Will this be a problem?

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I just finished polishing this acrylic tank, and I cant remove those scratches.
It going to be a frag tank attached to my 120g.
The tank:
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The scratches or little cracks, whatever you call it :)
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Don't use it... unless u plan on sucking up water it has lost strength. I have heard so many have problems with aryclic tanks. I would not chance it.. sometimes trying to save money buying second had stuff can cost more money then spent. Frag loss water all over .just my 2 cents doesn't look worth taking the chacne .. sorry probably wasn't the answer you was wanting to hear after putting time in .... but safe or sorry it's your choice.
 

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That's crazing and all appears to be above the waterline or top of the tank. It was probably caused by the lights. It has weaken the acrylic but because it's up high don't believe it would be an issue. And No, you can not remove / fix crazing.

It's going to be a frag tank. As long as the appearance doesn't bother you, go for it.
 

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That's a bad job on gluing the rim horrible for eyes but not an issue in my opinion
 

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That's called crazing. When it happened to a new custom tank I bought, I called the manufacturer, and they replaced the entire tank at no charge.
This indicated to me that it is something that should not happen, and when it does, it is a manufacturing defect. I would not take a chance having a catastrophic failure.
 
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I dont think it would be a problem. Just a frag tank with low flow.... but the wife didnt aprove it. The tank was going to be on a corner, next to my 120g. The frag tank will stick out about 5 inches off of the corner. She said no way lol..... Im taking it back to my friend.
 

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