scratches

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  1. dees reef

    dees reef Feather Duster

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    O.K. I scratched my glass, now what? :cry: It's right in front and Very noticable. It's a 180g so tearing it down is not an option. Any way to fix it? Make it less noticable?
     
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  3. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    is it glass or acrylic
     
  4. mattheuw1

    mattheuw1 Montipora Capricornis

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    I think he answered that one.
     
  5. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    How high/low is the scratch? How deep? How long? And without buffing out the scratch, the best you can do is keep algae out of it. :-/
     
  6. mattheuw1

    mattheuw1 Montipora Capricornis

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    I agree. There isn't much you can do with a glass tank. you may be SOL. The work that it takes isn't work it most of the time.
    +1 try to keep the algae/diatoms out of the scratches so they are less noticeable.
     
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  7. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    sorry read it fast
     
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  9. oceanparadise1

    oceanparadise1 Fire Squid

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    Make sure algea DOESNT get in it! it will look so much worse that way
     
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  10. tigermike74

    tigermike74 Panda Puffer

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    I have scratches in my glass as well. Not a whole lot you can do about that. Polishing glass is very involved and not an easy task by any means. One thing I learned is to make sure there are no grains of sand in the magnetic algae scraper/cleaners. I feel your pain man.
     
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  11. mirandacollc

    mirandacollc Flame Angel

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    I have a scratch on my glass on the outside and have no idea how it got there. There is really no quick fix for it. I make sure I always look on my mag float to make sure there is no debris trapped in there. I think you moght be stuck just try to keep it clean to make it less obvious.
     
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