HOW TO REMOVE SCRATCH ON GLASS TANK

[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 ?

[The Grizz]

Nothing to do but replace the glass

[Reefpins10]

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

[The Grizz]

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]

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

[Reefpins10]

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]

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.

[Reefpins10]

This hobby is supposed to make you feel happy and relaxed, but for me is opposite way sometimes. After the algae problem not even solved yet, now I have a scratched tank

[The Grizz]

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.

[The Grizz]

Even if there was a way to remove scratches from glass/acrylic it would have to be done on an empty tank because it would definitely involve some kind of chemicals.