is there any way to get these out?
aside from buying a new tank? nothing that i know of…
Never done it myself and wouldn’t be sure how to go about it.
There is a kit you can buy that will buff scratches out of glass, but I do not know if it will work on aquariums or if it is even worth the expense of trying.
safelite auto glass wouldn’t even try to take scratches out of my friends windshield at all, and they are the pro’s.
i’ve heard of ways to buff them out but i think its all snake oil.
Just dont look at the scratches, look at the corals and the scrathes go out of focus.
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Just dont look at the scratches, look at the corals and the scrathes go out of focus. [/quote] lOl lOl lOl
Lol, i know there are some … for lack of a better word, shams… that sometimes work and sometimes dont… I dont know if any of these work on aquariums… but how did you get a scratch in the glass to start with. I think your going to either ignore it or buy a new tank.
Clean the glass, the scratches won’t show as much. usually the only time I see the scratches in mine is when they turn green. :BEER
I have previously used a kit sold by a company called EAstwood Products from Pottstown PA. USed it on several classic car windshields. Very labor intensive very time consuming! It starts with a very fine sandpaper and progresses to finer compounds and buffing with a polisher. Good results can be accomplished but is very slow.
Mike
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but how did you get a scratch in the glass to start with.[/quote]
couple diff. ways r possible. razor scrapers can scratch if turned the wrong way. sand or and substrate in the mag float… who knows, but somewhat common to have a few scratches in the front glass after a few years.
http://www.stopscratchedglass.com/faq/
sand is likely the cause, metal cannot scratch glass
futermore if the scratch is on the inside of the tank, you just cant fix it even if there was a cure would you break down your tank for a scratch (you cant apply chemicals under water of course)
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metal cannot scratch glass[/quote]
thats a joke right???
…has to be a joke
you ever hear of the mineral hardness table? its a scale of 1-10 and a lower number cannot scratch or cut a higher number, talc is like .6 on the table, glass is 5 diamond is 10 on the scale, almost every metal on earth is between 2 and 4, not hard enought to cut or scratch unless assisted by diamond or a mineral higher than 5 on the hardness table.
quartz is 7 on the scale above glass’s 5 so theres your offender
no need for sarcasm guys, :SURRENDER … He is right though, its the Mohs scale. but, there is a flaw… pure metals you are right, cannot scratch glass. But alloys, and different compounds can… i believe glass is what 5-6 on the scale knife blades due to the curing process and alloys have a hardness from 5.5-7.5… i know steal files are somewhere in the 7.5-8 range. So while you are correct, “pure” earthly metals cannot scratch glass… most alloys can… just my :TWOCENTS gotta love earth and space science class…
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no need for sarcasm guys, :SURRENDER … He is right though, its the Mohs scale. but, there is a flaw… pure metals you are right, cannot scratch glass. But alloys, and different compounds can… i believe glass is what 5-6 on the scale knife blades due to the curing process and alloys have a hardness from 5.5-7.5… i know steal files are somewhere in the 7.5-8 range. So while you are correct, “pure” earthly metals cannot scratch glass… most alloys can… just my :TWOCENTS gotta love earth and space science class…[/quote]
this is true, but who uses an alloy knife to clean corraline algae?? most glass cleaners are aluminum.
again most likely quartz is the offender as alot of reefers use quartz/silicone sand for sand beds
ya silicone over quartz, while quartz is i guess stronger its molecular structure is not tight at all… your probably gonna grind quartz before it makes bad scratches… And nothing is a pure metal, those aluminum blades will have zinc or nickel infused, (depending on the quality) as pure aluminum of that thickness would just bend…
But silicone for surewill fuc up you glass
this tank has no water
You could try, and i dunno if this would work. Fillers. There are silicone and glass fillers, and epoxys that will fill cracks, chips, ect and make it flush again. I don’t know if they are safe to use but i know there is one option…
it its empty, turn the tank around? use the back as the front? or are you doing 3 sides viewable?