I was reading it and feeling the same way. Pure anger! Also, who let him buy that black tip and put it in a tank that size. That tank doesn't look like more than 200 gallons.
I got mine from http://usplastics.com/search/default.aspx?it=item&keyword=starboardin the past. Cheaper option is to paint the outside of the bottom of the tank white. Looks really good and it all gets covered anyway.
I feel worse for all the divers and people relying on the income from fisheries. I would think many of them have been doing this their entire lives and these fisheries support entire communities.
I went with the regal 250 ss and love it. Pulls out so much nasty stuff in such a short period of time. Also really like the controllable pump.
https://premiumaquatics.com/products/regal-10-recirculating-skimmer-dim-138x116x244-rated-600gal.html
Won't be able to buff that out. Crazing usually goes in pretty deep and would have to take off too much material and would weaken it / not worth the effort.
I wouldn't worry about since its internal skimmer.