Mr and Mrs Reef - 290g in wall build
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Mr and Mrs Reef - 290g in wall build
Here's the mod to the flipper we made, works amazing on our acrylic tank for coralline algae and the rougher random brown patches we get. Wears out somewhat quickly, just snip the zip ties and attach a new. Great thing is, you get 4 new "blades" out of each hotel key. Once it's exhausted, I cut it off, flip it over, use again before replacing with an entirely new key card. We have 3 different magnetic scrubbers and now this is the only we use because it's so effective.
No signs of any scratching from this what so ever.
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Here's the mod to the flipper we made, works amazing on our acrylic tank for coralline algae and the rougher random brown patches we get. Wears out somewhat quickly, just snip the zip ties and attach a new. Great thing is, you get 4 new "blades" out of each hotel key. Once it's exhausted, I cut it off, flip it over, use again before replacing with an entirely new key card. We have 3 different magnetic scrubbers and now this is the only we use because it's so effective.
No signs of any scratching from this what so ever.
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You can use a simple piece of gel to filter out the blue on your cell phone too. Super cheap, super easy!
Thanks, Dave! I'll check it out. Didn't notice the photography forum on here!
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Hey Corey, sure thing. Ill pull it out of the tank this evening to get pics of the other side for you. The most difficult part is getting the key card to be the right size (not that complicated, might just take a few cuttings the first time) after I find the right sizing, I cut several more from "template". It helps I travel a lot for work, I bring home on average 4-6 keys a month. I probably only use 3 full keys a month when it's bad. Maybe 1-2 (2-4 blades worth) on a good clean month.
Do you have the flipper? It has perfect holes to zip strip to. We have the mighty magnet as well and I don't think this would work as well. The flippers holes and angle of their stock blade works amazingly for this. We have the tunze magnet as well that this would not work on.
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Hey Corey, sure thing. Ill pull it out of the tank this evening to get pics of the other side for you. The most difficult part is getting the key card to be the right size (not that complicated, might just take a few cuttings the first time) after I find the right sizing, I cut several more from "template". It helps I travel a lot for work, I bring home on average 4-6 keys a month. I probably only use 3 full keys a month when it's bad. Maybe 1-2 (2-4 blades worth) on a good clean month.
Do you have the flipper? It has perfect holes to zip strip to. We have the mighty magnet as well and I don't think this would work as well. The flippers holes and angle of their stock blade works amazingly for this. We have the tunze magnet as well that this would not work on.
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Yessss. This is so great for the bottom 3 inches. That's where it's a god send. I'll get some video of it working tonight as well on coralline if there's any present, but I know I have a nasty tough brown algae that's almost just as bad.
The ONLY scratching I've had from this is when a baby snail was behind the inside magnet and I didn't check it before dragging it across the panel. That's my bad, nothing to do with this modification at all.
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Mr and Mrs Reef - 290g in wall build
Corey,
Here's the videos.
Dull mod blade, not working well on the "tough stuff" we get.
https://vimeo.com/233735867
Here's how to change the mod blade:
https://vimeo.com/233735944
Here's the new mod blade in action on the same spot as the first video:
https://vimeo.com/233735960
And just some more cleaning:
https://vimeo.com/233735980
I did about triple what I showed on the videos of the rough/tough to come off stuff. It needs a new blade again. But I use this daily to give a good once over and get any films off. You will go through blades rather quickly on your initial cleanup, but once you're past the rougher grime, they last a decent amount of time. Not a perfect solution, but it sure saves me from getting in the tank to scrub it!
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Corey,
Here's the videos.
Dull mod blade, not working well on the "tough stuff" we get.
https://vimeo.com/233735867
Here's how to change the mod blade:
https://vimeo.com/233735944
Here's the new mod blade in action on the same spot as the first video:
https://vimeo.com/233735960
And just some more cleaning:
https://vimeo.com/233735980
I did about triple what I showed on the videos of the rough/tough to come off stuff. It needs a new blade again. But I use this daily to give a good once over and get any films off. You will go through blades rather quickly on your initial cleanup, but once you're past the rougher grime, they last a decent amount of time. Not a perfect solution, but it sure saves me from getting in the tank to scrub it!
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Hey Corey, videos posted in this thread, forgot to quote you on the post so you get notice. Thanks, Stace
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Mr and Mrs Reef - 290g in wall build
Corey, yes. Just a normal "stock" flipper, the holes in the end of the "stock" blade where the zip tie goes they were already there.
The angle that it holds the key card is a perfect angle.
I should add. The stock flipper worked like shown in the videos for about 2 ish weeks, with a lot of scrubbing the more difficult. It wore out, and it was overnight it stopped working, just like the key cards, once it's worn out, you know! I'm sure flipper makes replacement tips for acrylic, however this is cost effective and takes less than one minute to replace.
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Corey, yes. Just a normal "stock" flipper, the holes in the end of the "stock" blade where the zip tie goes they were already there.
The angle that it holds the key card is a perfect angle.
I should add. The stock flipper worked like shown in the videos for about 2 ish weeks, with a lot of scrubbing the more difficult. It wore out, and it was overnight it stopped working, just like the key cards, once it's worn out, you know! I'm sure flipper makes replacement tips for acrylic, however this is cost effective and takes less than one minute to replace.
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