Mag-Float scratching problem

[Altohombre]

...so I've had the medium Mag-Float about a year and a half and all of a sudden it has been scratching my glass. I know that sand can get caught in it and it will cut glass but I have checked it out, scrubbed it with a toothbrush and I am still getting scratches. I am wondering if one of the small bristles on the magnet is damaged or something and causing the scratches. Has anyone else heard of this happening all of a sudden?

 

[daugherty]

my old one did that to so i just got a new one.

 

[project5k]

your magnets must be much stronger than mine, cause i can use mine with sand in the scrubbing pad and it dosent leave any marks of any kind....

I know that this is gonna sound realy stupid, but are you sure your working with glass?

cuz acrylic would scratch that easy....

 

[sen5241b]

I've had the same thing happen. Look at it carefully under strong light and you will probably see coralline or one of those small white feather dusters growing in there. It only takes one very small calcerous deposit on the mag float to scratch the hell out of your glass. Throw it out and get a new one.

 

[Altohombre]

your magnets must be much stronger than mine, cause i can use mine with sand in the scrubbing pad and it dosent leave any marks of any kind....

I know that this is gonna sound realy stupid, but are you sure your working with glass?

cuz acrylic would scratch that easy....

Yes, I'm sure.

 

[steelcity]

I picked up a piranha float so I could put the easy blade scraper on it. I like it better than the Mag.

 

[dcantucson]

I don't use may Mag Float anymore because of scratching. It always getting sand in it and being a PITA. I haven't had the problem you describe though Alto.

 

[mdenny]

mine don't scratch the glass either

 

[Kwater]

That's why I love glass aquariums. No scratching.

 

[yote]

I gotta agree with Sen.Theres probably some coralline or a small tubeworm in the bristles.
If you want a stong scraper,get yourself a Magnavore:D I've got one that takes BOTH hands to move,but it'll take coralline right off the glass.

 

[EliWhitney314]

I don't use one anymore. It scratched the crap out of my last glass tank.

 

[Altohombre]

That's why I love glass aquariums. No scratching.

mine is glass. Glass does scratch! It didn't scratch for over a year and a half and now it did 3 times

 

[dcantucson]

Yup. Sand scratches glass too, Kevin.

 

[project5k]

my magnets must be puny :(

 

[daugherty]

mine is strong as hell if i put it on my ten gal and try to pull it across the glass it trys to pull the tank to

 

[project5k]

dang, ok yea, well, whaddya expect from the dollar ninety nine cleaner i got from (gulp) petsmart when i first set up my first fresh tank, like 5-6 years ago... heck mine isnt even a brand name that i can remember, and it darn sure aint a mag float... but it still gets all the algae and spiral worms off the glass, and thats really all i want it for... i use my metal edged scraper for coraline and the tougher stuff...