can this gimmick fix my neglect???

[Fly Guy]

Ive wanted someoen else to try this thing out.....but nobody has.......I just received it so I guess Im the dummy to go first........

will post if I wasted my money or not later....

first two pics are of the front viewing panel of my 90 at the moment.....ive been redoing my big tank and ignoring it........to scrape it all off will be a serious PITA...ive done it before when tis actually been worse...

last pic is of my gimmick......THE THERME ALGAE TERMINATOR!!!!!!

[Twitterbait]

i have been interested too. let me know what happens

[depitch]

How does this thing work ??

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by depitch

How does this thing work ??

In theory it cooks the algae, kills it so it is easily scraped off. If I had a glass tank......this is of course a non issue as I would simply take a razor blade and be done with it.

With acrylic tanks....getting coralline this thick off is dicey and really hard to do so without scratching

[Fly Guy]

ok.....verdict

does it work??? Yes

Is it faster than elbow grease. No. about the same amount of time. This could sway in favor of elbow grease with less thick of coralline than I showed you, and in favor of the boiling water unit with thicker stuff than I showed you

Is it safer than elbow grease and a plastic scraper designe for acrylic on coralline as thick as I showed you. Yes.

It is surely easier. the unti actually would ROCK if it could do more than 1 square inch at time. It cooks the square inch in less than ten seconds, but it still needs scraped off. If the unit could do 4 or even 8 square inches at a time I would say it would be worth its weight in gold.

Is it worth the $70 after shipping I paid for it?? kinda. Ill be using it at times...especially for the next couple of hours.

my conclusion.....if you have acrylic tanks....dont let them get in this condition. If you DO regularly let them get in this condition and want them clean......i guess its worth buying

[slant77]

I seen this item in action. It does work just a little time consuming. As far as how much use the product takes before braking I don't know.

[jrpdriver]

Do you think running it for an hour or two will effect the water temp much? I have never seen one in person so I am just curious

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by jrpdriver

Do you think running it for an hour or two will effect the water temp much? I have never seen one in person so I am just curious

no.

i guarantee the pumps I have running alone put way more heat into the water.......not to mention lights

of course...on a really small tank with a couple hours of coralline cleaning to do...it might

[motorslave]

Interesting. I have manged to keep scratches off of the 150 but cleaning coraline in the past was a nerve wracking event. When I get set back up I will have to give it a go.
I havent sen them before, where did you get it?

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by motorslave

Interesting. I have manged to keep scratches off of the 150 but cleaning coraline in the past was a nerve wracking event. When I get set back up I will have to give it a go.
I havent sen them before, where did you get it?

http://www.therme-at.com/

[dobejazz]

Bill do you use any type of Magfloat or algae pad on your tanks? How do you get the film algae off (if you get any)
My last tank I scratched the hell out of

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by dobejazz

Bill do you use any type of Magfloat or algae pad on your tanks? How do you get the film algae off (if you get any)
My last tank I scratched the hell out of

in both of my tanks the coralline grows faster than the film algae...so the tiny bit of film algae that is there gets caught when i scrape coralline. I try to scrape it once or twice a week so it doenst buildup and then it is easy...but you know how that goes.

even if I make sure to scrape it once every 2 or 3 weeks it isnt too bad of a chore.........

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

in both of my tanks the coralline grows faster than the film algae...so the tiny bit of film algae that is there gets caught when i scrape coralline. I try to scrape it once or twice a week so it doenst buildup and then it is easy...but you know how that goes.

even if I make sure to scrape it once every 2 or 3 weeks it isnt too bad of a chore.........

do you just use the kent scrapers?

[Fly Guy]

yes. the hand one for everything I can reach without straining and the 2 footer for everything else. I typicaly go through a blade or two every session.

I luckily have a wholesale connection but they still cost my $1.25 a pop. once that edge is compromised too much its trash.....you can just keep feeling it with your finger and pick some of the burrs off of it...but its a balancing act on when its ok and when it isnt before it will start scratching too.


Im done with acrylic. next tanks I get I will bite the bullet and do the starfire thing and get thick enough glass I can still riddle them with holes

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

yes. the hand one for everything I can reach without straining and the 2 footer for everything else. I typicaly go through a blade or two every session.

I luckily have a wholesale connection but they still cost my $1.25 a pop. once that edge is compromised too much its trash.....you can just keep feeling it with your finger and pick some of the burrs off of it...but its a balancing act on when its ok and when it isnt before it will start scratching too.


Im done with acrylic. next tanks I get I will bite the bullet and do the starfire thing and get thick enough glass I can still riddle them with holes

Thanks for the info ! If I didn't need this goofy corner size I wouldn't have acrylic either