The end-all of cleaning tools....

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Thanx to Melev here on RC I found and purchased the absolute best cleaning tool today...I have been at this reef game a while and never really found something that knocked my socks off like this little gadget...

What is it you might ask? Well first let me tell you what I have tried. I am talking about cleaning down to the shine those hard to clean areas, corners, areas just below the tank edge that hide behind the canopy, areas along the bottom edge of the tank that almost require climbing in to reach with any scrubbing power...I have tried the cleaning mits, heavy duty mag cleaners, toothbrushes, scotch - brite pads, scrapers. They all did an ok job but wore me out in the process.

This little item (water proof and battery operated) just put a shine on my tank in areas that I thought I would never see thru again!


What is it already? It is the Dawn Power Dish Brush, yes that is right. The same company that makes the dish soap...it's less than 10 bucks (7.49 at target)...The bristles are stiff enough to take off coraline if you need it to, yet soft enough to conform to corners and edges. The brush is replaceable, as are the batteries. 4 AA size are required and if the rotation causes too much splashing while using left handed, the instructions say to put the batteries in backwards and it will rotate the other direction.

Here is a link The last cleaning tool you will ever need

I just wanted to say thanx to Melev for bringing this to my attention and pass on the word to the folks that cared...

peace
 
I was thinking of getting one of these for my house, then I thought: ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œstop being lazyââ"šÂ¬Ã‚¦you have a dish washer is that not enough?ââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ However, now that it is for my aquarium I may just have to get one.
 
This is one for the "tips and tricks" thread :thumbsup:

Question; is it submersible, and how long have you been using one Marc?

Nice find!
 
It is submersable, at least I did anyway while cleaning the lower portions of the tank. Risned it off and changed batteries (it does seem to use them up. Although it was the batteries that came with it s it may have been "played with" in the store). The battery compartment was nice and dry.
 
Yes, it is fully submersible. When I'm done I leave it in a bucket with my other saltwater stuff to dry. It will eat a lot of batteries, but on my 280g, it was bad with 3 months of neglect. Evan stayed the night it was put in place and used that tool to clean all the glass. It took him several hours, but worked very well. I just used it two days ago to clean along the corners where the silicone is.
 
JumboShrimp said:
and your being paid by dawn right?? LOL it sounded allot like an infomercial
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Unofficially. Call me Mr Dawn...heck they got a Mr Wendy's

I was going for the infomercial tone, glad someone picked up on that...:D
 
raddogz said:
Let me get this straight, it doesn't scratch acrylic?
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That's what I want to know......from someones experience, does it scratch acrylic? Because if it doesn't, I just might have to add Melev to my will......

Russ
 
Not bad at all. I'll have to pick one up! I fear my clownfish will attack it like a pit bull and get flug across the tank. :D
 
It will create a small cyclone near your DSB if you are working in that area. I'm going to try a test next time I use it. What I'd like to so is use a spatula to move the sand bed away from the glass while the return pump is off, then run the scrubber. Once finished, smooth the sand again.

Btw, I tried it on acrylic and saw no damage at all. The tendrils are plastic, so you should be okay. However, let me encourage you to test it yourself in an inconspicuous spot first before you work your front panel over. Please feel free to post your results here so others will know your thoughts.
 
Okay, since I was the one who brought up "does it work on acrylic", I have to "YES" it works on acrylic. I just picked mine up from our local Rite-Aid ($7.99), and gave it a whorl. I have this drip plate that is covered in coralline which I used the scrubber after it had soaked in ro/di waste water for half an hour, and it came out quite easily. Oh ho ho, so I thought this is too easy, so I tried it out on the dry half running it under the faucet, again with ease stuff was coming off.

Now for the tank...

Since my acrylic tank has a black back I figured it would be a safe to try it out first. Again it works, but with a caveat. If the coralline is rather thick it will take a little more elbow grease (since you have to hold the rubber switch down) to get the acrylic clean. I have diatoms on the side corner, and it powered through that as well. The bristles are not as stiff as it may seem, and the spinning is not as insane as a power drill either.

This is a good buy!

Now with that said, if you were to get a hunk of thick coralline or rock rubble stuck on the bristles and spun it against the acrylic it might just scratch.
 
Regarding cleaning around the sand bed...

I do not use southdown, I have beach sand. I was able to work thru the sand and clean the edge of the tank without creating a huge sand storm. It worked quite well.

On a side note, I got a little heavy handed with it going deep. I was forced to hold the brush closer to the end (battery compartment) and I think I may have loosened the door. When I was done, I replaced the batteries and there was some water in the compartment. It dried out nice though. I think some electrical tape wrapped around the battery compartment would solve that though. No biggie.

Just some FYI...
 
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