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cl2ysta1 
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 8:06pm |
So i have all of these scratches all over my acrylic tank. I stopped cleaning it and let the snails do the job. well i finally HAD to clean it b/c that tough little green spot algae showed up. and it seems these scratches werent from me. they were
FROM MY SNAILS!!!!
Sure as **** the snails are leaving little trails of scratches behind them.
what do i do :(
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 8:27pm |
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What kind of snails are they? Havent heard of that before.
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 8:31pm |
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That blows! What kind of snails are they??
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cl2ysta1
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 8:46pm |
they are a mix of astreas and turbos from reeftopia. I think i have 100 astreas and 200 turbos. i think the astreas are the culprit as they are a bit smaller and seem to be dragging on the sides.
i need the snails i'm not really sure what to do. It might only be a handful that are doing it so i'm going to watch and see which ones are doing it and throw them in my glass tank
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Dion Richins
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 9:49pm |
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You could catch the offending snails. Use a dremell or dentist drill and shave the sides of their shells down and polish them smooth. Then you could carve smiley faces in there shells....or... or ... Heck that just sucks. I quit using acrylic tanks because of the upkeep of the little scratches.
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 10:54pm |
That really bytes, sorry to hear that!  BTW, my old acrylic tank is now my sump! 
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Posted: February 07 2008 at 12:06am |
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Acrylic tanks are Really tough to keep nice, which I'm finding out also. It's even tougher keeping the coralin algea out of the corners.
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Posted: February 07 2008 at 2:58am |
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so has anyone tried any of the internal finish polishers, ie polish with livestock in, they say they are safe, but I'm wondering if you have to go through all three stages or if you could just touch up the ultrafine scratches with the fine grade every couple months??????
I read on the so cal forum that someone had scratches from the radula of a turbo snail, he must've had a snaggle tooth, Also heard of urchins doing it a lot from there spines and eating off coraline
well the tanks is gorgeous but I guess it's gonna take us a little extra in upkeep.....
good news it can be fixed, the scratches in my 120 glass can never..........
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Posted: February 07 2008 at 4:36am |
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My last 3 tanks have been glass. They are easier to clean, but I miss having acrylic. Lightweight, beautiful light transmission, and strong. I never had issues with scratching. I also never had turbo snails; only astreas.
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Posted: February 07 2008 at 9:29am |
 dew2loud1 wrote:
so has anyone tried any of the internal finish polishers.... |
I did. I didn't use the actual polish, but I did sand down the scratches. I had no problems at all. However, it was big aggresive FOWLR, not a reef system...if that matters.
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Posted: February 07 2008 at 11:38am |
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well we are going to have to try a little test area i dont look at often * by the overflow* I was worried i was going to scratch the OUTSIDE but that doesnt seem to be a problem. its the inside i'm having a horrible time with. The tank is beautiful though and I love it. The corners havent been a problem so far b/c they are bent. I can slide the credit card right around it!
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