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After hearing about several people using algae magnets on the forum, I thought I'd look into one.

I went to the local petstore, and asked if they had any. The guy knew nothing, but I found them anyway They seem to be dumber than usual over there these days, but that's a different story.

Anyhow, they didn't have the kind that floats, but they had these ones:
http://www.hagen.com/canada/english/aqu ... 0220010001

(I think the whole store is owned by Hagen... At least judging by the products they carry )
I picked up the medium size for $11.99 (the small was only $6.99, but tiny, and the large was a big price jump at about $30). Used it on both the tanks, and it worked great! I could even get into the tough spots around the underwater platforms.

If I could have gotten one of the floating ones, I would have, since I dropped it several times But it wasn't too bad, since the frame for my net is metal, so it just stuck onto there when I fished it out.

Anyhow, my long and rambling point is if you've got a minor algae problem, check into an algae magnet (whatever brand it is). Works like a charm, and they're not too expensive either

Yeah, I want one of those, but I have an acylic tank, and even the ones advertised as safe for acrylic seem like they would scratch badly.

do your turtles like it? i know everytime i use mine cujo loves to just follow it around

I don't have a problem with algea except there is some under the basking dock but not enough to worry about.

Chrisbarnett wrote:Yeah, I want one of those, but I have an acylic tank, and even the ones advertised as safe for acrylic seem like they would scratch badly.

The "Mag Float" brand has one that says it's for acrylic:
http://www.bigalsonline.com/StoreCatalo ... =0&offset=

Daniel3507 wrote:do your turtles like it? i know everytime i use mine cujo loves to just follow it around

Frankie was basking at the time, but she wasn't too keen on me reaching around in her tank After I was done, she did a nice Olympic dive off the basking area
Ralph, as usual, was more interested in me, but when he spotted it, he followed it a little ways, then went back to me. When I was taking it out, that's when he got really interested and started nipping at it

Thanks for the link, all the others I had seen were for glass and acrylic and they were super rough, but since that is just for acrylic, Hmm.

haha. cujo always follows it around. it makes it hard to clean. haha