Originally Posted by
Mike N
Go glass, acrylic is a pain in the *@#.
While acrylic is clearer and lighter, it scratches easily, it tends to have a limited life (hazes and checks as it gets old), it's hard to keep clean, retains heat (which is a bad thing), is more expensive, and distorts with pressure.
I've had quite a few acrylic and even more glass tanks over the years and I still have some of my old glass tanks, the acrylic just dosn't stand the test of time...
If you can afford it go with a low iron glass tank.