Mag-Floats Do they work well ?

[jm82792]

I'm going to buy a Mag-Float since I don't enjoy getting water on my dad's hardwood floor,if the floor warps(Really easy trust me) I can kiss my little reef setup bye bye. So I'm wondering if the mag float for glass works well I know a simple question.

[impur]

Works pretty good if you do it daily. Its good at getting the small spots of coralline, but once the coralline gets quarter sized or so they won't do much.

[mister crabs]

they work ok. i have one and its a pain to get into the curved corners of the glass.

 

check these out. http://www.nimblenano.com/

 

made by some guy but work awesome. lots of people at Reefcentral and nano-reef.com use them. much easier to clean the glass corners of the all-in-one tanks. I have been meaning to order one but other things keep coming up.

[dsoz]

+1, I would go with a nimble nano! They have people raving about them on NR. Especially for the curved corners of the AP.

 

dsoz

[jm82792]

Alright,I'll look into ti

None around here sells mag floats anyways

and with shipping there like $10 may aswell spend abit more.

[ThePremiumAquarium]

I love mag floats but for those corners I definately here what everyone is saying. Also, try and go with the next size up then what is recommended. I have found they do a little better job.

 

Garrett

[pledosophy]

Great for glass, I would avoid (meaning shoot anyone who comes near my tank with a magfloat) on acrylic. Acrylic safe just doesn't mean what it used too .

[jm82792]

I thought about acrylic for a reef setup but if ti gets scratched then it's ruined,I love glass just not the shattering part I'll spend the $4 more on the bigger nimble,since I don't want to skimp.

[WAVES]

Anything bigger than a 55gal should have an Algae Free or Magnavore. Magfloats are for 50gal less IMO.

[tidalsculpin]

I use a mag float, then a kent pro scraper on glass. Just go to goodwill and get some old towels to put down. Save your money for corals.

[siskiou]

I used magfloats to save money, but finally had to admit that it really wasn't doing such a great job.

 

Got a Magnavore and just last week glued on the Easy Blade for my model. It's fantastic and I wish I'd gotten it months ago.

I can finally clean off all the green hard algae that I could never quite get off with my hand scraper.

 

This is for larger aquariums, though. For my nano, the magfloat and Kent scraper did the job just fine.