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03/19/2006, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Marietta, GA
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Build up on heater ok?
I have a Won Brothers Titanium heater in my sump and have noticed that the heating tube is completely coverd in a crusty build up of some sort. It looks like maybe it is just calcium. Is this ok? Does anyone take their heaters out to clean them off? Thanks.
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03/19/2006, 10:36 AM
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 Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Fond du Lac, WI
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It will decrease the heat transfer from the heater which can't be good for it. I take my heaters out and soak them in vinegar about once or twice a year.
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03/19/2006, 12:00 PM
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Snail Killer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kyushu, Japan
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Yea, calcium. I have one heater in the sump section where the kalk goes in and that heater needs a clean once a month.
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03/19/2006, 12:30 PM
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Location: Alaska For 18 Years, Now Cape Coral, Florida
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a long time ago i let calcium build up on a FW heater and it ended up breaking it in half
 I guess it ate through the lass or something. But that was glass so i don't know lol
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