Vinegar bath for new internal P-Skimmer?

thelawnwrangler · 06/22/2016, 07:29 AM

Does everyone do this? My understanding is to remove factory/manufacturing chemicals?

How long? Thinking of running it in a 5 gallon bucket with about 1/2 gallon vinegar

MondoBongo · 06/22/2016, 08:15 AM

it's certainly not a bad idea.

i'm hit or miss with whether or not i vinegar bath new equipment, however when i do i usually take apart the pump, and let it soak for a bit. how long kind of depends on what else i have going on, but usually at least an hour. then i "scrub" what i can with a paper towel, then start rinsing things really, really well.

then i usually let them soak in some regular water, or sometimes RODI for another hour or so, dry, reassemble and you should be good to go.

mcgyvr · 06/22/2016, 08:24 AM

yep.. always a good idea..
I just pour in some vinegar.. and give it a scrub then just wash it out with water and go..

thelawnwrangler · 06/22/2016, 08:41 AM

Bath it is - running in RO probably won't happen. I need to get one (can't spend that $1 a gallon LFS stuff on cleaning). Residual Vinegar = lower Nitrates lol?

mcgyvr · 06/22/2016, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by thelawnwrangler

Bath it is - running in RO probably won't happen. I need to get one (can't spend that $1 a gallon LFS stuff on cleaning). Residual Vinegar = lower Nitrates lol?

I don't wash anything in ro.. Just regular tap and let it dry/blow it off/wipe it up..
But my tap water is pretty damn clean.. Unless you count the cancer causing chemicals and bovine excrement.

MondoBongo · 06/22/2016, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Unless you count the cancer causing chemicals and bovine excrement.

that's where the flavor comes from. mmmmm. mmmmm.

06/22/2016, 07:29 AM	#1
thelawnwrangler Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 863	Vinegar bath for new internal P-Skimmer? Does everyone do this? My understanding is to remove factory/manufacturing chemicals? How long? Thinking of running it in a 5 gallon bucket with about 1/2 gallon vinegar

06/22/2016, 08:15 AM	#2
MondoBongo Obligate Feeder Obsessed Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 4,061	it's certainly not a bad idea. i'm hit or miss with whether or not i vinegar bath new equipment, however when i do i usually take apart the pump, and let it soak for a bit. how long kind of depends on what else i have going on, but usually at least an hour. then i "scrub" what i can with a paper towel, then start rinsing things really, really well. then i usually let them soak in some regular water, or sometimes RODI for another hour or so, dry, reassemble and you should be good to go. __________________ [Citation Needed] "You don't use science to show that you're right, you use science to become right" - xkcd Current Tank Info: A rectangular shaped money pit.

06/22/2016, 08:24 AM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	yep.. always a good idea.. I just pour in some vinegar.. and give it a scrub then just wash it out with water and go.. __________________ Who me?

06/22/2016, 08:41 AM	#4
thelawnwrangler Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 863	Bath it is - running in RO probably won't happen. I need to get one (can't spend that $1 a gallon LFS stuff on cleaning). Residual Vinegar = lower Nitrates lol?