Suggestions on a magnetic cleaner

Bbaz123456 · Oct 24, 2015

What are you guys using?
My tank is 1" acrylic and a lot of it. It is an 8.5' octagon that is a nightmare to clean. Over the years I have been trying to build the perfect cleaner and it has just not been working out.
I like idea of the great white with the scraper blade since corraline is a constant battle, but not sure how well it will actually work.
Any suggestions will be appreciated

lyrical · Oct 24, 2015

Flipper Max Magnetic Cleaner 1"

Bbaz123456 · Oct 24, 2015

coral_blueiblonde said:
Flipper Max Magnetic Cleaner 1"

Thanks. Do you use it on 1"?

joshkirkland83 · Oct 24, 2015

Bbaz123456 said:
Thanks. Do you use it on 1"?

Yes. The flipper max you do.

Bbaz123456 · Oct 24, 2015

I see it is rated up to 1" but do you use it on 1"? I see lots of positive reviews but they're all from people with 5/8-3/4 thick tanks. I just want to be sure it will be strong enough

Scythanith · Oct 24, 2015

I love my hammerhead.

KorL · Oct 24, 2015

Look into mighty magnets as well. They have some rated for panels thicker than 1", so you'll be covered regardless

cmcoker · Oct 24, 2015

I like the regular flipper, but have a glass tank less than an inch. But it has held up, and has replaceable blades for glass or acrylic.
I just wanted to mention there may be less reviews for the the flipper max because it has not been out as long. They released them about year ago, I think..

lyrical · Oct 25, 2015

Bbaz123456 said:
Thanks. Do you use it on 1"?

No I have 1/2" glass and use the normal one it works great. If they say that one works on 1" I would trust them.

Lesley · Oct 25, 2015

New Tunze's care magnet - best investment I've ever made. I clean 16.5 feet of star fire spotlessly in under 10mins. Right into sandbed not 1 scratch ever. !!!

glweek · Oct 25, 2015

Lesley said:
New Tunze's care magnet - best investment I've ever made. I clean 16.5 feet of star fire spotlessly in under 10mins. Right into sandbed not 1 scratch ever. !!!

I also have one and will never buy anything else. The fact that you can blast all the way into the sand with out a worry is well worth the price. Now all these scratches I've gotten from the mag floats over the years really ticks me off ha-ha. Should have made the investment in the beginning.

Lesley · Oct 25, 2015

glweek said:
I also have one and will never buy anything else. The fact that you can blast all the way into the sand with out a worry is well worth the price. Now all these scratches I've gotten from the mag floats over the years really ticks me off ha-ha. Should have made the investment in the beginning.

Yeah. I just upgraded to a brand new build when these hit the market. My old tank had so many scratches that was one reason we moved on. Not one scratch. Best invention ever.

Bbaz123456 · Oct 25, 2015

I would do anything for my tank to be glass!! Never will be going acrylic again.
I like the idea of the tunze, but it's only rated up to 3/4"

csharps42 · Oct 26, 2015

I like the flipper. That is once you learn to flip it

trahelyk · Oct 26, 2015

glweek said:
I also have one and will never buy anything else. The fact that you can blast all the way into the sand with out a worry is well worth the price. Now all these scratches I've gotten from the mag floats over the years really ticks me off ha-ha. Should have made the investment in the beginning.

I third the vote for the Tunze magnet, but I'm using it for 5/8" glass. Do they make one rated for 1"? I thought it capped out at 1/2".

chimmike · Oct 27, 2015

Wow.

That Tunze would've come in handy on my 36" cube. I got SO TIRED of scraping that dang coralline algae off the glass using a reach-in scraper and razor blades. That was one of the big reasons I got rid of it. So tired of the every-other-day cleaning :/