Vinegar Bath Questions

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I want to give my new equipment a soak before new setup.

Do I dilute with ro/di?
How long should it soak?
Should I run skimmer pump and power heads in bath?
Do I rinse with ro/di after soak?
Is there anything I should soak?

[der_wille_zur_macht]

With new equipment it's not really critical to get the process "just right" since it'll be pretty clean out of the box. If you want to soak it in a dilute vinegar solution, go ahead. I wouldn't see any benefit from more than a few minutes, and running the new pumps wouldn't hurt. Rinsing afterwards in RO/DI would be fine, though tap water would likely be fine too, with a final rinse in RO/DI if you're really nervous about your tap.

And don't bother trying to get any sort of foam out of the skimmer pump in freshwater, the surface tension is all wrong for that.

[spleify]

Agreed, new epuipment won't require a long soak, but certianly won't hurt anything and helps to "break them in". I have had pumps that had a bunch of oil on them for some reason, so the vinegar will help break that down. I usually just rinse with tap water, and dry it out reall well before putting back in service.

HTH

Good luck

[Trolldoll]

Thanks for the quick replies.

[spleify]

Your very welcome!!

Good luck and have fun!