Powerhead Cleaning

[GoFish]

^ +1... Or Muriatic acid and water, much faster

[Reef-Geek]

Originally Posted by Vancity

^ +1... Or Muriatic acid and water, much faster

I watched this video and looks like Muriatic acid works pretty well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obHZAIgLD7M

But is it too strong? I don't want the strong acid to reduce the powerhead's life span.

[GoFish]

All 3 products mentioned so far are acid based. I'm not sure of any non-acid based product that is as effective. I dilute the Muriatic acid unlike in the video, maybe 10:1 water:acid and leave for a couple hours

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Vancity

All 3 products mentioned so far are acid based. I'm not sure of any non-acid based product that is as effective. I dilute the Muriatic acid unlike in the video, maybe 10:1 water:acid and leave for a couple hours

10:1 on the acid makes it a bit weaker than vinegar. Muriatic is 33%? ish. Vinegar is 5. Unless you also dilute that

[GoFish]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

10:1 on the acid makes it a bit weaker than vinegar. Muriatic is 33%? ish. Vinegar is 5. Unless you also dilute that

Yeah I used to dilute the vinegar as well, either being cheap or less wasteful. Pick one

[e46er]

I got a salt bucket I throw in about a L of vinegar and a gal of water run the powerhead for an hour or 2 and it comes off no problem with a toothbrush.

[Myka]

For powerheads I usually do 50/50 vinegar/water and soak overnight. Then use a toothbrush on it.