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Hi,
I had an awful clunky glass petco $30 tank (around 40 or 50 gallons) for my 5-inch-long slider. RIP, the damned thing cracked today, and while my poor homeless baby resides in a glorified tupperware I wondered what kind of (relatively cheap! student here!) aquarium was recommended.

I've heard good things about acrylic. It can't come with a stand, since I have one that my dad built for me.

Thanks!

I don't know if acrylic is cheaper than glass, but I have heard that turtles tend to scratch the acrylic. A lot of keepers use Rubbermaid containers or stock tanks...much cheaper than a conventional aquarium if you aren't concerned about appearance.

A nice size rubbermaid is just as functional as a tank, and offers alot more security for the turtle, since they have privacy on the sides...

And they are cheap too
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Acrylic is much more expensive than glass unless youre talking about really small aquariums less than 10 gal
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