Powerhead won't stay put

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

Anyone have any tricks / tips to keep powerheads secure? The suction cups

don't do a goodjob of keeping them on the side of the tank.

[Jarosh]

I've seen a few ways of securing power heads. The first being gluing it to a piece of acrylic and then attach the acrylis to the upper black rim of the tank. I've recently converted an old magnet algae scrapper into a movable powerhead fixture. Just glued the powerhead to the magnet and positioned it where I needed on the side glass of the tank.

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

I've thought about the magnet method. Thinking about finding a source

for cheap standard coated magnets and using those. I like the fact that you can

move / angle etc the powerhead when using that method.

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

Found this...

 

http://www.magnetsource.com/Consumer%20Pag...ramic_Mags.html

 

Prices seem very reasonable. Would these be safe in the reef or would I

have to coat them with something?

[Guest alex wlazlak]

im having the same probly..one of my cups works though, theres like a white film on the inside of the cups, i think it will just wipe rite off, but i didnt get to it yet.