Is there a decent glass scraper????

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I've wasted sooo much money on glass scrapers that don't live up to their reputation. Sure, smaller tanks are easily cleaned with a safety razor. But when you have a tank who's depth exceeds the length of your arm, you need help.

So... what are we doing to scrape our glass? I'm looking for suggestions.

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I've always liked and used the Flipper magnetic glass cleaner for my glass aquarium. It floats:
Flipper Scraper

It comes in different sizes.

As with most glass build-up, it works best when the aquarium glass is 'scraped' no less than once/week.
 
Flipper edge, magnetic, no need to get your arms in the tank, has 2 blades, floats just in case, and works amazingly
 
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I use the Tunze magnetic cleaner and I modifier scrapers with pvc handles that are 3 feet and 5 feet long For the tuff stuff. Works for my 300 gallon tanks
 
Inalso use the tunze magnet scraper. I don't have the metal blade in use and the plastic scraper works fine on coralline algae for me.
 
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YOYOYOReefer said:
I use the Tunze magnetic cleaner and I modifier scrapers with pvc handles that are 3 feet and 5 feet long For the tuff stuff. Works for my 300 gallon tanks
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Yes, I'd like to find something long and sturdy that allows me to put a fresh safety razor on the end and go to work.
 
Dom said:
Yes, I'd like to find something long and sturdy that allows me to put a fresh safety razor on the end and go to work.
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i'm just looking for something to glide through this stubborn CA on the corners of the tank...
 
I'm another fan of the Tunze. They redid them a couple years so they now float, they have replaceable blades, and have always been easy to use while leaving a nice clean panel behind that was free from scratches.
 
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What I'm gathering from all of this is that the magnetic scrapers that have blades attached do more than the mag-float scraper I have that is essentially just a kitchen scrubbie on the back side of a magnet? I can try that...

I still need a handled scraper to get the the back glass. Anyone have a favorite? (Sorry OP, I'm sharing your question :) )
 
rhitee93 said:
What I'm gathering from all of this is that the magnetic scrapers that have blades attached do more than the mag-float scraper I have that is essentially just a kitchen scrubbie on the back side of a magnet? I can try that...

I still need a handled scraper to get the the back glass. Anyone have a favorite? (Sorry OP, I'm sharing your question :) )
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See post above - works good, and with a fresh blade the Corraline just comes straight off.
 
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The Tunze, magfloat/Aquaforest and algae free are the only ones I’ll ever buy. Flipper nano is absolutely garbage for anything hard to get off. Ok at getting film off.
 
afrokobe said:
I was terrible at keeping one of those dry. It rusted on me so fast lol.
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haha i just rinse it off with freshwater and dry it each time, has been ok for a few months so far. But for the cost, i could literally replace it every year easily enough...
 
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I have owned and used mag floats, flipper, algae free, and Tunze. I find myself almost always preferring the Tunze, however the algae free works pretty well too.
 
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