Cleaning with Vinegar

[fkshiu]

I use pure vinegar and soak for a few hours. I re-use it a few times as well. It doesn't lose its potency, but neither did my wife when she almost used a bit of the cleaning vinegar in her cooking. Sheeesh, coralline is just a bit of calcium - it's good for you!

[Trigger Man]

Thanks everyone for all the great responses.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

oe was it bleach? Either way, I don't use pure vinegar because of this, and hell, it's 3 bucks a jug!

yup, its bleach. I just have a 5 gal bucket with a tight fitting lid (one for making wine) and I keep reusing it, probably get a years worth of cleaning for 15 bucks

Steve

[buddyreefer]

can u use vinegar to clean powerheads with hair algae growing on it, and how much ratio don't want to eat any seals or rubber.???

[Rbacchiega]

Good ol' Vinegar....no longer just for my fries!

I also use a 10 to 1 ratio, but might start going with more potent mixes as well. I'm very impatient

[mark]

guess somethings wrong in my tank as never find a build-up when I pull my pumps apart other than a thin slime coating.