Algae on powerheads?

[mcs]

What is the best way to clean this algae off my powerheads?

Happy fourth everyone.

 

[GMay]

Soak them in white vinegar diluted 1;4 with water. I do it for a couple of hours and then scrub with a brush.

 

[twilliard]

Another way that is quick is to take the powerhead and pour peroxide on it let sit for 5 minutes and put back in

 

[Shep]

Soak them in white vinegar diluted 1;4 with water. I do it for a couple of hours and then scrub with a brush.

Another way that is quick is to take the powerhead and pour peroxide on it let sit for 5 minutes and put back in

Either of these will work well

 

[twilliard]

H2o2 is an algae killer!

 

[Bj’s Reef]

Peroxide huh. I may have to try that myself.

 

[twilliard]

Peroxide huh. I may have to try that myself.

Yup peroxide is a normal thing to keep with everything else.
Fantastic for algae on frag plugs

 

[Bj’s Reef]

Great, I will get a bottle tomorrow.

 

[ReefQueen]

I just dipped mine last night. I used 50% RODI water and 50% peroxide. After a few minutes I scrubbed with a toothbrush and it is just like new 100% peroxide is fine as well, but I was getting low lol

 

[ngvu1]

You can remove the screen and let the screen stays in vinegar for 24 hours; brush off after that. I do 100% which is 5% vinegar for mine. I do have a few sets of power heads while these are cleaned. If you have extra same type power heads, just switch the screens out.

 

[mcs]

Thank you all for your help and support[emoji4]