Acrylic Owners: Mag Float cleaner vs.. "competition"

[michael]

Another one I found was: http://www.dtpetsupplies.com/catalo...-up-to-1-inch-acrylic-and-1-inch-thick-glass/

I am awefully concerned about my tank scratching when cleaning. Does anyone have any horror stories? Good stories to share? Want to see if there is a such thing as one being better or safer than another against acrylic? Mag float is quite popular but there are other options...

 

[Nic]

everybody i know buys magfloat....

 

[brianp]

I bought a MagFloat for my acrylic tank but have never used it because I too remain concerned. So, I went to Target and purchased a microfiber pad (sponge backing) mounted on a telescoping pole and use that for my tank.

 

[DB junkie]

I have a mag float..... It scares me. I use a left over chunk of fine mechanical filter media pad.

 

[xxblwn408]

I use a Magfloat on all my acrylic tanks. I have scratched my 300 using it as is... I then started to use it with a micro fiber cloth inside and outside of the tank. This worked fine, but you had to make multiple passes to clean the algae of.

I was talking to a friend of mine that owns a LFS and sets up and maintains aquariums. He told me he uses the WHITE scrub pad that is acrylic safe. I tried it and it works great with no scratching.

So now i cut a piece of scrub pad to cover the mag float for in the tank, I spray the outside of the tank with plexus, put a micro cloth on the magfloat on the outside and go to town. 1 pass is all you need with your mag float with this set up...

 

[johnptc]

I use a Magfloat on all my acrylic tanks. I have scratched my 300 using it as is... I then started to use it with a micro fiber cloth inside and outside of the tank. This worked fine, but you had to make multiple passes to clean the algae of.

I was talking to a friend of mine that owns a LFS and sets up and maintains aquariums. He told me he uses the WHITE scrub pad that is acrylic safe. I tried it and it works great with no scratching.

So now i cut a piece of scrub pad to cover the mag float for in the tank, I spray the outside of the tank with plexus, put a micro cloth on the magfloat on the outside and go to town. 1 pass is all you need with your mag float with this set up...

+1
wash the outside before using and be careful near the gravel

also with the additional material added get a stronger magnet

 

[The1and only]

I use a magfloat and have never had a problem scratching the acrylic. I go slow and You do need to be super careful around the sand. Also I clean it daily to avoid any build up. I tried a competitors (I don't remember the name) and it never seemed to clean the tank. It was guaranteed to never scratch though. It just never seemed to get any thing off.

 

[FSM]

Do the acrylic mag-floats work on glass tanks? They had them on sale ridiculously cheap at petsmart a few weeks ago; the glass ones were normal price.