Good tongs?

[beatle]

I'm finding I could really use some decent tongs / forceps for my tank. It'd be nice if I could reach the bottom of the tank with them. Are there good sources for these, or a variety of tools I should look into for working in my tank?

[miwoodar]

I want to know too. I was looking at them the other day on-line...couldn't decide which were worth the investment.

[HDAlien]

Bump for curiosity, everything I've tried rusts in a week....

[scottfarcuz]

I've been using the coralife aqua tongs for about 2 years now in my tank.

[FishAreFriends2]

Originally posted by HDAlien
Bump for curiosity, everything I've tried rusts in a week....

Same

[mdt178]

I've used these, not as heavy duty as the Coralife so it's only good for picking up frags and small rubbles, but no rust either:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...5&pcatid=12755

[scottfarcuz]

Are the coralife ones rusting on people?

I just checked mine, and I dont see any. Is a metal screw at the 2 pivot points but they still look fine.

[taklein65]

The coralife tongs are made with stainless steel, aluminum and plastic they won't rust. I have them to also no problems.

[radone]

I got a pair of hemostats off that E site 18", works great, stainless andhaven't rusted yet. I rinse them off after a trip in the tank

[radone]

Oh yeah I've used both of the ones in previous post and those both are useless, Just my HO

[beatle]

Romeo, what "E site" are you referring to where you bought your hemostats? You're saying both the Aqua Tongs and the Aquatic Gardner are useless. What makes them so inferior?

[Donw]

Originally posted by mdt178
I've used these, not as heavy duty as the Coralife so it's only good for picking up frags and small rubbles, but no rust either:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...5&pcatid=12755

These are great for trimming long spline urchins.

Don

[scottfarcuz]

Originally posted by radone
Oh yeah I've used both of the ones in previous post and those both are useless, Just my HO

I guess once again I got lucky? Ive used the aqua tongs several times a week for 2 years without any issue. My tank is 30" deep so they are sure handy.

[beatle]

Not too many tong users around here, eh? C'mon, I know a large portion of people must use tongs, especially you coral farmers.

[firsthesitation]

I guess I don't mind getting my hands wet, I bought a pair of bamboo ones in the lizard section of Petco. They don't rust anyways!

[azmorpheus]

I currently use some nice bbq tongs from William Sonoma. They are made of stainless steel and seem to do the job well. I rinse them with freshwater after using them to keep them from rusting.