OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef

[mrcrab]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11403857#post11403857 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Match the magnet to the thickness of your tank. If you over do it, you can't move it. Plus it will scratch the heck out of your tank because of the grip it has, plus mere grains of sand.

Thanks Mark, so the tigershark should do it.

The algae free magnet are good? Anything better?

 

[melev]

I've been using the Piranha and Hammerhead magnets for years. You can buy replacement pads for inside and out, and when they separate, they float. I really like them.

I even have the "Shrimp" magnet on my angled tank, but it doesn't float.

All three (of the four they sell) are the kind with the outer section made of wood.

 

[steve the plumb]

I have the tiger shark for my 1/2" acrylic tank.Its rated for 1/2"-3/4" the dam thing is strong.Very solid magnet with wood handle.I leave it out of the tank and it floats.

 

[mrcrab]

I called Mark at Algaefree and he recommended the hammerhead for my application. Very helpful guy. It's on the way.

 

[steve the plumb]

they are not cheap either

 

[jnarowe]

I have 2 Tiger Sharks and really like them. I would get one for the front and one for the back in the appropriate sizes. Even on my 3/4" panels, the Tiger Shark is very strong.

 

[mrcrab]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11404184#post11404184 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
I would get one for the front and one for the back in the appropriate sizes.

And your reasoning is...they make very nice tank decorations! :lol:

Not to mention the fact that you like to spend my money. Hey, I have an idea, instead of the website you could start your own government and spend my money in as many reckless ways as you can think of.

From the guy whose viewing panels are spotless.

 

[jnarowe]

bite me Barry. The point in having two is so that I don't have to run back and forth. But since being schooled in magnets by Steve Weast, I no longer leave them in the tank.

In fact I have built one into a massive frag rack and it is doing really well. Also, I don't recommend getting them near your pockets.

 

[mrcrab]

I edited my last reply..reread. Oh, and I wouldn't bite you on a bet. Not sure what I might catch!


I did get 2 wetsides though so I could mount the scraper to one

 

[mrcrab]

estrogen...

 

[mrcrab]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11404342#post11404342 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
bite me Barry. The point in having two is so that I don't have to run back and forth. But since being schooled in magnets by Steve Weast, I no longer leave them in the tank.

In fact I have built one into a massive frag rack and it is doing really well. Also, I don't recommend getting them near your pockets.

And so the reason for having 2 then is...

How do you not leave them in the tank if you built your frag rack on them? Is it a dry frag rack for all the ones that didn't make it?

 

[steve the plumb]

hey don't make fun of the psychically challenged!

 

[jnarowe]

WHAT HE SAID.

 

[dhnguyen]

physically or mentally? :lol:

 

[Harleyguy]

I'm thinking both...

 

[Micki]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11404342#post11404342 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
But since being schooled in magnets by Steve Weast, I no longer leave them in the tank.

Why shouldn't you leave them in the tank? I have 2 on each of my tanks. I also don't like running back and forth and chasing them around. But, I leave both in the tanks all the time.

 

[jnarowe]

well, crap collects on them and you end up with scratches, at least with acrylic. the smallest little thing can wreck your acrylic.

 

[Kent E]

Any updated pictures?

 

[jnarowe]

Guy #1: What happened?

Guy #2: Well we drank beer all night and finished off with some Tequilla.

Guy #1: How do you feel?

Guy #2: Well, I feel like someone crapped on my soul.

Pictures? Be a while. I am starting to prep for a PSAS event at my place. The good news is I will probably clean the glass and find out what's going on in my tank! :lol:

 

[jnarowe]

One of my Vortechs won't stick to my tank at all now. Lost some of its magnetism. This is the second or third to do that for some unknown reason, and it seems to happed during shipping from Eco-Tech. I wonder if they are being zapped somehow during the process, but I would think heads would roll all over for media getting erased.

It does work on my QT tank, but I don't really need a super powerhead in there operating on low.