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<blockquote data-quote="Jenniferinfl" data-source="post: 197762" data-attributes="member: 37398"><p>I like that when you order acrylic shipped to you, you are a lot more likely to get them intact. My entire Petco Zilla order came in destroyed yesterday because they just used a couple rumpled sheets of paper to ship glass enclosures. I spent the day driving to three different stores exchanging for the 1 or 2 they had in each store. No choice though, because they won't let you online order for local pickup if they just have one, it just says 'low stock' and the in store price is $20 more than the online price. So annoying. Honestly though, I'm infuriated that 5 Zilla enclosures went to the landfill because the Petco employees didn't feel like using $2 worth of bubble pads. </p><p></p><p>BUT, I also kinda hate acrylic enclosures for exactly the reasons you mentioned. In the early 2000's acrylic fish tanks were suddenly a big deal and I spent WAY too much money on one. In just one year it looked like trash. Now, that was partly my fault for not understanding just how easily it would scratch, but, when I realized early on that it was getting scratched up, I immediately changed what I was doing and followed the specifications. Didn't matter- got worse and worse until it looked worse than a 40+ year old glass aquarium that's only been filled with hard water.. lol Bit of an exaggeration, but, I definitely regretted that purchase. </p><p></p><p>I like the initial visibility of acrylic, the ease of shipping it and the reduced weight. Unfortunately, the advantages stop about there. I have glass enclosures that still look great 15 years later. Anything acrylic I had left from last time was all warped and yellowed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jenniferinfl, post: 197762, member: 37398"] I like that when you order acrylic shipped to you, you are a lot more likely to get them intact. My entire Petco Zilla order came in destroyed yesterday because they just used a couple rumpled sheets of paper to ship glass enclosures. I spent the day driving to three different stores exchanging for the 1 or 2 they had in each store. No choice though, because they won't let you online order for local pickup if they just have one, it just says 'low stock' and the in store price is $20 more than the online price. So annoying. Honestly though, I'm infuriated that 5 Zilla enclosures went to the landfill because the Petco employees didn't feel like using $2 worth of bubble pads. BUT, I also kinda hate acrylic enclosures for exactly the reasons you mentioned. In the early 2000's acrylic fish tanks were suddenly a big deal and I spent WAY too much money on one. In just one year it looked like trash. Now, that was partly my fault for not understanding just how easily it would scratch, but, when I realized early on that it was getting scratched up, I immediately changed what I was doing and followed the specifications. Didn't matter- got worse and worse until it looked worse than a 40+ year old glass aquarium that's only been filled with hard water.. lol Bit of an exaggeration, but, I definitely regretted that purchase. I like the initial visibility of acrylic, the ease of shipping it and the reduced weight. Unfortunately, the advantages stop about there. I have glass enclosures that still look great 15 years later. Anything acrylic I had left from last time was all warped and yellowed. [/QUOTE]
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