How To Clean Glass Diffusers

[cleekdaFish]

I have like a green gunk on the ceremic....I put the diffuser in bleach? the bleach that I use for clothes?

 

[afroturf]

Yeah just leave it in the bleach for a few hours and make sure you give it a good rince with a de-chlorinator before you put it back in the tank, Its best to give ceramic diffusers a clean every couple of weeks.

 

[leafs]

I also use bleach and water. Works great. The bubbles come out a lot smaller afterwards.

 

[nicklfire]

might be educational to tell him how much to dilute the bleach vs water in, i'm not aware of it off the top of my head
I think it was 2/10 bleach but i cant say for sure.

 

[cleekdaFish]

well i put in 100% bleach for 2 hrs and my glass diffuser is micro bubbling better than ever b4

 

[spankone]

most modern day bleechs are designed to stick so the can last longer so make sure its all cleaned off

 

[Maximumbob]

i soaked mine in 50/50 water bleach solution for a few days.

I then rinsed in copious amounts of running water. I then left in a large bowl of water to soak overnight for a few nights, changing the water daily. IMO it doesnt matter what you clean it with (within reason) the important part is to dilute it to a point where it doesnt harm the fish.

I did have to sluice out the central peice of the buble counter as some bleach had collected here - I have a limewood diffuser as a spare so wasnt too worried! It just took me a few days.

As a real 'anal retentive' guy I once knew said "the solution to pollution is dilution!"

 

[Themuleous]

Sink of water and a splash of bleach for a few hours, then the same with decholorinator and water. Never has problems and as cleekdafish says the bubbles are smaller afterwards

Sam