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Starphire glass and light absorption


AktionJaxsun

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As I understand, starphire glass is crystal clear. Under its current design my tank needs a lid that is to be placed between the water and the lighting. I was hoping to use the acrylic lid that came with the tank, but I have found out that strong lighting will probably yellow and/or make the acrylic lid really brittle plus absorb a lot of the lighting. I then thought that a glass lid would be better, but I would still have a problem with absorbption. If I went with starphire glass would that significantly decrease the amount of light the lid absorbs? Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

Patrick

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Very intersesting, but the values will be quite different when just using a 3/16" piece for the top. Yes the starphire glass will let more light in. I know when I bought glass for a nano tank, the cost was for a minimum size piece.

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Ya, the piece of starphire i will buy for the lid won't be that big. Do you think it will be worth the money to get starphire instead of regular glass?

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