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Old 12-11-2015, 07:26 PM
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my Jebao powerhead has been running for about a year now and its getting coraline algae growing all over it. what is the best method for cleaning the powerhead? how often should i be cleaning it?
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Old 12-11-2015, 08:17 PM
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Give it a vinegar bath and let it soak. Then just give it a light scrub with a toothbrush (or something like) and it'll come off easily.
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Old 12-11-2015, 08:23 PM
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^ +1... Or Muriatic acid and water, much faster
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Old 12-11-2015, 08:27 PM
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After useing vinegar and the vinegar screwing up the internals in my pumps after awhile,I tried this product from hydor called magi-clean.After useing it a couple of times.The stuff works amazingly and you don't have to scrub the stuff off it just disolved.I swear by this stuff it's incredible.I would go on a commercial for this stuff.Loooooooooooooove it.
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Old 12-11-2015, 09:50 PM
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^ +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.
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Old 12-11-2015, 09:53 PM
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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

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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
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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
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Old 12-11-2015, 11:44 PM
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Give it a vinegar bath and let it soak. Then just give it a light scrub with a toothbrush (or something like) and it'll come off easily.
Vinegar has always worked well for me, it's all I ever clean with especially powerheads.
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Old 12-11-2015, 11:45 PM
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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.
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