Bad Case Of Acrylic Scratches

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  1. ibefishy

    ibefishy Montipora Capricornis

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    Thanks, but that is a yellow toadstool. It got almost too big so I sold it for $40. Bought a neon green toadstool frag and its nearly that big now. That yellow hosted my clowns for a long time, now their host is my neon green. They grow quick.
    In fact thanks everyone. I wouldn't have known it was possible except for this site. I've always had acrylic and love em. As long as you are careful they're great. Substrate choice goes a long way in keeping an acrylic tank scratch free. I'd choose acrylic over glass any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Not bad for a $60 "junk" tank off craigslist.
     
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  3. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    Here's a very recent Pic of my DT in Post #1
    The large softy coral in the center is what I call my Devils Hand- I believe it's also a leather?
    From a little distance, they look the same!
    It's all good

    http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-of...reef-now-higher-quality-video-sig-145424.html

    Sop you're saying that an acrylic tank, scratched to hell,
    can be brought back by sanding the **** out of it?
    I realize you started fine, and then went to like what is probably like polishing compound I would assume, but for real?
     
  4. ibefishy

    ibefishy Montipora Capricornis

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    Start with coarse paper and work to extremely fine then use the Novus polishing compound. Hard to believe you remove scratches by scratching your tank. Once I started I was thinking oh man what have I done. But you just have to hope it works. I can say it does.