Vinegar dip

[olsenshouse]

I dipped my powerheads in some vinegar to clean them. Do I just rinse them off and put them in my tank or is there another step I'm forgetting?

 

[kenargo]

Soak, brush, rinse, (repeat as needed), replace...

done.

 

[olsenshouse]

They still smell like vinegar, that won't hurt my tank?

 

[mfinn]

Nope. Just rinse.

 

[TNT]

yuppp just rinse

 

[Burke]

I use to add vinegar to my kalkwasser dosing to make it more potent. Too much vinegar will cause an algae bloom, but your talking about a small amount and that shouldn't cause any issues...

 

[eww]

I just soak ours in a RODI water/vinegar solution, scrub them clean, rinse and put them back in the tank. This reminds me... I need to do this again

 

[thatguy559]

why waste the rodi water? just rinse with normal water and vinegar thats what i have been doing for years.

 

[NC2WA]

I'm with thatguy on this one.

I have been rinsing with regular tap water for years and no ill effects in the tank.

 

[DonW]

I just soak ours in a RODI water/vinegar solution, scrub them clean, rinse and put them back in the tank. This reminds me... I need to do this again

The benefit is lower ph. Lower ph means faster cleaning. No buffers in rodi water.

Don