Calcium Precipitation

[DawnMichele]

It's NOT right!!! We spend a lot of time making our tanks look good and that stuff appears and makes it look yucky!!!

 

[DawnMichele]

How do you get it off the heaters without ruining them?

 

[RD.]

Pull them out, soak in vinegar.

 

[Jexnell]

How do you get it off the heaters without ruining them?

Unplug it, wait for it to cool, take out.of tank, soak in vinagar.

 

[FINWIN]

make a paste of lemon aid kool aid (unsweetened) 5% vinegar and household lemon juice (Lucy's brand) let paste sit an hour then scrub/wipe clean. Rinse well . I use this stuff to clean rust stains on concrete.

 

[TwoHedWlf]

make a paste of lemon aid kool aid (unsweetened) 5% vinegar and household lemon juice (Lucy's brand) let paste sit an hour then scrub/wipe clean. Rinse well . I use this stuff to clean rust stains on concrete.

That recipe seems a bit redundant. Basically citric acid, acetic acid, sugar and more citric acid.

 

[CichlidFiend]

that is unfortunate, that was basically my last hope lol
the only thing thats helped is lids, i used to not run lids, and adding lids i think keeps evaporation to a minimum, im still cleaning the crust, but its not building up nearly as much