HOW TO REMOVE SCRATCH ON GLASS TANK

Reefpins10 · #1 03-04-2011, 03:50 AM

I scratched the inside of my starfire glass when I was doing a huge clean up today. Does someone know what kind of stuff I can use to remove those scratches inside without emptying the tank ?

The Grizz · #2 03-04-2011, 03:58 AM

Nothing to do but replace the glass

Reefpins10 · #3 03-04-2011, 04:02 AM

OH NO ... !!! What a bad day for me

The Grizz · #4 03-04-2011, 04:06 AM

My 8'er is scratched all to hell so I asked Concept Aquariums about polishing it out and it is cheaper to replace. There are only a few places with the equipment to do it so it cost a small fortune and your first born.

turkleton · #5 03-04-2011, 04:21 AM

what about on acrylic? is there any way to do it without draining the tank?

The Grizz · #6 03-04-2011, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by turkleton

what about on acrylic? is there any way to do it without draining the tank?

Acrylic is IMPOSIBLE to remove scratches from, it is way to soft.

Reefpins10 · #7 03-04-2011, 04:21 AM

I will just wait until my frags are getting a little bit bigger in a year or so, then I will get a bigger tank at that time. It really sucks, I wanted to keep this tank for another 10 years, but now I have to plan to get another tank soon. I can't believe is harder to remove a scratch from the glass tank than the plexi glass tank. I also didn't know it would cost so much money to have someone to polish the glass.

The Grizz · #8 03-04-2011, 04:31 AM

I didn't think so either, was totally shocked. It has to be done with a special machine in order to keep it perfectly even especially with starphire.

Doug · #9 03-04-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Reefpins10

I scratched the inside of my starfire glass when I was doing a huge clean up today. Does someone know what kind of stuff I can use to remove those scratches inside without emptying the tank ?

I asked on several boards and nothing that would work well came from it. I scratched the viewing side on my 1 day old 180 starfire cube. Pretty well wrecked the tank. The only reasonable solution was to replace the starfire front glass.

I just kept my stuff in it for awhile and left it with the house when I sold it. They use it for a winter home for their pond fish.