Powerhead Cleaning

Do you clean your powerheads and if so what is your method? having trouble cleaning my koralia's...

 

Usually every month with an old tooth brush. Do I do it religously every month? If I told you yes, I would be lying to you my friend. Luna

 

Yup same here, I pull them out and just clean them in the sink with an old toothbrush. i'm lucky if I do mine every 2 months.

 

a bucket, 30 cents worth of white vinegar, and an hour and a half soak.

I don't scrub them at all.

 

+1 I also plug the powerhead in and let it run for 1/2 hour or so while it's soaking.

 

The vinegar and a bowl works for me and if you are in a rush use lime away or a tile cleaner and concrete cleaner they will clean it in 5 to 10 Min's

 

Actually, I do this too. I shouldn't have left that out.

FOOTNOTE: For coralline algae lovers, this is not very nice to coralline algae. I don't care because coralline algae is not very nice to powerheads. I just wanted to let you know this upfront so no one gets upset that all of the coralline on their powerheads is now dead

 

Think i will give them a scrub with a old toothbrush, i kinda like the coraline algae.....at the moment.....

 

Thanks for all above tips...Just recently got and started using Korellias in both Nano and Main tank.

How often do you clean...

Will add to my cleaning regime which I do every other week, or is that more often then needed? :-/

 

Wow you all are good. I clean mine when they quit running... about every 6 months. The build up on the ceramic rods and magnets is impressive. I use white vingar to soak the rotating elements and scrape the ceramic rods, if I can get them apart, if not I just install a new impeller (I keep a spare on hand for 2 of the 3types of power heads that I have).

I will note, that the Maxi Jet 1200 requires the least amount of maintenance on my part to keep running and that my koralias require the most.