Hello, I just have a quick question I would like some clarification/help on. Namely is there any major differences between a glass tank and an acrylic tank I should think about when buying a tank and setting it up?
To be honest I'm really leery of glass because of a bad experience I had in the past (namely the bottom cracked when putting in gravel/rock in a FW and it totally flooded my room since we didn't realize it cracked...) but I know that with Salt size matters and acrylic is just soooo much more expensive... But isn't it also much more sturdy? And I can only imagine the weight on the bottom of the tank with the sand bed and like 1.5lb/gal live rock plus water.
So besides any major differences, is there any way to "safely" setup the glass tank? Like I remember on the glass tank that broke there was a little like 1/4" gap between the bottom of the glass and the surface (I think it was on a stand but truthfully can't remember) it was on due to it's construction. In other words, the plastic holding the pieces together wasn't flush with the bottom of the glass iirc. If it didn't have that would it be "safer"?
I'm really hoping to get "over" this "fear" of glass because of the deals I can find on glass tanks (looking at 50gal hood/stand/tank combo for 150 atm lol) but I definitely don't want to flood again! Let alone with a salt tank!
Thanks
To be honest I'm really leery of glass because of a bad experience I had in the past (namely the bottom cracked when putting in gravel/rock in a FW and it totally flooded my room since we didn't realize it cracked...) but I know that with Salt size matters and acrylic is just soooo much more expensive... But isn't it also much more sturdy? And I can only imagine the weight on the bottom of the tank with the sand bed and like 1.5lb/gal live rock plus water.
So besides any major differences, is there any way to "safely" setup the glass tank? Like I remember on the glass tank that broke there was a little like 1/4" gap between the bottom of the glass and the surface (I think it was on a stand but truthfully can't remember) it was on due to it's construction. In other words, the plastic holding the pieces together wasn't flush with the bottom of the glass iirc. If it didn't have that would it be "safer"?
I'm really hoping to get "over" this "fear" of glass because of the deals I can find on glass tanks (looking at 50gal hood/stand/tank combo for 150 atm lol) but I definitely don't want to flood again! Let alone with a salt tank!
Thanks