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Originally Posted by rishu_pepper (Post 943154)

Do you know what's the difference between the "Long" and "Strong" version of the care magnet?

I recently purchased a Shark, while its cleaning abilities are great, I'm always scared to clean the area near the sandbed in fears of scratching the tank, and moving the shark magnet requires a lot of force and makes daily cleaning too much of a chore (or I'm just a wuss with tiny Asian arms :redface:).

You know, I have no idea what the difference is.

I too have tiny Asian arms so I share your pain! Well, I did up until I got the new tuzne cleaner! I wish I had one 5 years ago. Would have saved my tank 5 years worth of scratches from the magfloat/shark (DAMN YOU MAGFLOAT/SHARK!). I thought I was pretty careful whenever near the sand but no matter how careful I am, sand surely got under the magnet of those types of cleaners. That or possibly calcareous tube worms.

Still, I hate to bring bad news but even with the new cleaning scraper it's STILL a chore LOL.

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 943158)

Thank you my Asian friend. :lol:

I will go purchase one of these soon. Cleaning with the shark is getting real tired real quick.

Can't sand still get between this n glass n scratch Ur tank? If it's not possible at all I will deff get 1 as well. I stopped using mag float in fear of scratching my new tank but having an in wall now it's hard using the Kent scraper cleaning from the top due to reflection n I keep have to go to the front to check for missing spots.

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Originally Posted by jason604 (Post 943197)

Can't sand still get between this n glass n scratch Ur tank?

actually, I did notice that if you are REALLY aggressive with it that you can manage to wedge sand between the glass and that plastic blue bit that holds the metal scraping blade in place. Still, it's not easy to do. Certainly not as easy to wedge sand in there as with a magfloat/shark. Think about a Kent scraper that you run along the inside of your tank. That's what this thing is like. Mostly just a thin blade on the inside.

Even witha Kent scraper I'm scared to clean the near sand bed part. I always just push it down n lift scraper off instead of scraping up. Mybe I'm too cautious?

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Originally Posted by jason604 (Post 943203)

Even witha Kent scraper I'm scared to clean the near sand bed part. I always just push it down n lift scraper off instead of scraping up. Mybe I'm too cautious?

You can never be too cautious :-) I jam this thing right into my sandbed now though.
Could never do that with the magfloat/shark before!

Oh man I think I rly need this lol. How thick us ur glass I see ur using the strong version. Mine half inch. Wonder if I can get away with the reg long version.

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Originally Posted by jason604 (Post 943205)

Oh man I think I rly need this lol. How thick us ur glass I see ur using the strong version. Mine half inch. Wonder if I can get away with the reg long version.

Everyone needs one of these! My glass is 1/2".

This thread is pointless without pictures.

Looking good Kiener!