clean your turbo twist

kevensquint · 05/13/2006, 07:42 AM

Just some advice on something that I observed last night. I had been running a U.V turbo-twist for the past 8 months and last night I opened it up to change the bulb. I purposly never cleaned it to see just how dirty it would get, guess what... there was so much calcium build up in there, I could barely get the thing open. IMO, after 2-3 months it was no longer sterilizing the water. So if you have one of these, I suggest opening them up once every 2 months or so and cleaning them.

scrmbld33 · 05/13/2006, 11:43 AM

i try to do mine monthly, gets a nice layer on the plastic but not on the glass part, good advice

05/13/2006, 07:42 AM	#1
kevensquint Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: new york Posts: 2,277	clean your turbo twist Just some advice on something that I observed last night. I had been running a U.V turbo-twist for the past 8 months and last night I opened it up to change the bulb. I purposly never cleaned it to see just how dirty it would get, guess what... there was so much calcium build up in there, I could barely get the thing open. IMO, after 2-3 months it was no longer sterilizing the water. So if you have one of these, I suggest opening them up once every 2 months or so and cleaning them.

05/13/2006, 11:43 AM	#2
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	i try to do mine monthly, gets a nice layer on the plastic but not on the glass part, good advice __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3