woohoo! I cant wait to see how you set it all up, your SPS won't know what to do with all that room.
woohoo! I cant wait to see how you set it all up, your SPS won't know what to do with all that room.
Originally Posted by XSiVE
Yeah this is a big change and i'm waaaay pumped for it. I pretty much have everything I need to set up this new system, aside from new sand, and a sump. The next month is going to kill me waiting to put everything in it.
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you may have made me a believer in sps only tanks...WOW man! The old setup was beautiful! Can't wait to see the new one!
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Thanks!
heres the new tank after a serious cleaning, it has a LOT more scratches than i originally thought, I am going to try and buff them out i think. I don't really even care about the scratches anyway tho, i just want more room!
Here is it.
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WOW! The tank is pretty nice too! LOL Are you like 8 feet tall or are you going to use a step stool to get in that bad boy?
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LOL i have the same size tank and am 6'2, I use a stepstool if I want to (comfortablly) get to the sand bed to make any changes..
Ha yeah, I am going to cut the stand down a foot.. or two. It think its cool that tall so you don't have to bend over to look in.. but, #1 my livingroom is tiny so that thing would look HUGE in there, #2 The tank is usually enjoyed as we sit on the couch watching tv so it needs to be low, and #3 I always have my hands in the tank so thats not going to work for me.
Has anyone had success removing scratches from glass??
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I've seen it done a couple ways, haven't done it myself. Depends how daring you are.
You can rub it with hydrochloric acid, usually a 20% solution, and if you're careful not to go too deep and very careful about cleaning up any acid that drips you can get the scratch out with that. Basically you dip a cotton ball in some and rub it over the scratch, douse with water to thin the acid out, check if it's gone yet, if not, repeat from step 1. I'd suggest gloves for this. It won't eat through your hand in 10 seconds or anything but prolonged exposure isn't fun.
You can use Jewler's Rouge (cerium oxide), which is basically like rubbing compound you'd use on your car, it's a super super fine grit paste that will pull out most scratches that aren't too deep. Deep ones it won't do much to except make them less deep. You'd be best off using a drill and a buffing head if you go this route as it's extremely slow and labor intensive.
Both of these methods can weaken the glass as you're thinning it, but if you're careful it shouldn't be any worse than the weakening caused by the scratch in the first place, especially since you're removing the sharp transition from normal to scratch and making it a smooth transition.
Lastly, who's the babe in the picture?
Thanks for the input, very helpful, i think i'm going to go with the rouge method since the scratches are really shallow, I'll definitely post some pictures when i do it.I've seen it done a couple ways, haven't done it myself. Depends how daring you are.
You can rub it with hydrochloric acid, usually a 20% solution, and if you're careful not to go too deep and very careful about cleaning up any acid that drips you can get the scratch out with that. Basically you dip a cotton ball in some and rub it over the scratch, douse with water to thin the acid out, check if it's gone yet, if not, repeat from step 1. I'd suggest gloves for this. It won't eat through your hand in 10 seconds or anything but prolonged exposure isn't fun.
You can use Jewler's Rouge (cerium oxide), which is basically like rubbing compound you'd use on your car, it's a super super fine grit paste that will pull out most scratches that aren't too deep. Deep ones it won't do much to except make them less deep. You'd be best off using a drill and a buffing head if you go this route as it's extremely slow and labor intensive.
Both of these methods can weaken the glass as you're thinning it, but if you're careful it shouldn't be any worse than the weakening caused by the scratch in the first place, especially since you're removing the sharp transition from normal to scratch and making it a smooth transition.
Lastly, who's the babe in the picture?
Ha, thats my very helpful/beautiful girlfriend who helped scrape and clean the whole tank with me.
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Lucky, I can barely get my wife to put her dishes in the sink on a regular basis, let alone help me with my tank, her tank, or her betta bowl.
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