Scripps aquarium has a bunch of cylinder tanks around that size. There's some distortion for sure. I think you'd need a tank swimming pool-sized to avoid that. It's all about the curvature. The sharper the panels have to curve to complete a circle, the more they become a lens. I see it as a tradeoff. I still want one.
If it is this size and rimless the acrylic is likely very thick. The thicker the acrylic the worse the distortion. I would ask the builder what the acrylic thickness is.
yea I as much as I like them aesthetically the distortion is just too much for me. Even on a huge tank like the one at moody gardens, the distortion is still very noticeable
They work great if you do it daily.. if you let corraline start collecting then it’s plastic blades etc.. it does get old.
At only 20" tall, it would be fairly easy to clean. A 4" razor/scraper like those used to scrape windows, turned vertically, should move smoothly around the inside and clean the entire tank rather quickly...at least I think it would? I don't mind putting my hands in the tank to clean.
A plastic razor scraper.. you can try a metal one but you’ll end up gouging it and some point without a doubt. Once corraline builds up it sucks to scrape on a radius.. credit card would be your best as it’s flexible..
Yes! I used old credit cards on my 240 acrylic cube years ago. Forgot about that! I'm kinda anal about cleaning my tank glass and do it almost every day.
