How do I clean powerheads??

syilk1 · 09/22/2008, 11:05 PM

I think you use vinager, I have a 5 gallon bucket so how much vinager do I use in 5 gallons of water and how long do I let them run. Will it take off calcium deposits??
Thanks, Scott

pledosophy · 09/22/2008, 11:21 PM

I soak mine in full strength white vinegar.

HTH

ahullsb · 09/22/2008, 11:34 PM

vinegar and water

hodge_williams · 09/23/2008, 03:32 AM

i have used full strength white vinegar prior but the pumps stink until you really wash it thoroughly. I have converted to using approx 50% solution.

fatdaddy · 09/23/2008, 05:47 AM

Muraitic Acid. You find it in the cement area at Lowe's. Use gloves, safety glasses, and don't breath the fumes.

10 minutes in an acid bath is the equiv of an overnight soak in Vinegar.

It's also much more cost efficient. A gallon runs $10, but it's probably worth a 100 gallons of vinegar.

YMMV.

Aquarist007 · 09/23/2008, 07:02 AM

take them apart and let them soak in vinegar for 30 min. Scrub off all the corraline on the outside
put them back to gether and let them run for 10 min in the vinegar
rinse out the vinegar for ro/di water and let them run for a further 10 min.

crvz · 09/23/2008, 07:11 AM

I usually just do a 5 parts water to 1 of vinegar and let them run overnight. It has worked well for me in the past.

09/22/2008, 11:05 PM	#1
syilk1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 391	How do I clean powerheads?? I think you use vinager, I have a 5 gallon bucket so how much vinager do I use in 5 gallons of water and how long do I let them run. Will it take off calcium deposits?? Thanks, Scott

09/22/2008, 11:21 PM	#2
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	I soak mine in full strength white vinegar. HTH __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

09/22/2008, 11:34 PM	#3
ahullsb Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 2,729	vinegar and water __________________ Andy Sacramento, CA Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef w/20 gallon sump/ER135/ 75 pounds of live rock, 4 in sandbed, 2 b&w ocellaris clowns, yellow watchman/pistol, rosy scaled wrasse, Mystery wrasse, Copperbanded Butterfly, Lighting 48" outer orbit 2 150 mh/ 4 t5 actinics

09/23/2008, 05:47 AM	#5
fatdaddy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeast Florida Posts: 1,191	Muraitic Acid. You find it in the cement area at Lowe's. Use gloves, safety glasses, and don't breath the fumes. 10 minutes in an acid bath is the equiv of an overnight soak in Vinegar. It's also much more cost efficient. A gallon runs $10, but it's probably worth a 100 gallons of vinegar. YMMV. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle

09/23/2008, 07:02 AM	#6
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	take them apart and let them soak in vinegar for 30 min. Scrub off all the corraline on the outside put them back to gether and let them run for 10 min in the vinegar rinse out the vinegar for ro/di water and let them run for a further 10 min. __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

09/23/2008, 03:32 AM	#4
hodge_williams Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: australia Posts: 78	i have used full strength white vinegar prior but the pumps stink until you really wash it thoroughly. I have converted to using approx 50% solution.

09/23/2008, 07:11 AM	#7
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	I usually just do a 5 parts water to 1 of vinegar and let them run overnight. It has worked well for me in the past. __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?