algea die when dried?

[mopar9012]

I have a koralia that was overtaken with some sort of red bubble algae. I have upgraded tanks and would like to use this power head in the new tank. The is still some "gunk" left in some of the corners that are hard to get to with a tooth brush and I also used a knife of on some of it which helped to get some gunk off. Question is, the power head has been out for 3 days now and is completely dry, should it be safe to add it to the new tank?

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

I normally run mine in a bucket of vinegar or bleach and water for a day or so before attacking it with the toothbrush. It's pretty effective. That way, even if there were some leftover pieces of algae, they are more than dead...

Best of Luck!!!

 

[mopar9012]

I'll pick up some vinegar tomorrow and give it a shot.

 

[gregoryleonard]

CedzAquAddiction;879690 wrote: I normally run mine in a bucket of vinegar or bleach and water for a day or so before attacking it with the toothbrush. It's pretty effective. That way, even if there were some leftover pieces of algae, they are more than dead...

Best of Luck!!!

+1 on the Vinegar soak

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

Best of luck, Man. Here's what I use. Got it at Wal-Mart...

Oh yeah. Use vinegar OR bleach. DON'T mix them. Things'll get toxic...

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[mufret]

Bleach or hydrogen peroxide will do a better job of getting rid of nuisance algaes. Vinegar might work but you'd be surprised what those nasty algaes can withstand!

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

Never thought of H2O2.

I know that it kills algae on LR, so why not on a powerhead...

 

[bluespot]

All of them do a good job of killing anything on equipment. As far as loosening or breaking down stuck on material they work at different speeds. H2O2 seems to be the fastest at loosening organics followed by bleach then vinegar. I use H2O2 in the hospital the most because it loosens mucus and debris fast when dealing with peoples' artificial airways.

 

[kvdigiulio]

Bleach diluted works great but I recommend taking off the impeller because over time the blades will become very fragile and will break off.

 

[ralph atl]

vinegar soak is great if you have any calcium deposits, then a 10-20 minute rinse with H2O2 and you should be good to go.

 

[bluespot]

Very true with vinegar. It does the best with dissolving calc deposits. The H2O2 and bleach are faster at killing/oxidizing organic tissue.