Which magnetic cleaner for acrylic aquariums?
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Daltonbilecki
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Flipper is worth every penny. Just be careful not to get sand in between as you might scratch the acrylic
Thank you; what do you do with the blade on the flipper magnet? just remove it?
it comes with a steel blade for glass or a plastic blade for acrylic. just use the plastic blade
but be warned that the flipper that works on 3/4" does not float either. I have not had any problems with mine but it has sank to the bottom a couple times over the last year
Thanks! One more question; do you know if this floats?
+1 on the flipper. It's doesn't float right to the top, but it stays suspended when not in front of a powerhead if it comes off. We've tried every option out there and flipper is the one for our thick acyrlic. The only negative is the plastic "blade" wears out. Check out my build thread for a mod for the flipper using hotel room key cards
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Only issue I see with the flipper is it doesn't float 
I'm going to have one side of this tank against a wall with a shadow box type window. If this falls to the bottom will be hard to get to.
Any other recommendations on something that is fairly large (for 340 gallon tank so you don't have to make 1000 passes) floats and won't harm the acrylic?
I'm going to have one side of this tank against a wall with a shadow box type window. If this falls to the bottom will be hard to get to.Any other recommendations on something that is fairly large (for 340 gallon tank so you don't have to make 1000 passes) floats and won't harm the acrylic?
Dmorty217
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This is the best one available and will work much better than a flipper that doesn't float, especially if the tank is 1" (no plastic blades involved either)
http://www.mightymagnets.com/
This one looks good but their 1/2" to 1" scraper is $219 bucks?? Seems crazy pricey.
Only issue I see with the flipper is it doesn't float
Any other recommendations on something that is fairly large (for 340 gallon tank so you don't have to make 1000 passes) floats and won't harm the acrylic?
In my experience I've never, ever had it fall to the bottom. It suspends. Granted, I've never given it time to fall to the bottom I guess. My tank is 290 gallons, so I understand the difficulty of fishing it out (hence why I quickly replaced the Tunze (drops like a heavy brick to the bottom) with the flipper and have never once had to manually pull out the flipper. I was pulling the Tunze out often with my grabbers.
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Dmorty217
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It's about like everything else in the hobby, 219 is a drop in the bucket in this hobby
Magnets that will work acceptably on 1" glass or acrylic are expensive. I tried all the mass market options on a test piece of 1" acrylic and none worked acceptably. Perhaps 3/4 is a tad more mag-float friendly. I ended up buying the unit from MM for 1 - 1 1/4 inch walls.
kmbyrnes
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I bit the bullet and bought a Magnavore 6ER for my 3/4" Acrylic. Hated the $$ at the time but it has turned out to be money well spent.
http://www.magnavore.com/store/en/magnetic-algae-cleaners/30-magnavore-6er.html
http://www.magnavore.com/store/en/magnetic-algae-cleaners/30-magnavore-6er.html
Glad to hear you've had good experience with Tunze. Mine falls off constantly, such a pain! We do have a hex front that it doesn't seem to like though.
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xCry0x
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I used a magfloat that was labeled as acrylic and the velcro scratched the crap out of my tank.
Fortunately it was a small tank so I ended up just using an old credit card to clean it.
If you want to go the cheap route, I see absolutely no reason why you couldn't use something like : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DSWXC3I/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Instead of a razor blade just cut an old credit card in half, hole punch two holes on it and stick it on the end. Done -- $14 scraper that would work great. I use that for my glass tank (with a razor blade) and love it.
Fortunately it was a small tank so I ended up just using an old credit card to clean it.
If you want to go the cheap route, I see absolutely no reason why you couldn't use something like : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DSWXC3I/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Instead of a razor blade just cut an old credit card in half, hole punch two holes on it and stick it on the end. Done -- $14 scraper that would work great. I use that for my glass tank (with a razor blade) and love it.
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