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Old 04-22-2009, 09:37 PM   #1
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My 75 has several scratches. The owner before me was not very gentle with the tank I am guessing. To prevent buying a new tank I am wanting to get some advice on how to get the scratches out. The scratches are not deep, it just looks as though the previous owner used a scratcher pad or something in some places. Can I buff these out without draining the tank? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Oh, I forgot to mention that it is glass.
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Old 04-22-2009, 11:29 PM   #2
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Turn the tank around if not drilled.
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Old 04-23-2009, 10:09 AM   #3
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Theres no way to buff scratches out of glass. As mentioned you can turn the tank around if the back isn't drilled or scratched but that requires draining it. Otherwise you are pretty much stuck with the scratches, unfortunately.
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Old 04-26-2009, 01:16 AM   #4
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I can look past em. Draining it is a pain, reorganizing the rock is a pain, filling it back up is a pain, mounting all the corals back where I want them is a pain......... whew. I could keep going. Scratches, what scratches? Love the pic BTW.... lol
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I can look past em. Draining it is a pain, reorganizing the rock is a pain, filling it back up is a pain, mounting all the corals back where I want them is a pain......... whew. I could keep going. Scratches, what scratches? Love the pic BTW.... lol
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