EVoyager31 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Got a great deal on a 75g tank, stand, canister filter and a slew of other accessories. Question is: What is the best way to clean the tubing for the canister? I can see algae in the tube.. would it be better to just buy new tubing for it? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 You could run a pump in a bucket of water with hydrogen peroxide to flush out the pipes and kill anything nasty left in their I would probably just replace the pipes depending on how long they have been on their 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modified lung Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Feed some yarn through the pipe, tie a scrubby or whatever else to one end of the yarn, and pull it through. If It's a short amount of pipe, I unbend a wire coat hanger, feed that through the pipe, attach a scrubby to one end, bend the other end into a crank handle, and crank it back through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 You can buy brushes to clean it with as well. The smooth is pretty easy to flush out and clean the ribbed fluval stuff can be more work. Soak the entire length in warm water to loosen the grot and make the tubing more malleable. Depending on how much you need you might choose to replace it's generally not that expensive. Before you start though make sure it's the right length for your set up I'd be really miffed if I spent time cleaning it just to find out it's short by 1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVoyager31 Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 6:48 PM, Flumpweesel said: You can buy brushes to clean it with as well. The smooth is pretty easy to flush out and clean the ribbed fluval stuff can be more work. Soak the entire length in warm water to loosen the grot and make the tubing more malleable. Depending on how much you need you might choose to replace it's generally not that expensive. Before you start though make sure it's the right length for your set up I'd be really miffed if I spent time cleaning it just to find out it's short by 1" Woof, good point. I’ll be sure to measure. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 5:40 PM, EVoyager31 said: would it be better to just buy new tubing for it? Others have given great how to clean. Canister tubing becomes brittle and cracks over time… how much depends on a slew of things. If it seems to rigid or brittle you may want to consider new. If the canister isn’t that old I would clean it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVoyager31 Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 6:53 PM, Guppysnail said: Others have given great how to clean. Canister tubing becomes brittle and cracks over time… how much depends on a slew of things. If it seems to rigid or brittle you may want to consider new. If the canister isn’t that old I would clean it. Yeah not sure how long it has been running… I’m leaning toward replacing at this point. Seems easier and I need to get new filter media anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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