Romeo Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Gidday all, Have been noticing lately that there's a bit of brown algae on the sides of my tank, but it's crystal clear where I've been sliding the thermometer in and out. Which got me thinking, so I tried it out on the front of the tank and to my joy it did a wonderful job! All the brown gunk didn't seem to go straight into the aquarium either, it was collecting under the suction cup - choice! It glides around effortlessly, and didn't scratch the glass. Surely someone else has come across this before? Maybe we'll see an AquaOne Suc 'n Glide in the near future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 You know...Someone invented magnets that you can use to clean the glass without even getting wet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 magnets are not so good though if you pick up some sand in them and scratch the glass :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Then don't do that. You can just as easily pick up some sand in the suction cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Not if you don't have sand in your tank, don't mind getting wet and can't afford a $7.95 magnetic algae scrubber - so, in most cases yeah, you wouldn't bother... BUT, I bet they said the same thing to the guy who came up with the DIY CO2 bottle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 If you can't afford a $7.95 magnetic scrubber you should probably go to work instead of having a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Good one! I have tried everything for cleaning glass. The magnetic cleaner and spongy thing scratched the glass to bits with collected grit eventually :evil: My weapon of choice is an eftpos card or similar. The edge removed even the tough green dot algae and NO risk of it picking up grit. Over time the edge gets a little beaten up (pushing down into rocks) so it needs to be replaced with a new one periodically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 RE Stalla Yep, I've used the credit card before, it probably does a much better job than the suction cup - but give the suction cup a go if you've got the time/soft algae ;P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I use the eftpos card method too, and it's great. That green dot algae; my BNs aren't eating it; it it because they're full of all the other algae in the tank, or is it too tough for them to eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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