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09/12/2007, 06:53 AM
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I have one of those velvet ropes like at the bank in front of my tank so things like that don't happen.
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09/12/2007, 09:11 AM
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I taught my friends not to get it too close to the sand, not to try to smush fish between the magnets, and not going too fast with it. Whenever I have company over I get my tank cleaned for me, free of charge. I have no complaints
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09/12/2007, 09:22 AM
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I'm with ACBlinky, never had a problem. My friends and family all know how much the tank means to me and what I would do if they screwed something up! I even have a 2 year old <------ and never had a problem. Trick is, if your going to have kids, build your own stand and make it about 30" tall +. Works like a charm!
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09/12/2007, 09:23 AM
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When I first started just seven months ago and I'd see a mag float in a tank I'd think "man is that ugly and this guy sure is lazy for not taking it out". Ha! I now have four tanks and the mag floats stay in the tanks all the time. I inspect each tank with a magnifying glass several times a day, count all the polyps to see if I have any new ones, and run the mag float over any spot I see.
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09/12/2007, 03:46 PM
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My stupid friend always messes with mine and he knows it makes me mad. I usually just tell him to grow up and act his age, next time he does it I might try the palytoxin. LOL
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09/12/2007, 05:10 PM
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I had to buy a new tank, you would not believe this, I came home from a week vacation and told them not to clean ANYTHING, well they took out the magfloat, stirred up all the sand, then got sand particles stuck all throughout the magnets, scratched the tank so bad that I just could not handle it anymore and had to transfer,it did give me a chance to get a bigger tank though, it worked out!
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09/12/2007, 05:36 PM
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Spend hundreds(even thousands) of $$ on your tank just to have some kid scratch the crap outta it? That's just me though.
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09/12/2007, 07:21 PM
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Whenever my friends come over to see my tank they always ask "can i try the algae thing" the first time I expected them to be competent enough to use a Mag-Float. WOW! That was a mistake, they are always moving it faster than is intended, causing me to cringe when it comes off the glass and slams back on and than the wrasse hides and the tang starts attacking the Mag-Float. It makes me sick. I especially shouldn't have let my incompetent Colt Coral killing tank-sitter clean the glass. That coral was so healthy when I left. When I got home, my feeding clip was broken, my Mag-Float was floating and the outside half had beem put on my ballast, parts of my sump were missing, there was skimmate dripping on my power strip from my overflowing skimmate jug, the fish were hiding, the sump was almost dry and the return pump was blowing bubbles out of my return lines. I had a hair algae bloom! The electrical connection for my UV was in saltwater and the casing corroding! The tank was in the worst condition since the Hair Algae Plague of 06! Captain Stuben was forced to accept flake food! I think that a warning of incompetent people should be placed on Mag-Float packaging!
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09/12/2007, 08:33 PM
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09/12/2007, 09:16 PM
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Remember the contraption they used to transport Hanibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs? Thats what I strap curious children to when they want to view my reef tanks. And yes, I leave my magnets out of the tanks because of stupid people.
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09/12/2007, 10:31 PM
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Next time they go to do it give them a firm raised volume. "Hey! Don't do that!"
When they respond with that deer in the headlights look explain that if they saw a beautiful car they wouldn't just get inside it would they? and tell them when it comes to "Saltwater tanks" it is the same way.. |
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09/12/2007, 10:34 PM
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...or your wife decides to try it out while your out of town and knocks over a big chunch of rock which crashes into the front glass...
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09/13/2007, 10:51 AM
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09/13/2007, 01:41 PM
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Here's my usual experience.
1. They reach for the mag float, drive it into a rock, and the wet part floats away. 2. They reach into the tank, grab the wet part, and then put it back on the glass. 3. In the process, the dry part gets wet and promptly smeared all over the front of the glass. 4. After realizing they just made a complete mess, they usually leave it to me to clean up (thankfully). |
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09/13/2007, 01:57 PM
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my kids are no problem, but the neighbors kid came over and ran the mag against acros i had growing on the glass, I hope they find her
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09/13/2007, 04:12 PM
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That one was the best. I ruined a 44g tank that way. Now the only mag float I have is on my tank in the bedroom, (friends don't frequent my bedroom) and I use an algae pad in the tank in the living room. I found the acrylic ones work good on glass, I don't think I'll get a glass magfloat again even for a glass tank. JMO |
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