Hard water stains on drain pipes?

[slythy]

I am turning my 180g aquarium from a high tech planted into a reef tank. The current plumbing to the sump has hard water stains built up in them. I dont really want to rebuild all my plumbing if I dont have to.

Is there any problems with this being there? I did dose fertalizers but also had lots of fw inverts (snails and shrimp) that lived no problem.

 

[KrisReef]

O just finished using muriatic acid to de-scale my tank and remove coralline algae and hard water stains. I don't think that the hardwater build up will impact a planted tank but removing the deposits might make the set-up look nicer, if it bothers you.

 

[slythy]

O just finished using muriatic acid to de-scale my tank and remove coralline algae and hard water stains. I don't think that the hardwater build up will impact a planted tank but removing the deposits might make the set-up look nicer, if it bothers you.

To clarify it is just inside the PVC pipes. Its all brown and meh inside the tubes. The tank is spotless

 

[slythy]

To clarify it is just inside the PVC pipes. Its all brown and meh inside the tubes. The tank is spotless

 

[KrisReef]

To clarify it is just inside the PVC pipes. Its all brown and meh inside the tubes. The tank is spotless

I wouldn't be concerned at all then. It's going to be a nice improvement to have a reef where the planted tank once was.

 

[KrisReef]

My reef tank gets similar gunk inside the pipes. I suspect it is a bit of minerals and bacterial funk, for the most part.

 

[slythy]

I wouldn't be concerned at all then. It's going to be a nice improvement to have a reef where the planted tank

Copy, just making sure before I push this 100000 lb beast back to the wall lol.

I am doing a light vinegar scrub.

 

[KrisReef]

Copy, just making sure before I push this 100000 lb beast back to the wall lol.

I am doing a light vinegar scrub.

I stopped using vinegar when I found out that it can ruin impeller magnets, but it is fine for this application unless you are pushing it through with an impeller pump?

 

[slythy]

I stopped using vinegar when I found out that it can ruin impeller magnets, but it is fine for this application unless you are pushing it through with an impeller pump?

Nope manual brush and flush with tap