New Flipper Cleaner Does It All

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    The Flipper Cleaner algae scraper looks very promising and should easily flip into a lot of our aquariums at the end of the month when it goes for sale. First of all it works on glass up to 1/2" thick, comes with a stainless steel blade that slays coraline as shown in the video and also a serrated plastic blade for acrylic tanks. One side is a soft cleaning pad for daily maintenance and a flip of the handle gives you the blade side. It always sinks upright so you can retrieve it easily. Very nice at an intro price of $19.99. The Flipper is available January 30th.



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  3. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    EEeewww... aahhhhhh


    Looks like Mag-Float is finally going to be gone from my tank!
     
  4. nyvw

    nyvw Skunk Shrimp

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    x2! :eek:
     
  5. Reef4life

    Reef4life Feather Duster

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    About time!!! Cant wait :)
     
  6. pgoodsell

    pgoodsell Horrid Stonefish

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    Looks good, but how do they keep the blade from rusting if it stays in the tank? My razor blades dont even stay in the tank and rust up on me in a week.
     
  7. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    You can take the blade off or swap it out if it goes bad:

     
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  9. coylee_17

    coylee_17 Fire Goby

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    If the blade stays underwater it takes much longer to rust. It's not until we remove it from the tank and expose it to the air that the O2 can get at it and oxidize it. Just like treasure under the ocean, its fine until we go to bring it up, then we quickly need to preserve it to keep it from deteriorating. ;)
     
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  10. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    How is this any different then the mag-Flip that came out a few years ago? Seems like a rather big knock off on someone else's product :(

    Products - Mag-Flip
     
  11. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

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    That was my first thought. Other than the metal blade, it looks nearly identical.

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  12. bwalker9801

    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    I thought it was a mag flip too, I use a tiger shark from bulkreefsupply because I have such thick glass, a little expensive but the magnets are ridiculously strong and you can change the pads out.