Flipper vs. Magfloat.... POLL TIME!

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I'm looking for a magnet style cleaner to occasionally use for a quick glass clean, and to allow my "tank sitter" to clean the glass when I am out of town. I've owned Magfloats in the past, but I don't currently have one. I think I stopped using them for fear of trapping sand in it and scratching the glass. Take the poll, if you want to add your opinion on why one is better than the other...comment below. If you have another option that works good, please let me know!

 

[Balz3352]

My tunze is good no sand trapping I put a cloth on the outside part though.


I should say i have a flipper on my biocube and it takes a ton of scraping! My tunze is way better!

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

My tunze is good no sand trapping I put a cloth on the outside part though.

Does it bother you that it doesn't float? If you lose it on a corner won't it sink all the way down? I added Tunze and Other to the poll!

 

[MuralReef]

The flipper can be a pain to flip but it has metal blades for glass that are effective even on coralline. Magfloats are great for acrylic in conjunction with dobie sponge material laid out on it.

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

The flipper can be a pain to flip but it has metal blades for glass that are effective even on coralline. Magfloats are great for acrylic in conjunction with dobie sponge material laid out on it.

Did you classroom magfloat have the dobie sponge on it? Both my wife and I noticed it but didn't ask what it was you had going on there?

 

[rmougey]

The Tunze has a metal blade option. A little dental floss allows the Tunze to be retrieved if lost around a corner.

 

[jda123]

Both the flipper and the mag-float are toys. Tunze, Hammerhead and Bubble Magnus are real tools that work a lot better. Using the large bubble magnus right now and the metal blade is pretty good.

If you get a lot of algae, AquaMedic has a 6" hand scraper that you can get an extension for that will chew through coralline and tough algae like butter. The metal blades last a long time too.

 

[MuralReef]

Did you classroom magfloat have the dobie sponge on it? Both my wife and I noticed it but didn't ask what it was you had going on there?

Yes it did. The float scrub itself will only take care of light algae. You need the dobie to take off harder to scrub algae.

 

[Balz3352]

Does it bother you that it doesn't float? If you lose it on a corner won't it sink all the way down? I added Tunze and Other to the poll!

Yes but ive gotten good about being quick in the corners to flip over. That is the only downfall

 

[Andrew_bram]

I like my flipper over mag float

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[TheRealChrisBrown]

Thank you everyone for your input, I decided to go with the Flipper because for a majority of the time it is going to be used when I am out of town. So my thought was to make it as easy as possible for my tank sitter. I really thought about the Tunze, watched several youtubes on it, but if my sitter had to fish it out it sort of defeats the purpose. If it were just me using the thing I would have gone Tunze, but for the sake of ease and simplicity I'll give the Flipper the nod. Thanks again everyone!

 

[TheDubbya]

No matter which scraper you decide to buy, make sure you tell your tank sitter about keeping it off the sand to avoid scraping the glass.