l/f: Floating Glass Cleaner/Scraper

[NaCL H2O StL]

Looking for a reasonably priced floating glass cleaner scraper for my 200g (about 5/8" thick glass) tank. Has anyone gotten a good deal online lately and where? The ones I got on eBay were a little cheap.
JFKP

 

[u4ick]

If this is for a glass tank. I would highly recommend a Mag Float 300.
It has a good amount of clamping force without being too much. You don't want something that will scratch really bad if it gets something in it. (obviously you don't want any scratches, but a hard clamping magnet will make it really bad) it usually retails for about $40

You should be able to find one at almost any LFS.

 

[NaCL H2O StL]

Mag Float 300

Mag Float 300

Thanks for the reply. Will check it out.

 

[ItzJustinN]

i have a mag float but find myself using a razor blade instead (glass). those things are not very good against coraline.

 

[smoothdog]

I must have gotten lucky and picked up a Magnavore 4 ER from That Pet Place for $68. Looks like they are out of stock now though. I also picked up the snap on brush piece and I'm really glad I did, it allow me to get along the sand line pretty well without getting sand between the pad and glass. Some sand gets stuck in the brush occasionally, but it doesn't have enough force to scratch the glass. The other nice thing about this magnet is that the inside piece is bigger than the outside piece, so it allow you to get along the edges past the trim a little bit and gets into the corners well. I use the acrylic pad on my glass tank and it works great, plus it doesn't catch particles that can scratch like the glass pad does. After dealing with mag floats over the years, I'd gladly pay full price for one of these instead of going back. As far as coraline goes, you will always have to razor/scrape corners and hard to reach areas, but this does a good job of minimizing those spots. You should never try to remove coraline with a magnet scraper anyway, if it breaks off under the pad you will end up dragging it across the tank and scratch it.

 

[u4ick]

I must have gotten lucky and picked up a Magnavore 4 ER from That Pet Place for $68. Looks like they are out of stock now though. I also picked up the snap on brush piece and I'm really glad I did, it allow me to get along the sand line pretty well without getting sand between the pad and glass. Some sand gets stuck in the brush occasionally, but it doesn't have enough force to scratch the glass. The other nice thing about this magnet is that the inside piece is bigger than the outside piece, so it allow you to get along the edges past the trim a little bit and gets into the corners well. I use the acrylic pad on my glass tank and it works great, plus it doesn't catch particles that can scratch like the glass pad does. After dealing with mag floats over the years, I'd gladly pay full price for one of these instead of going back. As far as coraline goes, you will always have to razor/scrape corners and hard to reach areas, but this does a good job of minimizing those spots. You should never try to remove coraline with a magnet scraper anyway, if it breaks off under the pad you will end up dragging it across the tank and scratch it.

Agreed, that IS a very nice feature to have.

 

[mkart]

C'mon no robo snails out there!