How often do you Mag Float clean your glass?

[ReefQueen]

Never, because my magfloat scratched my glass, so I turned it into to a frag rack I switched to the tunze care after and probably use it once or twice a week.

 

[JaimeAdams]

Hey I used mine to make a frag rack too.... Well for one of them anyways.

To be honest my glass remains surprising clean. I haven't scraped it in a few months.

 

[NanaReefer]

These are probably the start of coraline algae

No. definitely not the beginnings of Coralline growth [emoji6]

 

[becks]

Once a week only because I was dosing a bit to much nopox and I was getting white film on the glass, I've cut the dosage so hopefully it will be fortnightly or maybe hardly ever as I don't get algae on the glass

 

[ahiggins]

Never, because my magfloat scratched my glass, so I turned it into to a frag rack I switched to the tunze care after and probably use it once or twice a week.

I use the two little fishes but its still technically a mag cleaner lol

 

[ahiggins]

No. definitely not the beginnings of Coralline growth [emoji6]

lol its just green dots that dont come off with the magnet cleaner like the film does. I take a razor to it once a week and its back to normal

 

[jason2459]

lol its just green dots that dont come off with the magnet cleaner like the film does. I take a razor to it once a week and its back to normal

This thing will scrape anything off

I got a new favorite scraper and really only for glass tanks. I've been a big fan of the Tunze care magnet but the inside doesn't float so I had to rig up the bobber to easily retrieve it. Also the blades dull quickly which they aren't sharp in the first place and 3 blades are like $9. So, I end up getting some build up on the glass the tunze can't get so I go in with a razor.

I found the answer. The algae free easy blade attachment. It's basically what PaulB came up with and shown in his book that uses razors epoxied to a mag float.

This uses a wider blade and you just glue it to a mag float of some kind.

Seems like its been around a while but harder to find. Algae Free I'm sure would rather you purchase their newer plus mag models. Which already has a blade attachment which are like the tunze's and aren't sharp either. Plus their replacement blades are like $10 for only 2.

The easy blade replacements can be found for like $8 for 10 of them and they are actual blades.

 

[Tori]

Everyday. My phosphates were 0.02 and Nitrates were at 4 last time I measured. I swear it seemed like I had to clean my glass less when my phosphates were at 0.2 and Nitrates were at 40...

 

[ahiggins]

This thing will scrape anything off

Thanks for the post-I use a razor blade attached to a small dowel. I only have an inch or so between some rock work and glass.
I appreciate it though

 

[Ocelaris]

I get the hard to remove green film sometimes. They do start as dots, but I've got areas near the sand that never transition to coralline algae, so I'm sure it's not that. Eventually I'll get a razor in there, but the metal part of the mag float can't get it off.

I'm usually 2-3 days, but I've been bringing my nitrates up from zero, keeping phosphates less and the Chaeto is growing phenomenal, so it's now been every 3-4 days now, and I expect it to only get better once I reach some stability.

 

[specialk]

Yah good to hear all this from everyone .. seems mine fluctuates at times, often I clean it everyday, then I will go 3 or 4 days without much cleaning required. But as @Randy Holmes-Farley stated, sounds as if it is NOT just phosphates but also other nutrients in general. So one would think that may nutrient levels may just be at varying levels at different times.

 

[Sharvey103]

Every 2-3 days. back glass once a month

 

[wowkingjames]

I use it two or three times a week.

 

[Delta1389]

I clean mine every few days, maybe twice a week. It's not a brown/green algae film like I'm used to though. It's white little specks.

 

[Zoaeasy]

About 8 weeks into a restart of one of my tanks
Running Zeovit for now. Phosphate 0 and Nitrate 2. I am now cleaning a powdery green algae twice a day! Have cut back on the Zeo supplements a bit but not sure why this is so persistent. I am going to start some vibrant this evening as I had great success with hairalgae in my 36.

 

[donnievaz]

Never, because my magfloat scratched my glass, so I turned it into to a frag rack I switched to the tunze care after and probably use it once or twice a week.

Ha, same here. Word for word.

 

[Cary]

Clean the front glass every other day at least

 

[kashman100]

lol its just green dots that dont come off with the magnet cleaner like the film does. I take a razor to it once a week and its back to normal

The green dots will grow and turn pink if you don't scrape them off

 

[Travous]

I have a hexagon tank no fug just canisters an clean once every two weeks

 

[Magem]

Every 2/3 days but I should do it every day for keeping it really clean... my phosphates are over 0,01 and nitrates over 0,5...
In my case I think it is also due to my lighting fixture. 10 tubes in a 28inch wide tank (3 side view) so the first and the last lamp are near the glasses...