PENEJANE Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 My lovely 2 1/2 yr old daughter got a hold of one of my husbands small grinding wheel and has scratched the front of my tank. Is there anyway of getting some of the scratches out? Would the small holes/chips (from banging it against the glass "hate to know what the fish thought of it all") create a weak point and cause the tank to crack?? I don't want to lose 80+ ltrs of water and all my pride and joy on the floor any help much appreciated. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Nah it will be fine. Get some polishing compound and get into it. Scratches on the outside are easy. As for strength of the glass, no idea but I doubt its a problem from my own experance. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 I don't want to lose 80+ ltrs of water phew, you're lucky its only 80 litres you could be losing!!! pies, just imagine if our tanks cracked - and especially yours! :lol: swim for your lives!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 As Pies say's, metal polishing compound works great. If there are any realy deep pits they can be filled with clear resin (like the Novus guy's use). It usually pays to fill pits before polishing. I've had Novus over filling a couple of pits in my tank before... You can still see them if you know where to look but what was totally obvious isn't seen now unless you look really hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Cheers for the quick response. I will be looking into it real soon. I know its only 80ltrs but with the two multi plugs that are on the floor between the 2ft and 20ltr fry tank I really don't want my tank to go lol. I know there are many of you that have tanks that make mine look like a jar of water and I wished to have tanks that size but I got to work really hard on convincing my husband that bigger is better :lol: Once again, Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Do you?? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Penejane.... convincing your husband that you need a new BIGGER tank should not be a problem .... It is a matter of Supply and Demand.... when he Demands a bit on the side you withhold supply :roll: ... eventually he will give in and you get your new BIG tank 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 LMAO WOK ummm that won't work here. Its more along the lines of " Your NOT having any more tanks. You only wanted one and now you got two and you only wanted guppies and you didn't care about the babies. Now the babies have their own tank! so NO MORE TANKS!!" so yeah lol I am in the talks of a 3 ft tank because I want to strain breed my guppies for selected colours then use my 2ft to breed bn's and bettas (if allowed lol) Going to look into the polishing compound over the next couple of weeks and see how many of the scratches I can get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 I recon you should tell you husband the tank needs to be replaced, and at the same time make it a bigger one! If you have a lot of scratches it will take hours and hours to polish them out. Tell him it was his fault for leaving the grinder out in the first place :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 I think it is the husband who needs to be replaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 well funny thing is is that he has been called out to work on some DOC huts over in the Fiordlands which could keep him there up untill thursday. I wonder if he woudl notice a new tank sitting there! haha. Then again I don't have a table or anything to put it on lol. Think it might be best to wait. I sure do hope I can at least get the bulk of the scratches out!. When we move house I am going to put the front to the back so the scratches will be hidden by plant cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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