Feb Meeting Announcement

[mrehfeld]

It was another great meeting, huge thanks to Tim and family for graciously opening your home to us. A good time was had by all. I too can't wait to see the monster setup in all its glory. I too would like to offer some muscle when the time comes to move it again. A big thanks to Ultimate Corals and especially Mattez and Asonitez for your your generous raffle donations, you guys rock.

 

[Timkatz71]

We were glad to do it, we enjoyed everyone's company. Thank everyone for giving me a hand moving "the beast". No sharks for me I'm happy with my tangs. -Astonitez- I may have to charge admission to the aquarium... Someone has to pay for those water changes, I think I found out who.
I'm going to look more into the natureef system it sounds like a good option. Thank everyone for their frag donations, I ended up with a bunch of containers I'm not sure whose they are but will bring next month.
Any advice on acrylic polishing is welcome as I have not yet done it, oh yea elbow grease also welcomed. I have a bit of work ahead of me, would like to have in office with water by end of April but no promises.

 

[mrehfeld]

Than at Tidal Gardens did a YouTube video of a product and the results were great.

 

[Tommyboynj]

Tim. I'll gladly help work on the tank. The product Mike is referring to is called novus. Iv used it on a small scale and it's great stuff. Might I recommend that you fill that sucker before working on buffing. It will give you a better idea of how much time you're going to have to put into that part of it. You might find after a good cleaning the inside is fine. Also once it's filled you'll see scratches that don't usually reveal themselves.


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[Raffle King]

Acrylic if it has scratches it must be sanded with wet sand paper going throught about 8 steps of sanding then you can use the novis, believe me i did alot of tanks it takes alot of time.

 

[Sunny]

Acrylic if it has scratches it must be sanded with wet sand paper going throught about 8 steps of sanding then you can use the novis, believe me i did alot of tanks it takes alot of time.

No he did not, he is just taking credit for what Terry did

 

[Raffle King]

How did you know that Sunny

 

[Sunny]

How did you know that Sunny

LOL. I still remember when she offered to help with something I was looking to buy ..

Whatever, it has been a while. We need to hook up soon..

 

[Raffle King]

We will very soon

 

[Timkatz71]

Tim. I'll gladly help work on the tank. The product Mike is referring to is called novus. Iv used it on a small scale and it's great stuff. Might I recommend that you fill that sucker before working on buffing. It will give you a better idea of how much time you're going to have to put into that part of it. You might find after a good cleaning the inside is fine. Also once it's filled you'll see scratches that don't usually reveal themselves.


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I have read a bit about novus, what I don't understand is if I should be starting with wet sanding around 800 and work to 2000, then use the novus 3 then 2 then 1 with a foam applicator or cloth? I know there are a couple larger scratches, not deep but definatly noticable ones. I do want to fill up first, issues that I'm going to have with that...
1. I don't have a stand built yet so I would have to build a temporay stand on the ground, can't use just foam since the bulk heads are under tank I think 14 in total on the bottom.
2. It is a little cold out and not quite sure how long it will take to fill and empty, I won't want to keep full.
3. I need to defrost a hose...

I'm looking to order what I need to do it, I ordered the router bit to trim the overhang on the tank already.
Thanks tommyboy! I will welcome any and all help, I mean just the front dispaly panel is 36"x 96" I know that it will take a bit.