What do you use to scrape your glass of algae?

[Anonymous]

I was shocked to see how much an algae scraper cost........the cheapest was 19 dollars......the most expensive was 35 dollars. 8O I went to a hardware store and bought a paint scraper and some replacement blades for 2 dollars. It works great. Have Fun!

 

[Loggerhead]

I went totally ghetto and found a piece of 3/4 inch pvc and some old carpet razors. Made a diagonal cut in the pvc and inserted the blade, voila, no algae on the tank front!

Total cost = 0.00

Like I said ghetto.

 

[Anonymous]

Good idea............I was workin on my own invention till I found this paint scraper.............it works great. The handle is plastic and a few inches long with the same type of razor you would use to cut carpets.

 

[neil16x]

I've been useing those large snapblades complete and stanley knife blades but over the years have scratched the crap out the glass.
the old lady bought me a magnetic cleaner for christmas .
bloody exspensive in the uk.
some scourer pads/pan cleaners work but don't press to hard on glass.
good luck

 

[rlp1]

I use a razorblade scraper made for aquarium use. I takes regular razor blades. It costs about $3-4. It's very hard to find them now so last time I did find them I bought 3. I heard they're not made anymore. Rita

 

[hfmann]

I've got an acrylic tank and use old expired credit cards. They don't scratch the plastic surface of the tank. However, they do wear down fairly fast against the coralline algae. Fortunately, I'm able to collect all the expired cards we use at work and thus I've got a "never ending" supply.

Take care,
Hal
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Cooking Chef

 

[LFS42]

I was using the Kent Pro scraper, but the plastic blade would break everytime it was droped. (concrete floors)
So, ISnce I work in a machine shop, I was able to make one out of a piece of plastic at work. Works wonders and won't scratch acrilic.


I've also seen that CPR has a credit card size scraper for about $5.

 

[idonteatfish]

my drivers license

 

[Mogo]

I use a magnetic thingambob and the credit card I overspent on at Christmas.

 

[LA-Lawman]

I use a magnet scraper and a long proscraper.... it was expensive but works great

 

[Sidewinder]

Tunze magnets are great but expensive.

 

[Ralphyhp]

I use to Scrap my tank glasses a Kent pro scrapper with a modified handle, a uglystick fishing rod handle, beacause Kent pro have a filthy handle and it sweep out of the rod when you clean the tank glasses, so i took one of my oldest fishing rods and cut the handle of the fishing rod and put the Kent pro inside it. Now its works like a telescopic Kent pro scrapper and now is 32" and the Tunze magnetic cleaner are a really good stuff, rarely it drop to the water. Ralphyhp.

 

[chromeweasel]

I used a Kent pro, plastic scraper that I got gree from FFExpress. It sucked on my glass tank. So I made my own scraper out of a razorblade and that was great although I tore up my seals.

I recently aquired a Kent Pro scraper with a metal head and it's fantastic. Much softer than the razorblade but still works on coralline and tough green algae spots.

 

[JonF1]

i love my kent pro=scraper tho wish there was something just like it but about 2x as wide - very labor intensive now to clean my 150g tank. thing works great tho

 

[Reef Goalie]

Combination of Kent Pro scraper with the metal blade (glass tank) and old credit cards work great! I also just got a floating magnet scraper for Christmas I will use. I have used the magnet scrapers in the past with success. Only watchout is not to trap any grit between the pieces so as not to scratch the tank walls.