kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[sphelps]

Sorry swamps need mitras too

[kien]

Well, looks like it was a false alarm, again ! I was sure this time that the light fixture itself was toast, but after proper testing I discovered that it was just a bad ballast once again. Like last time, I scoured the web (retailers) for another replacement (Galaxy Ballast) but could no longer find any! Again, I was certain that I would finally have to give up on my halide fixture and get a new light, possibly LED.

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), after a routine visit with the boys at Concept Aquariums I discovered that they had a supplier that had ballasts that would work with my Sunlight Supply Maristar fixture! So of course I ordered two (one as a backup).





One of these is not like the others..



Now I'm kicking myself for not ordering 3 of them so that they all matched, and using the existing Galaxy Ballasts as spares/backups.

[kien]

Also..

I recently discovered this little gem!



OH EM GEE! This is one of the best purchases I have ever made! It's essentially a kent scraper with a magnet! So much easier to clean the glass now that it only takes one pass and not 10 like it did with my old magfloat/shark.



And as an added bonus I can now scrape down BELOW my sand line without worrying about scratching the glass (not that it really matters now that my tank is already scratched up all to hell; DAMN YOU MAGFLOAT!)

So much awesome!

[rishu_pepper]

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 ).

[kien]

Originally Posted by rishu_pepper

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 ).

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.

[rishu_pepper]

Originally Posted by kien

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.

Thank you my Asian friend.

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

[jason604]

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.

[kien]

[FishyFishy!]

Looking good Kiener!