RE: [GSAS-Member] Safe in Tank Acrylic Sandpaper

["Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com>]

WARNING!!!!!!!!!!

I am hoping that no one is considering sanding their tanks while the
fish are in the tank.  Plexiglas fragments are a hazardous irritant to
human lungs, not to mention a skin irritant and eye irritant.  With this
in mind, I would imagine it would be just as much an irritant to fish
gills, fish skin and fish eyes.

Nowhere in Susan's notes did she mention the thought of sanding the tank
with fish in it.  Wet sanding is purely a way of using sandpaper with
water such that the sandpaper does not get clogged as quickly.  This is
accomplished by the water working to transport the fine plexiglas
fragments away from the sanding area.  When the plexiglas tank is done
being sanded it should be rinsed thoroughly with the idea that all
sanding residue must be removed prior to fish being added back into the
tank.

Just a short note this time.....~~laughing~~.....but, I really hope
people are not sanding their tanks with fish inside them.

Clay

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Welenofsky [mailto:welenofsky@comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:50 AM
To: GSAS Member Chat
Subject: [GSAS-Member] Safe in Tank Acrylic Sandpaper


What is a good, safe, in tank sandpaper? I believe I have a lot of
scratches on the acrylic surface from tooth marks from a pleco. I read
something about micromesh being safe. I was also wondering if the black
wet/dry auto sandpaper was safe to use. I know they sell acrylic scratch
kits that are safe to use in aquariums, with fish, but they are quite
expensive.

 

Susan

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