Mag Float? Do these work?

[TomDe]

I have been seeing these on pics of peoples tanks here and there.

Are these worth buying? I never used one before.

 

[kraze3]

I found for coraline your better off with a razor blade or credit card. but any other algae the mags floats work great on.

 

[kiknchikn]

I love mine, it works great. I've forgotten how I cleaned the glass before I had one. Its definitely worth the price.

Just make sure you get the one for Acrylic/Plastic if you don't have a glass aquarium.

 

[Buster4900]

Works very well on flat glass(No Bowfronts), use mine every few days. Weekly I have to scrape more agressively with a scraper. Good to have.

 

[kiknchikn]

If you use it religiously (every day or every other day) the harder algaes don't have time to cement themselves to the glass. Makes life easier.

 

[TomDe]

It does not remove coraline right?

I am having major algae on my glass and at the same time getting my first spots of coraline?


EDIT: Kraze just saw that...That is great, I want to keep my few dots of coraline!

 

[TomDe]

Another concern....I have a 30 gal and the 30 model was so small?? I bought the next one up, 125. This will not be to strong for the glass will it?

 

[old salty]

Should be fine. If nothing else, it will clean it better.

 

[theatrus]

The tiny mag-float is really too tiny. I use the "125g" one on my 55. Has a strong grip but it can chew through newer coraline growths with multiple passes, but a razor is still way faster for that.

 

[revenge53142]

I luv mine
have to use it every other day for a few seconds