Anna's IM 40L AIO Adventure

JoJosReef · Mar 29, 2026

Anna K said:
Is there any other tool I can use to help remove this other than doing it manually by hand?

Honestly I'd be using a razor blade on a handle like this one:

You're going to need more elbow grease than a magnet can give you with coraline that thick.

tharbin · Mar 29, 2026

This is the one I use for coralline. I have an acrylic tank but the same scrapper with the metal blade is really good for tough coralline in glass tanks because of the short beefy handle.

Continuim make really good manual scrappers. I've stopped using magnetic scrappers.

Anna K · Mar 29, 2026

Thats what I have. Its what I've used before. I was just wondering if there was something easier to use that a noob like me didnt know

JoJosReef · Mar 29, 2026

Anna K said:
Thats what I have. Its what I've used before. I was just wondering if there was something easier to use that a noob like me didnt know

Here ya go!
https://www.moaidevices.com/
(J/K, I'd never buy an aquarium roomba)

Slocke · Mar 29, 2026

https://aquaforest.eu/en/products/seawater/aquarium-equipment/af-ultrascrape-l/
This is what Tim and I recommend, I used to use Flippers but they were never that effective for me and dulled fast.

Red_Beard · Mar 29, 2026

Slocke said:
https://aquaforest.eu/en/products/seawater/aquarium-equipment/af-ultrascrape-l/
This is what Tim and I recommend, I used to use Flippers but they were never that effective for me and dulled fast.

my experience with flippers was similar. also had it catch some sand grit and scratch my glass. At @Stang67's recommendation i am now using the tunze care scrapers. With the blade attached, they do a good job of removing coraline. A manual scrape will always be best when things get coated though.

Üter · Mar 29, 2026

I'd hire a teenager with a clean arm and a razor blade! then back to the magnetic! I use and like flipper personally.

Slocke · Mar 29, 2026

Üter said:
I'd hire a teenager with a clean arm and a razor blade! then back to the magnetic! I use and like flipper personally.

Have you seen a teenager use a razor??

tbrown · Mar 29, 2026

Slocke said:
Have you seen a teenager use a razor??

That's why Matt prefers Nair.

Fish Styx · Mar 29, 2026

Slocke said:
Have you seen a teenager use a razor??

Üter · Mar 29, 2026

Slocke said:
Have you seen a teenager use a razor??

thats a teen?
I was never that bad!

Fish Styx · Mar 30, 2026

Üter said:
thats a teen?
I was never that bad!

You should see me with a "safety" razor.

Red_Beard · Aug 22, 2026

Hey @Anna K! How is the tank and how is the fam? How has the farm weathered the spring/summer?

Anna K · Oct 6, 2026

Still alive over here @Red_Beard

I basically gave up on my tank back in December after we put my heart dog down. Then I got pregnant, and that was a fun adventure. 4 ER visits and the a fun entrance into the world and ta-da I have now two sons. My house is filled with testicles. Gaggle of hemipens it is.

My longhorns were sold in August. My black and white steer learned he could jump fences and it was no longer safe for them to stay. This also happened at 36 weeks pregnant and my dumb butt was out there chewing him out and whistling for him around 11pm at night to come back to the correct property line.

My female donkey gave birth. Then the baby died. This happened at 37 weeks pregnant. Then my male donkey decided he also could jump a fence and went to hang out at our neighbors with their mules who beat him up. This happened at 38 weeks pregnant, and I was still up and over the barb wire fences and got him back over.. but that fun adventure sent me to the ER for the last time.

My OB finally told me to chill tf out.

Worked day before delivery, during, and every day since. No maternity leave over here.

BUT LOOK AT THIS

Here is what 11 months of depression can do

And here's what 49 minutes with a razor blade and a quarter sip of a redbull can do at 2am on a Monday

p.s. I'm not allowed to have energy drinks anymore

I rearranged my entire house

JoJosReef · Oct 6, 2026

Anna K said:
Still alive over here @Red_Beard

I basically gave up on my tank back in December after we put my heart dog down. Then I got pregnant, and that was a fun adventure. 4 ER visits and the a fun entrance into the world and ta-da I have now two sons. My house is filled with testicles. Gaggle of hemipens it is.

My longhorns were sold in August. My black and white steer learned he could jump fences and it was no longer safe for them to stay. This also happened at 36 weeks pregnant and my dumb butt was out there chewing him out and whistling for him around 11pm at night to come back to the correct property line.

My female donkey gave birth. Then the baby died. This happened at 37 weeks pregnant. Then my male donkey decided he also could jump a fence and went to hang out at our neighbors with their mules who beat him up. This happened at 38 weeks pregnant, and I was still up and over the barb wire fences and got him back over.. but that fun adventure sent me to the ER for the last time. My OB finally told me to chill tf out.

Worked day before delivery, during, and every day since. No maternity leave over here.

BUT LOOK AT THIS

Here is what 11 months of depression can do

And here's what 49 minutes with a razor blade and a quarter sip of a redbull can do at 2am on a Monday

p.s. I'm not allowed to have energy drinks anymore I rearranged my entire house

Hi Anna!

You didn't tell us how the snakes are doing. Lots of hemipens there too?

Red_Beard · Oct 7, 2026

Anna K said:
Still alive over here @Red_Beard

I basically gave up on my tank back in December after we put my heart dog down. Then I got pregnant, and that was a fun adventure. 4 ER visits and the a fun entrance into the world and ta-da I have now two sons. My house is filled with testicles. Gaggle of hemipens it is.

My longhorns were sold in August. My black and white steer learned he could jump fences and it was no longer safe for them to stay. This also happened at 36 weeks pregnant and my dumb butt was out there chewing him out and whistling for him around 11pm at night to come back to the correct property line.

My female donkey gave birth. Then the baby died. This happened at 37 weeks pregnant. Then my male donkey decided he also could jump a fence and went to hang out at our neighbors with their mules who beat him up. This happened at 38 weeks pregnant, and I was still up and over the barb wire fences and got him back over.. but that fun adventure sent me to the ER for the last time. My OB finally told me to chill tf out.

Worked day before delivery, during, and every day since. No maternity leave over here.

BUT LOOK AT THIS

Here is what 11 months of depression can do

And here's what 49 minutes with a razor blade and a quarter sip of a redbull can do at 2am on a Monday

p.s. I'm not allowed to have energy drinks anymore I rearranged my entire house

Holy woa! That is the most intense update I've ever read! Good to hear from you, sorry to hear about your pup, and the steer, and donkey, and all the time spent in the er.

Congratulations on the new addition! Sounds like it has been non stop chaos over there, hopefully you get a chance to unwind now and again at least. You know it's a crazy ride on the bull, but a house rearrangement is not a great trade for a good nights rest. Tank is looking pretty good despite the neglect too