For aquarium builders, exhibit fabricators, and display designers

Cast acrylic cylinders you can build with.

Seamless clear cast acrylic tubes for display tanks, jellyfish kiosks, coral columns, and exhibit work — with wall thickness sized to your water column and certification you can hand to your client.

Why cast, not extruded?

What you can build

Cylinder aquariums & jellyfish kiosks

Seamless tubes for round display tanks and kreisel-style kiosks, wall sized to the water column.

Coral display columns

Tall clear columns for frag displays and live coral presentation.

Bubble columns & water features

Lobby and retail features that run wet for years without clouding.

Object display cylinders

Museums, retail, and galleries — vitrines and object columns with cast optical clarity.

Kinetic sculpture & art fabrication

Large works and custom builds. Tell us what you're making and we'll talk material.

Custom exhibit cylinders

Children's museums and science centers — interactive pieces built to take handling.

Sizing for the pressure

Wall thickness scales with the water column height your cylinder needs to hold. We can help you spec that during the quote — send us the dimensions and water depth, and we'll recommend a wall.

Guide: choosing wall thickness →

Why cast, for aquariums
  • Optical clarity that doesn't yellow Cast acrylic is inherently UV-stable — critical when the piece is on display for years, not months.
  • Structurally superior to extruded at thick walls Extruded stock carries internal stress and is not made in the wall thicknesses this work needs.
  • Cast to your dimensions — no seams A cast cylinder is one piece. Nothing to bond, nothing to fail along a joint.
  • Certified US material Many exhibit design specs require it, and your client's spec writer will ask.
How to work with us
  1. 01 Send us your project spec — dimensions, water column, timeline — via the quote form below.
  2. 02 We recommend a material spec and quote the lead time.
  3. 03 Cast in our New Jersey mill — typically 15 business days for custom cylinders.
  4. 04 Freight ships to your fabrication shop or jobsite.
Request a project quote

Tell us about the build.

Dimensions, water depth, and your timeline are enough to start. A person from the mill will reply within one business day.

Under 10″? Choose “Other” and tell us the size below.
Optional — it lets us recommend a wall thickness with the quote.

Or email sales@americanacrylicworks.com directly.