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Old 12-22-2012, 11:03 PM
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What's the worst piece of equipment to clean in your tank?Mine's the Koralia power heads.I use a 1/2 inch copper fitting cleaner.works great but dam disgusting
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Old 12-22-2012, 11:13 PM
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Return pump was pretty sick last weekend. But my korilias were nasty too. It's a toss up for me.
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Old 12-22-2012, 11:42 PM
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I'm amazed at the amount of life growing in that kind of flow
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Old 12-23-2012, 12:08 AM
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I beleive it's Dez I think that can answer that question. A good skimmer that hasn't been cleaned in a while. Hands down
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Old 12-23-2012, 02:22 AM
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I beleive it's Dez I think that can answer that question. A good skimmer that hasn't been cleaned in a while. Hands down
oh yeah! skimmer has my vote!

or a sump that was shut down and not cleaned out for a few months.
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Old 12-23-2012, 02:24 AM
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What about a running sump. How the heck do you manage to siphon that gunk out? Run a pump backwards some how? That's a nasty job I bet.
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Old 12-23-2012, 02:25 AM
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Clogged bioPellet reactor..
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