Glass versus acrylic tanks.

[sfsuphysics]

Cousin had his glass tank break... but that's because he was practicing his chip shot in the living room and one got too close to the aquarium and became a permanent fixture there after

 

[tuberider]

[quote author=iani link=topic=4859.msg59403#msg59403 date=1224277476]
True, glass is easier maintenance.

I just recieved the algae dozer pad from mightymagnets.com it works really well on coraline and everything. It actually has a plastic piece shaped like a triangle on the pad that acts as a scraper on the acrylic.
[/quote]Love that pad, my favorite by far is the super algae sock/pad. Even if I hit the sand it still doesn't scratch, the granules get caught in the mesh, and not wedged under the pad against the acrylic like most pads. It's pretty much all I use.

 

[Gomer]

Looks like I need to buy one to try! Jeremy, is the pad from MM?

 

[tuberider]

[quote author=Gomer link=topic=4859.msg59427#msg59427 date=1224286871]
Looks like I need to buy one to try! Jeremy, is the pad from MM?
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Yup, Rick's stuff is bomb, the best equipment investment I've made for doing service was getting his magnets and pads.

 

[Tumbleweed]

Just at of curiosity were can I can my self one of those pads?

 

[tuberider]

[quote author=Tumbleweed link=topic=4859.msg59445#msg59445 date=1224290631]
Just at of curiosity were can I can my self one of those pads?
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Great quote there Brian.... j/k

mightymagnets.com

 

[sfsuphysics]

Do those pads only work with the $100+ magnets they sell (I'm guessing quite a bit stronger than the $10-$20 "generic" ones)

 

[tuberider]

[quote author=sfsuphysics link=topic=4859.msg59448#msg59448 date=1224291906]
Do those pads only work with the $100+ magnets they sell (I'm guessing quite a bit stronger than the $10-$20 "generic" ones)

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Their magnet setups are second to none, you could probably use the pads with other units, but I wasn't joking when I said it's the best investment I've made buying Mighty Magnets, specifically the MF2. Yes they are MUCH stronger, for 3/8" acrylic or less I have to put the sock on the outside of a mighty pad to be able to even move the magnet around. That is a good thing because the more you move the magnet around the more likely you are to scratch your tank. Put the super algae sock on the MF2 and you can clean up to 1" acrylic, even the stubborn "diatom disks", and hard green algae.

 

[Raddogz]

Looks like good stuff - might give it a try