Fish Tank Has Scratches! Help!

[lilmisshertz]

Hi everyone,
I have a problem. I filled my GLASS tank up that ive recently bought and discovered scratches on the inside of the glass!!
I had no idea these were there until i filled it with water and turned on the lights. I was wondering if you could get them
out of make them less visible if they wern't deep scratches, only lightly scratched,
Please can anyone let me know if i can or not, as I bought the tank to take photos when i get the fish and i cant have
the hidious scratches showing up in the pictures badly!
Thanks for your time x

 

[raptorrex]

Hi everyone,
I have a problem. I filled my tank up that ive recently bought and discovered scratches on the inside of the glass!!
I had no idea these were there until i filled it with water and turned on the lights. I was wondering if you could get them
out of make them less visible if they wern't deep scratches, only lightly scratched,
Please can anyone let me know if i can or not, as I bought the tank to take photos when i get the fish and i cant have
the hidious scratches showing up in the pictures badly!
Thanks for your time x

well if you empty the tank and like hard work, tooth paste a cloth and a lttle water will do the trick, but when i say hard work, i mean it! i suppose any "cutting agent" will do it though. its just toothe paste is cheap and works. i beleave it was used on the canopy's of WW2 British aircraft, though that may be wrong. but it was used in the motor trade for many years.

 

[Teelie]

First question, can you take it back for an exchange? It sure as heck beats removing the scratches yourself. If not, then you can give the toothepaste a try or one of the multitude of glass scratch removers although I know first hand how difficult removing scratches can be in just a pane of glass let alone inside an aquarium.

 

[lilmisshertz]

Hi everyone,
I have a problem. I filled my tank up that ive recently bought and discovered scratches on the inside of the glass!!
I had no idea these were there until i filled it with water and turned on the lights. I was wondering if you could get them
out of make them less visible if they wern't deep scratches, only lightly scratched,
Please can anyone let me know if i can or not, as I bought the tank to take photos when i get the fish and i cant have
the hidious scratches showing up in the pictures badly!
Thanks for your time x

well if you empty the tank and like hard work, tooth paste a cloth and a lttle water will do the trick, but when i say hard work, i mean it! i suppose any "cutting agent" will do it though. its just toothe paste is cheap and works. i beleave it was used on the canopy's of WW2 British aircraft, though that may be wrong. but it was used in the motor trade for many years.

Well It doesnt hurt to have a go, but i think it will be too much hard work for me!!
Thanks for the tip!!! Thats a very in-expensive option!!

 

[lilmisshertz]

First question, can you take it back for an exchange? It sure as heck beats removing the scratches yourself. If not, then you can give the toothepaste a try or one of the multitude of glass scratch removers although I know first hand how difficult removing scratches can be in just a pane of glass let alone inside an aquarium.

Well 've tried explaining to the gentleman I got it from, but he said it wasn't like that when he sold it to me, but I didn't use anything that could have scratched the glass when i wiped it down before i filled it up, so I know the scratches were not done by me! So the answer to your question is probably no, if he's saying he didnt cause the scratches its not likely i can take it back
Do you think a total replacement of the glass panel with be worthwhile instead or would that work out expensive?
Thanks for your reply.

 

[Teelie]

Replacing it is more expensive than it's worth and far more hassle than just using some scratch remover. One alternative is to move the aquarium so the scratches are in back and not noticiable. I had to return a cracked tank to a shop and though they said it wasn't likely it left there cracked, they took it back anyways. If you're lucky, the tank is under warranty and you can get it exchanged unless this is a second hand tank.

 

[lilmisshertz]

Replacing it is more expensive than it's worth and far more hassle than just using some scratch remover. One alternative is to move the aquarium so the scratches are in back and not noticiable. I had to return a cracked tank to a shop and though they said it wasn't likely it left there cracked, they took it back anyways. If you're lucky, the tank is under warranty and you can get it exchanged unless this is a second hand tank.

It was a secondhand tank....i think ill really consider not buying anymore tanks secondhand to ensure i have a warranty if i find any problems...
I'll have to get emptying soon and roll my sleeves up and get rubbing!!!! hahaha

 

[Teelie]

Second hand is sometimes a bad deal and sometimes it isn't. I've bought two tanks second hand. One had some scratches on it but the other was in fairly good shape and had almost nothing noticiably wrong.

 

[raptorrex]

lol yeh turning the tank round, not a bad idea, obvious really! good thinking. its always a problem with second hand stuff, only answer is to give every thing a good check before buying. if you breath on the glass, lol when the tank is empty, it will show up any scratches you may have missed on first glance.

 

[lilmisshertz]

lol yeh turning the tank round, not a bad idea, obvious really! good thinking. its always a problem with second hand stuff, only answer is to give every thing a good check before buying. if you breath on the glass, lol when the tank is empty, it will show up any scratches you may have missed on first glance.

Turning the tank around is a good idea but unfortunately it looks like the other side is as bad as the front! Breathing on the glass is a good tip but The only thing is i couldnt really get my head inside the tank to breath on it! hahaha

Well TBH its just one of those things i suppose ill just have to accept lol..
I was just curious as to whether goldfish need arteficial light?
Thanks for the responses

 

[cheesy feet]

I don't mean to bring more bad news but once algae starts growing it will grow in the scratches and look very ugly Happend with some of my old tanks

 

[lilmisshertz]

I don't mean to bring more bad news but once algae starts growing it will grow in the scratches and look very ugly Happend with some of my old tanks

Can this algae be removed? I was thinking of just using this tank as a quarantine tank and getting a new one to be sure there are no more scratched tanks!!
But it would be pointless if I couldnt remove the algae from in the scratches

 

[Dark Shark]

i have scracthes on the inside of my family tank but likewise you can only see them in really good light (the light on) so i usually leave the light off it also means there is less algae

 

[lilmisshertz]

My only concern is you have to have the light on for a certain amount of time everyday. If the tank was to house goldfish then lighting wouldnt be such an issue, but tropical fish I'm not so sure....Could you clean in the scratches of your tank?

 

[raptorrex]

I don't mean to bring more bad news but once algae starts growing it will grow in the scratches and look very ugly Happend with some of my old tanks

Can this algae be removed? I was thinking of just using this tank as a quarantine tank and getting a new one to be sure there are no more scratched tanks!!
But it would be pointless if I couldnt remove the algae from in the scratches

you can get a algae sponge, like a scouring pad, and it will deal with it fine!