Good point. I used mine for about 2 years without any problems. I guess I got lucky. If you stay away from the sand with the Mag Float and use the plastic razor blades near the bottom, you should be fine.
With my acrylic tank, I used plastic razor blades and a Mag-Float magnetic algae cleaner with an acrylic-safe scrubbing pads. They cost somewhere between $7-10 and you can purchase both the scrubbing pads and plastic razor blades at Aquarium Cleaning Products . In my opinion, you have plenty of...
With my acrylic tank, I used plastic razor blades and a Mag-Float magnetic algae cleaner with an acrylic-safe scrubbing pads. They cost somewhere between $7-10 and you can purchase both the scrubbing pads and plastic razor blades at Aquarium Cleaning Products . In my opinion, you have plenty of...
All I can do is hope. My buddy has had a few of them without any problem and my LFS has had one in a tank for a few years now with smaller fish and it hasn't eaten any of them. I figure all I can do is feed him regularly and hope he doesn't get hungry in the middle of the night. Lol.
I've been watching him pretty closely. They were all introduced to the tank around the same time, so I'm hoping once he gets big enough to eat them, he won't recognize them as food.