microbe worries for mistking?

Hey do any of you who use MistKing flush out your system due to bacteria worries? Should I? If so how often and how do you clean yours?

shmeenakoz said:

Hey do any of you who use MistKing flush out your system due to bacteria worries? Should I? If so how often and how do you clean yours?

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Periodically I coil up all the tubing, nozzles, etc in the reservoir. Then using the pump, flush a 1:10 bleach to hot water solution through it followed by a rinse. I also flush a vinegar solution through it to get rid of hard water deposits.

I also run a low bleach solution through mine but also change out the hoses every few months. Take a section of hose you've used a while and cut it in half, lengthwise, and take a look. I'll have to run some vinegar next time. I hadn't thought of running it through the pump instead of just soaking nozzles in it.

Carlton said:

Periodically I coil up all the tubing, nozzles, etc in the reservoir. Then using the pump, flush a 1:10 bleach to hot water solution through it followed by a rinse. I also flush a vinegar solution through it to get rid of hard water deposits.

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Thank you! I'm glad to see others do flush their systems. Just wasn't 100% on if it had to be done. You can never be too safe even if they claim to keep "bugs" at bay.

I used distilled water in mine, havent yet seen any sort of deposits on the
nozzles or anything growing in the water tank.

I also use distilled water in my system and have not seen any sort of deposits in the hoses or nozzles yet.. I like using the distilled water over the tap water.. I have my own well and there is no chlorine in the water but there is calcium.. I sprayed my enclosure the first few times with tap water and it spotted up the glass something fierce since I have a glass one.. ever since then I've switched to distilled and haven't had a problem

I will probably end up doing a system flush once a month with a 1:10 bleach sol (just to be safe). I really want to invest in a reverse osmosis filter for some good old DI water Then I wont have any worries! I wish they werent so friggin' expensive!! I should have just "borrowed" a few gallons from my school lab to tie me over...hmm...maybe I will do just that.

How often do you flush your system?

Sorry misread

If you want a great reverse osmosis system at a very low price, go to www.bulkreefsupply.com. Its a reef aquarium site, but its the best place to get a deal on a quality RO/DI unit.

Leland

MSAquatics said:

If you want a great reverse osmosis system at a very low price, go to www.bulkreefsupply.com. Its a reef aquarium site, but its the best place to get a deal on a quality RO/DI unit.

Leland

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Nice! Thank you I will check that out