cleaning pwheads

[juan jose]

I replaced two old pw that I could use to aeriate new saltwater for water changes. IÃ"šÃ‚´ve read people tend to clean thier powerheads with a water-vinager solution, can this be done on any type of powerhead? How long should I have the pw working in this solution before I can use it to move clean water.

 

[Konadog]

It can be done with any powerhead. The vinegar is used to remove coraline algae, where bleach is used to remove algae. I would put in a cup (don't mix them) to a gallon of water and let run for 30 minutes, then run in a few gallons of plain water to rinse.

 

[juan jose]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7305667#post7305667 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Konadog
It can be done with any powerhead. The vinegar is used to remove coraline algae, where bleach is used to remove algae. I would put in a cup (don't mix them) to a gallon of water and let run for 30 minutes, then run in a few gallons of plain water to rinse.

thanks for the reply, I think I got you, first run the pw in a vinager-water solution or bleach-water and then plain water.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Also, if your powerheads have suction cups, remove them. I have found that vinager ruins them.

 

[juan jose]

thanks for the tip I would of ruined my suction cups.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Anytime, it took me a bunch of ruined suction cups to figure that one
out