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03/10/2006, 08:56 PM
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Location: Iowa
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Is it true that acrylic tanks deform over time and scratch easily?
I was looking at some acrylic tanks and people say that they can bow out easy and scratch very easily, is this true?
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03/10/2006, 09:02 PM
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Location: Florida
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Unfortunately yes.
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03/10/2006, 09:06 PM
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Location: Shawnee, Kansas
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Yes and yes.
IMO: Glass > Acrylic |
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03/11/2006, 10:42 AM
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Yes and Yes. I am really careful with the two hex acrylics that I have right now, but they get a scratch here and there anyway. When I upgrade, it's gonna be glass.
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03/11/2006, 11:02 AM
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my first tank was a 40 gal acrylic tank, I loved the look of it , clean and not much distortion but even with using an old credit card to clean off the algae I still manage to scratch it. Basically acrylic = scratches no way to avoid it
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