Re: [APD] removing scratches from an acrylic aquarium

[urville <urville at peoplepc_com>]

actually thats a lie. all-glass makes predrilled tanks i think
my bad

urville wrote:

>i dont know anyone. but i do know if you feel confident enough you can 
>possibly save money just drilling the base glass yourself and 
>buyingeither diy pvc bulkheads and piping (my lfs did this) or getting 
>one heres a link to just one.
>http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=12078&Ntt=megaflow%20overflow&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=0&Nty=1
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>Jerry Baker wrote:
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>>urville wrote:
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>>>I dont know about brand new custom built. but i've bought an eclipse for 
>>>a nano reef, and i bought a smaller tank for my daughterslittle african 
>>>dwarf frog. both were acrylic and i bought thm locally. And not until 
>>>after sometime of use did I ever notice a scratch of any kind and were 
>>>talking some very bright lighting over the eclipse.
>>>just a FYI. I would immediatley call them and explain the situation and 
>>>see what they say and go from there. i also wouldnt mention what you've 
>>>already done. just say this is what i found period. then make a 
>>>descision on what to do next. personnally for the better part of 1000 
>>>and a 50 mile drive, depending on how big this tank is i would say I 
>>>shouldnt be able to tell it from glass the first day.
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>>I'm of that opinion also, and that's exactly what I plan on doing. It 
>>was already scratched the instant I took off the plastic wrapping. The 
>>polishing didn't make it better or worse, and that's the God's honest 
>>truth so I don't feel the need to complicate things by explaining it all 
>>to them.
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>>It may be that acrylic tanks look like this, or maybe not. I have never 
>>noticed it on another tank though. If they cannot or will not fix it, 
>>I'll just get a glass tank. Who makes glass tanks with corner overflows?
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