GouramiGuru
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2010
- Messages
- 21
Hey guys; I was looking at tanks today and found a few used tanks that caught my eye. At one of the places that sells used tanks I found they sell a lot of tanks a dollar per gallon; this resulted in me finding a 75 glass for $75, a 150 glass for $150 dollars, a 75 Acrylic for $75 dollars, and a 150 gallon Acrylic for $ 150 dollars.
I was a little surprised to see acrylic tanks for so cheap, but can kind of see why they were being sold as such, as they had a decent amount of scratches on the two Acrylic tanks. The 150 Acrylic is also not the ideal 150 for me, as it isn't quite the six foot long and is a little taller, I would guess it was probably four and five foot long, so still as long or longer than the 75.
I am now sitting here wondering, how hard are scratches to get out of Acrylic? I have heard that you can get scratches out of Acrylic tanks as opposed to glass tanks, but how difficult is it? Would it be worth it to buy the scratched up Acrylic 75 or 150, or should I go with the newer, non-scratched glass?
Any thoughts?
I was a little surprised to see acrylic tanks for so cheap, but can kind of see why they were being sold as such, as they had a decent amount of scratches on the two Acrylic tanks. The 150 Acrylic is also not the ideal 150 for me, as it isn't quite the six foot long and is a little taller, I would guess it was probably four and five foot long, so still as long or longer than the 75.
I am now sitting here wondering, how hard are scratches to get out of Acrylic? I have heard that you can get scratches out of Acrylic tanks as opposed to glass tanks, but how difficult is it? Would it be worth it to buy the scratched up Acrylic 75 or 150, or should I go with the newer, non-scratched glass?
Any thoughts?