In the true deeply-lazy-reefer fashion, I tend to neglect scraping the coralline algae off the glass. It's a pain, my long-handled scraper doesn't have a sharp enough blade, but my short-handled razor scraper isn't long enough to reach the bottom of the tank, and either way I wind up soaked, stabbed by acros, bitten by &%$#@ fish, and probably accidentally fragging stuff along the way. Not a very enjoyable way to spend an evening.
I HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER! AND ITS PRICE TAG WARMS MY CHEAP@$$ SHRIVELED SOUL!
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: http://www.easybladeusa.com ... A german* piece of plastic. Let's just say I was "a little bit skeptical", but I dutifully scraped all the coralline off my cleaner magnet so I could glue the doohickie onto the back of it, stuck the contraption in my tank - and IT WORKS LIKE A CHAMP! Don't forget to get some replacement blades while you're at it.
Review By: Jessica Gadling
*Its not really German... I was just making fun of how all reef things are better if they're from Germany
Lazy reefer's tank covered in coraline algae
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Tank after a good clean with a MagFloat. Coraline stays strong.
Demo of lazy reefer cleaning tank with Easy Blade
Holy Grail. Clean tank...Check. Lazy reefer, still lazy?...Check.
One of my favorite tools. I had a 500 gallon display that would take about an hour to clean the glass (If I didnt spend 30 minutes crying like a child after pinching my fingers in the jaws of a great white). With the easy-blade, mounted to a large Mag-Float, same job took less than ten minutes. Great product!
I used it as well, about once a month. I bought a Mag-Float just for that need, and use my regular Hammerhead Float for the day to day cleaning.
The nice thing about this system is I can clean the back panel and my glass overflows as well. That way everything pops against a nice clean background.
The great white, is a large glass cleaning, finger smashing, monster algae magnet, made by Algae-Free. I still have mine, but it now has an acrylic pad, since I can't use the easyblade in those situations.
Good work with the video demonstration! If a picture says a thousand words, I think the video pretty much says it all. Was that cleaning on acrylic or glass? Wondering about scratch possibilities for acrylic.
Great write up one it. I have seen them but I was always a little iffy on getting one. Now after watching your videos I think that I just might give it a try. BetterMetaIReef I went to there website and it says that its only for glass. It has a metal blade in it that will kill your acrylic tank if use on it.
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