Acrylic Glass California

[rmor]

I'm about to upgrade to a 180-gallon tank and of course now I have to make the decision glass or acrylic. I think if I lived anywhere else in the country I would easily go with the less expensive and harder to scratch glass. But the fact is we live in So Cal and we have earthquakes. If we had a 7.0 or so I am assuming the acrylic would have a better chance than glass. What do you guys think and what do you have? Thanks.

 

[Reefer08]

starfire glass (low iron) is the way to go. IMO its more clear than acrylic and it doesn't scratch that easily

 

[rmor]

But is starfire as durable as acrylic? If live rock came crashing down would it crack easier than acrylic, just like normal glass would?

 

[ASommers]

I would think even easier.
But either way you should design your rock scape to really sturdy
My acrylic, all of my rocks are tied to a PVC structure, I can get in there and scrub them down and never worry about anything falling

 

[Aquafrags]

had one acrylic tank, never again, I am much to careless when moving rocks and cleaning the glass, but thats just me

 

[rmor]

I am concerned about the scratches. Did you get more on the inside or outside of the tank?

 

[SavetheReef]

i will be selling my 180g with stand and canopy in the next month if you are interested. The tank is not even a year old yet. i am upgrading and moving to a new house so i will be setting up a new tank. The tank is acrylic and come with acrylic lids to cover the top to stop jumpint fish.

The tank is a penninsula style which means its a room divider.

 

[Clam]

I would be very concerned having a glass 180 in California. With that said, my kids have scratched my acrylic tank trying to be nice and clean the tank while I was gone. Now I have scratches on the front :hmpf: It's a trade off, but I have less wories when we do get earthquakes.