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i have always wondered how do you clean the inside of the tanks. can you share?
This is our first mixing station so I can't speak from experience. There are 8" lids on top and we will be using plumbing unions so if we need to break it down and take it outside to spray it with the hose we can. We use Red Sea Blue Bucket salt which seems to mix cleanly so that will probably also help. If anyone else has experience with cleaning larger mixing tanks feel free to chime in.
 
This is our first mixing station so I can't speak from experience. There are 8" lids on top and we will be using plumbing unions so if we need to break it down and take it outside to spray it with the hose we can. We use Red Sea Blue Bucket salt which seems to mix cleanly so that will probably also help. If anyone else has experience with cleaning larger mixing tanks feel free to chime in.
my experience is that it doesn't matter the brand of salt. over time the brown crude will build up and it's a hassle to clean. of course you clean it less when paying for a premium salt. but i just can't imagine reaching in via a 8" hole to clean the bottom of the barrel without some pressure washer.
 
Its been at least a year, never cleaned my freshwater one. Saltwater one has some stuff built up in the bottom, but I haven’t felt the need to clean it out yet. When I do, I guess I would just use the vinegar/water mix and hose it out.
 
They do make 30” long bPa free plastic scrubber brushes that make cleaning a little easier. You can get them from restaurant suppliers.
 
my experience is that it doesn't matter the brand of salt. over time the brown crude will build up and it's a hassle to clean. of course you clean it less when paying for a premium salt. but i just can't imagine reaching in via a 8" hole to clean the bottom of the barrel without some pressure washer.
From my experience, it’s best to add sediment filter reactor (20” one usually works well) Any time you run water from your mixing stations to the aquarium it will filter all the brown stuff out. Cheap replacement filters
 
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