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I've had both. I'm currently switching from glass to acrylic. I had an acrylic 55 long last over 20 years... it went from my Mom to me. It also was moved from Minnesota to California to Oregon, and had been dry stored and resurrected many times. Finally the top seams blew out and it started leaking, but that sucker worked wayyy longer than any glass tank I owned. I had glass tanks bow out after only a couple years, and lost a 75 gal glass to bowing in three years. Quality cell cast acrylic is the bomb... not that crap extruded stuff. And yes, you can polish acrylic out until it's better than new, takes a bit of elbow grease, but I've scratched glass as well and NOTHING fixes that. Acrylic is also a lot more clear and true to color, viewing wise. Just my .02 cents.
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