People using your Mag-Float
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yellowwatchmen
In Memoriam
Plz dont waste our time.
yellowwatchmen
In Memoriam
Plz dont waste our time.
Next time they go to do it give them a firm raised volume. "Hey! Don't do that!"
When they respond with that deer in the headlights look explain that if they saw a beautiful car they wouldn't just get inside it would they? and tell them when it comes to "Saltwater tanks" it is the same way..
When they respond with that deer in the headlights look explain that if they saw a beautiful car they wouldn't just get inside it would they? and tell them when it comes to "Saltwater tanks" it is the same way..
Pbrown3701
New member
...or your wife decides to try it out while your out of town and knocks over a big chunch of rock which crashes into the front glass...
Here's my usual experience.
1. They reach for the mag float, drive it into a rock, and the wet part floats away.
2. They reach into the tank, grab the wet part, and then put it back on the glass.
3. In the process, the dry part gets wet and promptly smeared all over the front of the glass.
4. After realizing they just made a complete mess, they usually leave it to me to clean up (thankfully).
1. They reach for the mag float, drive it into a rock, and the wet part floats away.
2. They reach into the tank, grab the wet part, and then put it back on the glass.
3. In the process, the dry part gets wet and promptly smeared all over the front of the glass.
4. After realizing they just made a complete mess, they usually leave it to me to clean up (thankfully).
carman9941
Premium Member
my kids are no problem, but the neighbors kid came over and ran the mag against acros i had growing on the glass, I hope they find her
only kidding
only kidding
pledosophy
Active member
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That one was the best.
I ruined a 44g tank that way. Now the only mag float I have is on my tank in the bedroom, (friends don't frequent my bedroom) and I use an algae pad in the tank in the living room.
I found the acrylic ones work good on glass, I don't think I'll get a glass magfloat again even for a glass tank.
JMO
balmiesgirl
New member
My last tank had several HUGE scratches ...caused by "helpful cleaning" .....My mag float stays inside the stand or around back up high where its hard to grab....
The Shan Man
Premium Member
I must be an ****ole. If someone gets to close to my tank I don't care who the hell it is. I tell them to back off!!!! I don't have a problem going postal on someone for messing with my tank... I don't care what they think of me... Don't like it get the hell out of my house... My tank is my baby like I am sure everybody else here. I take it very personal if someone does something to my tank out of ignorance or not. I do not play that game!!! My mag float stays in the tank and nobody dare touch it:lol:
Mykel Obvious
New member
Two tricks I can think of:
1. Post the total $$$ you've spent on the tank to date where the adults can see it
2. Wire up the dry side of the mag-float like a cattle prod for the grubby little rug rats
That should shock them enough either way to keep them from messing about
1. Post the total $$$ you've spent on the tank to date where the adults can see it
2. Wire up the dry side of the mag-float like a cattle prod for the grubby little rug rats
That should shock them enough either way to keep them from messing about
balmiesgirl
New member
I like the cattle prod idea 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10760920#post10760920 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mykel Obvious
1. Post the total $$$ you've spent on the tank to date where the adults can see it
Yep...that should take care of the wife looking at the tank...and probably the kids too as a side effect. May result in the tank having to be moved though.
This thread is great, I can relate to most of it. And now I know they mean by busting a gut cause my side really hurts now lmao
One thing I did, is when aquascaping, I had the mag float right there where the rock was going, and made sure there was a gap around 3 sides of my tank, the mag float doesn't hit a thing!! I knew that would have been a problem.
One thing I did, is when aquascaping, I had the mag float right there where the rock was going, and made sure there was a gap around 3 sides of my tank, the mag float doesn't hit a thing!! I knew that would have been a problem.
Dr Begalke
In Memoriam
It hasn't happened to me, but then again, I don't leave mine in the tank...
Several years ago the neighbor children (3 poorly behaved boys,5, 8, and 10) use to come over and mess with the magnet. When my child (well mannered girl...no, really, she is!) saw what they were doing, she moved the magnet to a place that they couldn't reach. When she told them not to play with the magnet they got mad and one of them put something, we never could find out what, in my tank and killed several thousand dollars worth of coral and fish. I never even had a chance to talk to the kids before my daughter told them never to come back. Now, 3 years later my daughter is 13 and the owner of that 75 gal and she fusses everytime she sees all the scratches they put in it. I'm not sure exactly what she said to them but they still give our house a wide berth!
yellowwatchmen
In Memoriam
Thats funny, How old was your daughter? Did you ever talk to thier parents?
My daughter was 10 then but she has always been mature. No I never did talk to the parents, they we going through a difficult time then with marriage problems and a new baby coming so I didn't want to be the preverbial straw. The right time will come to bring it up. They have their hands full with 4 boys. And my daughter had done such a great job of communicating her feelings on the matter, I figured that the potental for a future threat was non-existant! I now have a 180 in place of the 75 and I keep the mag high in the corner where it is difficult for anyone to reach and kind of hidden behind a Koralia.
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