Magnetic glass cleaners... Do you leave it in your tank?

[WilRams]

Aesthetics. I take it out.

 

[penguin_free]

I park mine in the corner of the tank and leave it in there too, on both the 120 and the 56

 

[valsterb]

I never leave mine in. I use MagFloat x-large. The blades have a tendancy to rust up, and with all i've been reading on Tungsten leaching, i keep all rust far away from my tanks

 

[mucky1957]

mine has been in for 2 yrs now. No smell at all.

 

[HB AL]

I always take it out, I only need to use it really only once a week, never even thought of just leaving it in not sure why I would anyways.

 

[saltyhog]

I always take it out. Don't like the looks of it in there and how nasty it looks after a while.

I know this is a little different but I had a magnetic nori clip that the inside magnet cover leaked and did cause some stress to my SPS. Fortunately I caught it before any significant losses. Since then, no magnets in side my tank that don't have to be.

 

[EleMental]

My Mag Float has been in about a year now...I admittedly just took it out to smell it [emoji23]

 

[fishbox]

My Mag Float has been in about a year now...I admittedly just took it out to smell it [emoji23]

And???......

 

[bo0sted2g]

Have always left mine in, Will have to give it the smell test

 

[EleMental]

And???......

No smell lol

 

[jsker]

I do not see any effects of leaving the cleaner in the DT. I leave mine in and pull the cleaner out to clean it or change the metal blade. I would say if Coraline started to grow on the cleaner, that might scratch the glass

 

[mucky1957]

I leave mine in because I use it to clean the front glass every other day...I like the glass to be C L E A N. When it's not in use it's tucked away on the right hand side of the tank in the bottom right corner..that way it can't be seen.

 

[fishbox]

I leave mine in the tank all the time.

If you were getting a rotten egg smell I would suggest that some water has gotten into it and stagnated and is now giving off hydrogen sulfide.

I meant to reply to this a week ago but got side tracked [emoji23]
I don't think water is getting inside because whenever I take it out no water leaks out and I gave it the shake test to see if I hear water and nothing. I do have a Po4 issue right now. So I'm having to clean a lite film off the glass daily and sometimes twice a day. I'm wondering if that lite film is building up between the cleaner and glass causing that smell.

 

[dbl]

Use the Flipper because of the peninsula design - allows me to easily get to all three sides. I just leave it in as I use it at least every other day. It's one of my wife's pet peeves - no dirty glass!!! Never had an issue leaving it in the tank.

 

[Katrina71]

We leave ours in. Tucked in the corner. Our tank is not pristine in any way.

 

[fishbox]

Also, someone above mentioned that the rotten egg smell could be hydrogen sulfide being built up which leads me to ask how damaging that could be?

 

[alex.mccann99]

I use the "Flipper" which has the metal blade on it. I had it start to rust from leaving it in previously. Replaced the blade and now I always remove it. Looks better with it out anyways.

 

[Huskernation]

I take mine out just to be safe and keep it clean

 

[Studjunior]

My tank is a room divider so I keep one cleaner on each side... I had to start keeping a third one in my tank because my clownfish decided it was the perfect place for them to lay eggs

 

[Fishmanz]

I leave it out as it is an eyesore and also taking a risk leaving it in