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magfloat or rare-earth?

I use magfloat with great results! :biggrin:

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They're all the same except name brands and size :silly: I use mag float tho' . . . most pet stores carry this brand over the other

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Magfloat max about $30
Rare Earth upto $180.....for me it was a nobrainer....and the magfloat work fine for soft algeas. I use a scraper for coraline
I think if you have glass thicker than the 5/8 limit of the magfloat only then shell out the extra cash....I hear it takes both hands to move a good size rare-earth mag :eek:
I don't think that even the rare earth could scrape coraline ,for long.
Oceansmotions make a scrapper out of a magfloat, as an added bonus :mrgreen:
My 2 cents
Cheers

Magfloat will scrape coraline with a few passes. I wouldn't waist the money of a expensive one.

Steve

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I glued a green scrubbing pad (cleaned of course) on to the inner side of my Magfloat to give it more "scrub"

cool, thanks for the advice..the coraline is getting outta control

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razor for the hard algae, otherwise magfloat seems to handle the film stuff.

I do use a razor but becasue of the bracing on my tank it's hard to reach the back and sides of the tank