chiller question

[Aquattro]

I run my pump full time, water sitting for days can't be good.

[cwatkins]

Last year I shut off my UV sterilizer for a week or so while I got a new bulb for it (the way it's built I could have left the water running though, which I did not do). Anyway when I drained the stagnant water out of it I almost died from the horrid smell.

So the moral of the story is leave the water running!

[Bblinks]

Thanks for the reply guys, running water is good water, gotcha.

[lastlight]

each time your chiller kicks in you're dumping a big blast of zero-oxygen water into the tank i imagine.

[sphelps]

Yeap the stagnent water in the chiller will become depleted of oxygen which makes it possible for sulfide production which isn't something you flowing back into the tank.

[Bblinks]

I have the pump running full time now. Thanks for everyones input. I have just one more question. How often do you guys clean out your chiller? Is it okay if I hook up a pump to it with a bucket of water and vinegar, run it over night to clean out all the junk in it?

[sphelps]

Sounds alright to me, not sure what else could be done.

[Aquattro]

I figure if the water is running full time, there isn't anything to clean out. I've never cleaned mine. It just runs.