Automatic glass cleaner

[Krully]

So I'm sure some of you have thought of that at some point, I know that for me this is one of the most annoying parts of having a reef tank. I can deal with the water changes and the like but I can't be consistent on my glass cleaning and I'd love it to get automated.

I've looked it up a bit and there are only two automatic glass cleaners I've found :

- MOAI, which had a successful Kickstarter late 2017 but seems to have disappeared with the money? No update nowhere, still shows preorder on their website etc...

- Robosnail, which looks hard to find in the EU and I'm not even sure it's a great product.

Is there something else I've been missing?

 

[Cell]

MOAI is still active on this page. Last updated a few weeks ago

 

[Krully]

My bad then, for some reason I didn’t see that.

 

[Cell]

Seems like they've had quite a few delays. Rewards were scheduled to be fulfilled in 2018.

Id be interested to hear from a backer on the experience this far. I cant read the update posts.

 

[Krully]

Would be interested too, the price seems really good too as 200 for an automatic cleaner including a camera I can use for monitor my tank sounds pretty "reasonable".

 

[dr.ben]

This would be the dream. I haven't seen anyone raving about it, so I think the technology isn't there yet to deliver to our expectations.

 

[Krully]

Yeah that’s what I figured, can’t wait for a good one

 

[symon_say]

A few years back there a product called robotsnail, that did this, but I don't know what happened to it.

 

[Coogles]

Seems like they've had quite a few delays. Rewards were scheduled to be fulfilled in 2018.

Id be interested to hear from a backer on the experience this far. I cant read the update posts.

I backed MOAI, I've pretty much written it off at this point so if it does show up one day it'll be a pleasant surprise.

 

[CavamaroZ28]

They updated in August

 

[Krully]

Thanks I just looked at that, too bad you can't order anymore :(

 

[JohnGP]

There's also this one but it isn't cheap; Ocean Swipe 360

 

[Krully]

Expensive and really ugly...

 

[JohnGP]

Then don't buy it...

 

[Krully]

?? Not going to, was just commenting on the difference between those because one is about 300 and doesn’t cover half my tank when the other one is the price of my tank while ruining the look of it. I don’t know why you’re feeling attacked by my opinion on a random product...

 

[JohnGP]

You stated you could only find two products and asked if there were any others you were missing. You didn't state a budget or tank size but said you'd love to go automated so I searched and posted up what I found even stating it was expensive. It is the only one I've found that will actually clean the entire glass including around corners. I'm not "feeling attacked" by your response, your only response was "expensive and really ugly", I just responded in kind.

 

[Krully]

Fine, thanks for trying to find something.

 

[Cell]

I'd use that ocean swipe on a really big tank where I could park it in one of the side/back corners. It would be way too intrusive on smaller tanks though.

 

[Krully]

Yeah thinking about it this is the only case I would find it acceptable

 

[Ridgeway]

Alternatively get your Po4 down to extend the glass cleaning frequency and get the best mag cleaner you can, make the job easy and you'll more likely do it.