regarding magnetic cleaner

Dear Bros,
Where do you all get your magnetic cleaners ( those that i see left stuck on the tanks) from and what are the prices like ?


Cheers,
Eddie

I suppose you can get it from any LFS. bought mine for 8 bucks.
there's different sizes, where a mini one avaliable too.

If you really want a cool one, there is one that is a magnetic scraper cum thermometer.

[Ah_ZhaN]

Originally Posted by the_r0ck

If you really want a cool one, there is one that is a magnetic scraper cum thermometer.

care to intro a few reliable brands for such productS?

Originally Posted by Ah_ZhaN

care to intro a few reliable brands for such productS?

Ooo.. I am not too sure of the brand names..that is a couple of big names IIRC.. JBJ/JBL should have one ba? Ha.. I didn't get one cause I don't use algae scapers. i perfer to use old credit cards as they are less prone to scratch the tank walls.

Originally Posted by Ah_ZhaN

care to intro a few reliable brands for such productS?

Boyu is one of them. But beware, thermometer might not be accurate.

Actually i don't find the attached scraper to be effective enough. Am using scouring pad by scotch brite which my mum using it for dish washing, have it attached on the scraper, hehee! Find it rather effective for me!!

As i afraid it be easy to house bacteria or so, often treat it under hot boiling water!

Originally Posted by the_r0ck

Ooo.. I am not too sure of the brand names..that is a couple of big names IIRC.. JBJ/JBL should have one ba? Ha.. I didn't get one cause I don't use algae scapers. i perfer to use old credit cards as they are less prone to scratch the tank walls.

Yeah bro agree iwth u on the scratch part. Last time dunno use it and it stuck some small tiny gravel without i knowing it. While cleaning hear sharp scartching sound and i notice tat i accidentally "tattoo" my tank with a deep line, very sim tia

[cardinal]

Originally Posted by Jenova

Boyu is one of them. But beware, thermometer might not be accurate.

Water can get in pretty easily. 2 of mine are spoilt because of water leak. Sometimes turn too tightly the thermometer doesn't work. I'm not sure why too. They are now just ordinary magnetic cleaners.

My experience was that magnetic cleaners are not effective when algae been growing already.

I am now using a plastic card (can be unused credit card, membership cards, student card or some others doesn't matter as long as quite hard can liow). Just use it to scrap on glass surface. Very clean glass after that even established algae also can scrap out.

Best of all it will not scratch the glass since plastic cards are softer than glass.

Been using it since someone told me about it. Didn't cost a single cent .

Just me 2 cents opinion (oops, more expensive than the card .