Best glass scraper thoughts?

[Tom.E]

Tunze, magic sponge eraser, and old reliable plastic gift card.

 

[mjszos]

I like the maxspect refine, just picked it up. The flippers are nice too. The Tunze is nice.

Really I think they're mostly all the same. I've never had a problem with sand getting caught and scratching anything, but maybe I'm an outlier.

 

[edsbeaker]

I am hanging out here on my own. I’ve tried the Tunze twice and hated it. What am I doing wrong? The last tank had 1/2” glass and it seemed hard to move, or just hard to move back and forth? My new tank has 3/4” glass. Maybe I should give it another try?

 

[Reefer1978]

I am hanging out here on my own. I’ve tried the Tunze twice and hated it. What am I doing wrong? The last tank had 1/2” glass and it seemed hard to move, or just hard to move back and forth? My new tank has 3/4” glass. Maybe I should give it another try?

Most likely wrong by size. Too strong of a magnet for glass thickness.

 

[BriDroid]

I really like the Tunze care magnet. I fought internally about buying it for a while, but it’s really worth the money!

 

[OrchidMiss]

Fellow member Sisterlimonpot makes a ceramic blade for the small end that does very well on the tough stuff. Handle with care if you try one. Its sharper than any razor blade I've ever used. I found out when made a grab to catch it when I dropped it once.

https://www.4daquatics.com/product-page/tunze-ceramic-scraper

I got these and love them, but my blades got nicks in them and they don't scrape as cleanly.

 

[edsbeaker]

Most likely wrong by size. Too strong of a magnet for glass thickness.

That might be it. I think I got the strong which is up to 3/4” for the 1/2” thick glass. I’m going to try it on the 3/4” then. Hopefully with better luck.

 

[Reefer1978]

That might be it. I think I got the strong which is up to 3/4” for the 1/2” thick glass. I’m going to try it on the 3/4” then. Hopefully with better luck.

I am using strong on my QT tank with 1/2 glass, and yep it's much harder to move.

 

[ReefGeezer]

$2.00 w/ PVC & safety blades from Lowes.

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

Tunze Care Magnets

 

[exnisstech]

I got these and love them, but my blades got nicks in them and they don't scrape as cleanly.

I haven't nicked my yet but I use that part mostly to get the scum line that forms at the waterline. I think I scrape so often due to film algae the tough stuff only grows on the back wall which I don't clean.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Answers will vary based on user satisfaction. Ive used many. Currently, I use mighty magnets and the Flipper Edge. The flipper gets mixed feedback and often many go too fast with this magnet and accuse it of being bad, I also liked the tunze strong plus but they often slingshot if you move too quickly.

 

[Kodski]

I haven't used many others but I use the Algae Free Piranha Plus and its strong on my 1/2" glass. Not too strong where it hurts your arm, but just enough to really get a good pressure on the blade. With the blade it does a great job even getting tougher algae off the glass. I've had mine for a few years now and its still in great shape.

 

[SPS2020]

Mighty Magnets by far for any good size tank. This guy rocks. The options available are very nice and if you have a thicker walled tank, they have you covered!

I especially like the algae dozer pads as I have some mean strain of super glass loving algae in my bare bottom.

 

[SPS2020]

Their site says the care magnet strong does. I Need to get one, I have the care magnet "normal" and it absolutely does not work on 3/4".

Tunze for the win tho.

Check out Mighty Magnets for thicker glass.

 

[KrisReef]

I don’t think that anyone has mentioned getting a tank maintenance service as the possibly best method for scraping your glass?

 

[C_AWOL]

For glass its tunze, if you ever go the route of acrylic then its mighty magnets.

 

[Soilworker]

Flipper Edge. Best scraper I've ever used. I have the max version for my 3/4" glass: https://flippercleaner.com/collecti...cs-aquarium-cleaner/products/flipper-edge-max

 

[RudeDawg]

That's the route I was thinking of going. Sometimes the credit card scraper needs some work to get the hard stuff off

I saw this on Amazon and wanted to give it a shot

https://a.co/d/2cVa1KC

That's what I use for the sand line, back wall and harder algae. It requires minimal effort to remove even coralline algae on the glass. For the softer stuff, I just run the plastic tunze.

 

[Jesse Sunday]

Flipper Edge. Best scraper I've ever used. I have the max version for my 3/4" glass: https://flippercleaner.com/collecti...cs-aquarium-cleaner/products/flipper-edge-max

I have the same... love the dual blades and strong magnet on the .75" glass.

BUT, have you tried this!?

The combo of Fritz's smooth coating and the MAX is like butter!