Flipper Max Float Review – Tricky Magnet Now Rises to the Top (of the water surface)

The Flipper Max Float is a new version of Flipper’s largest algae cleaning magnet that is designed for cleaning tough algaes on some pretty big tanks. Flipper’s magnetic glass cleaners have always enjoyed a small degree of negative buoyancy, sinking…

Aquatop adds LEDs to magnetic algae scrubber, can we innovate the algae scrubber any more?

Aquatop added LEDs to a magnetic algae scrubber and seeing the new product led us questioning can we innovate the magnetic algae scrubber any more? First off, lets take a quick pass at the Aquatop algae magnet with LEDs (we…

Continuum AquaBlade Mop makes algae cleaning safe for soft surfaces

The Continuum AquaBlade Mop is not something we haven’t seen before in the market but it is a new product from the company recently founded by industry veteran Jack Kent. Designed to safely clean diatoms, soft algae and cyanobacteria from acrylic…

Eheim powerCleaner finally coming to market

It was just over two years ago when we picked up on the story about the Eheim powerCleaner — a motorized, vibrating power cleaner for brushing that tough algae off your aquarium — and now it looks like it is…

RoboSnail one step closer to being released

The RoboSnail automated aquarium cleaner by AquaGenesis is one step closer to being released as the units have moved out of beta and into final production mode. To highlight this big event, AquaGenesis unveiled its website along with pricing and…

RoboSnail from AquaGenesis heading towards production, coming later this year

The RoboSnail from AquaGenesis, a nifty automated aquarium glass cleaner we saw poking around the internet a while back, is getting closer to retail ready and will be heading into production soon for public release later this year. The company…

The Portal by IVS gets your tank magnified

The Portal by IVS (Innovative Viewing Systems) is a nifty magnification tool is one of those neat gadgets you just want to try out. The company is showcasing the product at Reef-A-Palooza and we had to grab one of these…

biOrb Algae Cleaner is cool and unique

Here is a very interesting type of algae scraper for your aquarium which is said to give you “better cleaning results” with a unique blade design that “removes algae in sheets rather than in a cloud allowing easier removal and…

Who knew that so much DIY could go into an algae magnet cleaner

Capable craftsman FrankD over at German aquarium forum Matuta gives a rundown on the MOAM (Mother of all Algae Magnets). Designed to be ultra safe for acrylic and capable of scraping algae on curved surfaces, the MOAM is loosely based…