Scratch!!!!!!!!!! %@%@#@@

[tara]

How does one go about buffing out a scratch
on an aquarium? The tank is 45 Minutes old! The latch on my bedroom door got it!

 

[tangman99]

If it is glass, I don't think you can buff it out at all. You can buff minor scratches out of acrylic, but if it is a deep cut, you can't get that out very well.
Did you scratch the side of the tank or the front/back? If it is a regular tank (not reef ready) and you caught the front/back, turn the scratched part to the back and put a dark paper background. When algea covers it, you won't even notice. If it's a reef ready, you really can't turn it around as it only looks right with the overflow in the rear.
hope you can figure something out,
Tangman

 

[aquaman2]

Can you turn it around and have the scratch be on the back?

 

[exposit]

There are kits you can buy which will allow you to buff out acrylic scratches...be prepared they are expensive! But they DO work.