to scrub it by hand with a filter floss pad, which worked very well, but took a lot of time and effort.

IMO much easier to clean a glass tank with a razor blade attached to a magfloat.

[reptile guy]

Not in the long run. If it's a reef tank they don't hold up well long term without getting all scratched to hell from regular cleaning of algae especially any coralline or hard greens that need to be scraped off . If it's a fowlr things like puffers and triggers can scrap it all up and even heard some sharks can as well.

Originally Posted by howdy20012002

no, the reason I would go with acrylic is it is much more cost effective

[lastlight]

I was just in the new Big Als in Calgary. Massive new shark tank in what appears to be 1.5 or 2" acrylic.

Scratched already and easy to notice.