Floating Magnetic Alge Cleaner

[Fly258]

I was demonstrating my new floating magnetic alge cleaner to my daughter yesterday. I was showing how powerfull it was by letting the wet half float up and drift accross the tank then attracting it to the dry half. I then could not believe my eyes, my worst nightmare.......my favourite blue guppy was squashed between the magnet and the glass
It was probably a million to one chance of it happening, but it did, so beware if you have one
Regards
Jim

 

[guppymonkey]

Ouchies!

I haven't had that happen yet (crossing my fingers) but I managed to snap the end of my finger between the magnets. You wouldn't think it would hurt but ouch, it can snap kinda hard. No permanent damage done!

 

[The_Budmaster]

ewww thats bad luck

 

[Feline]

omg... I'm sorry that u lost ur fav guppy Must b v. terrible to see... hope u won't hav recurring nightmares on it!

 

[teknikz]

omg no that terrible......thats gotta be lotsly bad luck

 

[Inchworm]

Thanks for the warning, Fly258

I've looked at them but every time I thought about buying one something else caught my eye. Now I'm glad I don't have one because I'd be afraid to use it!

 

[Starry^]

Im so very sorry for your loss Fly , it is an unbearable thought.
I couldnt deal with that happening to me, and squashing one of our fish
so sorry , we have one of these and Bud uses it very well, he is always super cautious of all things in our tank.. but accidents do happen... that is a warning taken with high regard.. thankyou.



Starry^

 

[snotirl]

oh i was thinking sbout geting one r they any good apart from killing fish?

 

[abudakos]

Losing fish is sad in general, but losing them for silly reasons such as magnets and leaving the lid open (my case) is so frustrating!
Once I left my lid open and left for work. When I returned I saw my 12 cm scynodontis catfish lying on the floor dead.

 

[wuvmybetta]

that's just so sad, I can't even count how many times that almost happened to me with my oldest betta and my eel,they're so nosey

so sorry for your traumatic experience , I would imagine your daughter wasn't to impressed with it

 

[Fly258]

Hi snotirl,
yes they are very good, you just have to be carefull there are no nosey fish around when you stick the two bits together.
Regards
Jim

 

[zull]

sorry about your loss, sad to hear. already have one, going to have to be carefull and make my daughter and husband knows, thanx for the warning.

 

[Eelzor]

thats got to hurt the fish . The magnetic parts must be super strong to clean the inside through glass, so sorry about the accident. I suppose it sounds like an ok device, but the risk is always there.