Types of glass that can be made for Koi aquarium

You can’t make a Koi aquarium without glass, but some glass can be used to make an aquarium and some glass is not suitable. So what are the types of glass that can be used to make koi aquariums?

Ordinary Glass

The most common type of glass, generally emerald green, more fragile, impurities, transparency is not very high, easy to age and deformation over time, not suitable for making aquariums.

Float glass

Float glass is generally dark green, smooth and uniform surface, transparency and toughness are better.

Super white glass

Ultra-white glass is a kind of ultra-transparent low-iron glass, also known as low-iron glass, can be said to combine the characteristics of many glass, high quality, multi-functional combination in one, crystal clear, high-grade and elegant, known as the “Prince of Crystal”. A highly recommended glass.

Tempered Glass

Tempered glass is a kind of high-strength safety glass obtained by heating the glass to the softening point and then cooling it sharply. The most important feature is safety. The impact resistance is more than 5 times that of normal glass.

Acrylic Glass

The most important feature of acrylic glass is that it is light and has good toughness. But easy to scratch and poor transparency.

Plexiglass

Transparency is better, but the biggest weakness is that the strength is too low, the pressure resistance is too poor, not easy to use to make koi fish tanks.

Generally common types of glass are these types, we all know their respective characteristics, then the choice of which one depends on their own choices.