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Posted by NoSpam on October 15, 2008, 7:59 am
Please log in for more thread options I know 'they' make a special glass for fish tanks. What's it called
and where can I buy it? 20g. Already built.
Thanks
Acrylic sucks. 1 grain of sand caught in the magnetic algae scrapper
fuck my tank up like you wouldn't believe. End of plastic for me.
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Posted by damn hippie on October 15, 2008, 6:18 pm
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Heritage Glass in Venice, Florida carries it - owners name is Ed Mogford
941-650-4676. Tell him what you want and he will cut it for you and will
ship.
Also just about any shower door manufacturer carries it - Ed used to make
tanks comercially though and should be able to come up with something off
the top of his head.
>I know 'they' make a special glass for fish tanks. What's it called and
>where can I buy it? 20g. Already built.
>
> Thanks
>
> Acrylic sucks. 1 grain of sand caught in the magnetic algae scrapper fuck
> my tank up like you wouldn't believe. End of plastic for me.
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Posted by Don Geddis on October 15, 2008, 11:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I know 'they' make a special glass for fish tanks. What's it called
> and where can I buy it? 20g. Already built.
Ordinary glass works fine. You can even used tempered glass, but you
have to be really careful working with it because it shatters if you
drill into it.
Glass is much harder than acrylic (although it can still scratch). But it
tends to be much heavier, and not quite as clear. Often has some optical
distortion, and often a greenish tint.
There's a special aquarium glass, called "Starfire" glass, which is designed
just for aquariums and has better optical properties. More expensive though.
> Acrylic sucks. 1 grain of sand caught in the magnetic algae scrapper
> fuck my tank up like you wouldn't believe. End of plastic for me.
Yeah, I've got an acrylic tank too (after starting with glass), and I don't
care for it either.
Much easier to scratch, much harder to scrape off the coraline algae, and
it requires cross bracing at the top to hold the weight of the water. I
don't like any of that.
-- Don
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Posted by RubenD on October 16, 2008, 9:02 pm
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> > I know 'they' make a special glass for fish tanks. What's it called
> > and where can I buy it? 20g. Already built.
Go to Petsmart, I bought 1 20G for less thn $30.
Petco also carry cheap tanks.
Good Luck
p.s.: I'm assuming you are in the US.
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>where can I buy it? 20g. Already built.
>
> Thanks
>
> Acrylic sucks. 1 grain of sand caught in the magnetic algae scrapper fuck
> my tank up like you wouldn't believe. End of plastic for me.
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