Magnet cleaners
 

I bought a MagFloat cleaner a few months ago for my acrylic tank and find this to be an inferior product. The magnet is located in the center of the cleaner and and although it is fine when cleaning the center areas of the glass, it does not have enough magnetic pull on the edges of the cleaner. As a result it does a "crappy" job when trying to clean the near the edges of the tank.

I am thinking of buying a Hammerhead magnet cleaner. They are alot more expensive than the Magfloat, but I am wondering if they do a good job, especially on the edges of the tank.

Any feedback?

Jim

I agree. I know those wooden ones do well, I thought they were called Magnavores but maybe they're the Hammerheads.

I use the Magnavore, but it is non-float. Very powerful magnet.

Won't those super powerfull ones scratch the acrylic? I have one of those magnovores, but I find em too powerfull for my 180 glass tank, so I took it off.

des

They have special pads for acrylic tanks.

I was looking for a floating magnet cleaner.

Here is the link from J&L.

Has anyone used this cleaner. Does it work close to the edge of the tank?

http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/sh...ogno=cl-mre02f

If anyone has I used one for sale, let me know?

Hey Jim ... I have the TigerShark version and it is awesome ! ... you just have to specify whether glass or acrylic for the pads.

Thanks Steve,

I was just going to order one from J&L and my sweetie stopped me........ apparently I am getting one for fathers day.... :biggrin: :biggrin:

Don't you love it when our wives actually support this hobby.......

Hi Jim,

I should mention that I also have one of these magnets for my acrylic tank. If memory serves it comes standard with a couple of pads to use on acrylic.

While you won't have the same problem you had with the magfloat (I had one as well), I should mention that I have not had great success with the new one either. In my case I have rounded edges (Looked great in at the LFS...), but also I just feel that you don't get the same "scrubbing" ability with the acrylic pads, regardless of magnet strength. I think in the future I would keep the magnet for routine maintenance but unless you're using it all the time with no build up on the acrylic you simply won't get the same benefits that you would if you were using it on glass without the acrylic pad.

Not sure if I worded my explanation properly, let me know if you would like further info.

HTH,

Rob

Geeze

And I had a used one.....


Wendell