Fluval Flora Stainless Steel Planting Tongs - 10.63-inches

I have a 5-gallon planted tank with Crystal Red Shrimp and tons of tiny live plants. With the piece of wood that I have in the tank and the fear of smashing small critters, I bought these tweezers, Fluval Plant Scissors, and long tweezers without the bend in the tip. These are great for planting individual pieces of bunch plants and GREAT for catching and squishing snails. Who needs chemical snail control when you have the therapy and satisfaction of squishing them yourself? The tweezers made themselves triply valuable when I started a 65-gallon 36x18 planted tank. Even on a stool I am up to my armpit in water to reach the bottom. These tweezers make it possible to replant the bottom of the tank and pick up debris on the bottom, rearrange stones and wood, and minutely adjust anything that needs adjusting. I have used them to deliberately place tiny bits of glossostigma, dwarf baby tears, flame moss, christmas tree moss, and riccia where I need it and to hold them in place while using fishing line to attach it to wood, rocks, or in the gravel.I recommend these for anyone who has a planted tank. The angled tips make even the hardest-to-reach corners easily accessible, and keep clumsy fingers away from delicate roots and critters.Buy these on Amazon! Prime customers can get them in 2 days for less than half the cost of a fish store.

I bought these thinking that they would become a necessary instrument in my fish tank. I wasn't quite right nor was I wrong. These tongs do help with the plants but sometimes it is much easier just to dig in and do it by hand. If you are starting out a new tank, these tools may help in the very beginning start up and design stage. As far as maintenance goes, I really only use them to pick up debris in places my chubby fingers won't reach.

I got these for moving small parts and fasteners from one place to another, not realizing they were apparently listed in the aquarium section of Amazon. I mention this only because now every other "ad" email I get from Amazon has a bevy of aquarium stuff and I don't own an aquarium. Sort of pointless for them to keep sending me those every other day.However, these are good stainless "tongs" for grabbing small parts, pills, anything that fingers are too big (or dirty) to grab and move. The edges of these are very rough - as though they weren't "deburred" or "buffed" much after they were punched out of the plate stock they were shaped from - which is truly fine for reaching into fish tanks and moving stuff around but not as great for moving small things that the "burr" or edge might get caught on.Excellent LONG tweezers for long distance moving of small 'stuff'. I a good price for a good tool.

I paid $5 and change with free shipping, hoping that this was some type of clearance for the Fluval brand, usually denoting quality. Don't kid yourself. These are every bit the very low end, $5 with free shipping product with Fluval's brand put on it, proudly made in China. Five star rating? You jest. I would give it a higher rating based upon price but there are some serious flaws that make this product not worth buying.On the package "Ideal for grasping and manipulating delicate plants without disturbing the surroundings." LOL. Not these.Also says "Forged from stainless steel; will not rust." Not quite.1) Maybe you'll be lucky but the ends don't line up well. While you might be able to bend them slightly, it won't matter. These won't grip anything small very well, such as plant leaves or algae. These are solely for larger objects / plants and hopefully you'll have the ends line up reasonably well to be useful. This is primarily the reason for my lower rating - most especially because they are Fluval branded and that they really don't perform for the top listed purpose on the package.2) They are very stiff. Use them for one or two applications quickly and be done. Requires significant pressure to close them. As a result and combined with the fact that the ends may not line up (and if they do, they aren't "flush" to grip thin plants well), you can expect challenges.3) They rust. I have wiped them down and minimized the issue and it seems that many of these cheaper tongs and most supposedly stainless steel will rust to some degree without very careful wipedown from saltwater. Just the way it is but don't be fooled.

I like these even more than I expected to, I ordered a second pair in case I misplace one. I use them mostly for feeding, I feed a lot of live and gel food to an assortment of fish, a turtle, and invertebrates and these have both a good controlled feel for live foods and a just wide enough tip to handle gel food. The tips are rounded, though it's still best not to let fish bite it since the edges are a bit sharp. It's very nice for retrieving things from tanks, from dead plant leaves to unwanted snails, and it's handy for manipulating things in small shrimp tanks where putting a hand in is clumsy and impractical. Of course they are good for planting, though I have few substrate rooted plants, mostly floating and on driftwood. Still it makes poking moss into crevices quite a bit easier. Nice tongs.

You need one of these...trust me. This tool is great for plucking out dead fish, for pushing plants that are coming up, or for leveling out your sand. You will find many uses for it that aren't even what it's sold for.These were 1 of the very first things I bought for my planted tank and I can't even imagine not having them. I literally use them almost every day, for 1 thing or another. They have a pretty good grip when you grab things. They are great for picking up snails or getting anything you drop off the bottom. I tried to pluck hair algae with them but that really didn't work very well. It won't grab stuff like that but small rocks or objects are no problem. And after about 6 months they still look brand new and not a speck of rust or wear. Study.

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