small starphire tanks

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by sphelps

hmmm... Starphire glass is starphire glass, it increases clarity by the exact same amount no matter what the thickness. So how can it make a bigger difference with thicker glass?

The thicker the regular glass is the greener it gets 3mm is a lot clearer than 12mm. In my opinion it is not worth it to get Starphire unless it is 12mm or thicker. Glass that I buy is always priced out to the nearest even inch this allows for cutting. Not sure how other places price glass though. Also polish work adds a fair bit off cost, but yes it looks a lot better.
Also it's a good idea to have your holes drilled before you put it together it will be cheaper as they can do it from both sides that way.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Marlin65

Glass that I buy is always priced out to the nearest even inch this allows for cutting.

For starphire as well or just standard glass? The problem with starphire is most places don't stock it so a minimum charge is applied to make it worth while to bring in.

[Marlin65]

Probably depends on where you buy it from but yes the place I buy from Starphire as well. They usually have stock. The places that would buy from them would probably buy it cut to size already as I don't think they would bring in 10' x 20' sheets of it. Just another way for them to mark it up.