Suggestion on cleaning powerheads

what I do is 1 cup vinegar to 1 gallon water I use double that in a 5g salt bucket and run the power heads in it over night they come out looking like new on scrubbing at all. I have been doing it this way for as long as I can remember even for FW stuff. as stated by banditpowdercoat you can seal it and reuse it.

Bill

[fkshiu]

100% vinegar soak.

Just pour it back into the jug afterwards using a brine shrimp net to filter out the crap. I use it several times over with no loss in strength. The vinegar ends up pink at the end of it all because of all the dissolved coralline.

[Leah]

I have an old salt bucket full of pure vinegar and I just reuse it over and over. I put things into soak over night and scrub it in the morning or when I remember works great.

I have a thing about yucky power heads and heaters etc.

[DiverDude]

It depends on how much vinegar I have left ! Go pure for faster results but you can dilute it if you like.

Cosco has vinegar for cheap (~$7 for 2 jugs (about 4 litres each jug))

[ALang]

I can't wait to actually see my PH CLEAN again without all that scrubbing and scrapping!! Thanks everyone. Things you learn on this site are amazing. Will be running to costco right away. Thanks everyone.

[Captainhemo]

Originally Posted by DiverDude

Cosco has vinegar for cheap (~$7 for 2 jugs (about 4 litres each jug))

Good to know !

[Wayne]

Thats too much work for me. I let my mexican turbo snails do all that work me The snails jump on every week or so and do a "good enough" job for me. I will post a pick of mine when I get home and you can be the judge.

[gobytron]

This is a cheap, bio-friendly and effective means of cleaning just about anything to do with your aquarium.

There is no set measurements, but the idea is the higher the vinegar to water ratio, the stronger it will be and the quicker it will work.

I often do a good 3:1 Water:Vinegar soak for a couple hours followed by a light brushing on any item I sell and they usually come out looking spotless.

The other side of the coin is that vinegar works the same way on just about everything; it's corrosive.
So don't leave things running in it for too long, especially if you go 100% vinegar just in case.