Vinegar Hurt Anything

[Jason Bell]

So I filled my mixing bins and added 1/2 gallon of vinegar to circulate and clean them. I have now drained the tanks and perhaps a litre of the water is left, will that hurt anything given i will have 120g of water?

 

[Painter Steve]

Vinegar will damage pump magnets. I learned the hard way when I first got in the hobby. Not sure about it being that diluted but I personally would dump it if possible.

 

[Jason Bell]

I typically use citric acid for all cleaning but had a couple jugs if that left. I think I can get my shop vac down to the bottom, that should take out the rest.

 

[marks69]

Just like vodka dosing. Get what you can but don't be to worried

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[Salty Cracker]

I once did a water change with a bucket that the housekeeper had used for bleach and mr. clean. Now I'm pretty paranoid about getting any kind of contaminant into the tank, and I hide/label all my buckets. I don't know as if that much acid would mess with the balance (probably not), but probably a good idea to try and suck out what you can, and even better if you can dilute it even more and drain it again?

You just never know, it could be a nice big meal for some dinos just floating around waiting to explode.

 

[Jason Bell]

I figured one more fill wouldn't hurt anything. I can't smell any vinegar, but would rather not take the chance.

 

[TORX]

Well considering there is vinegar dosing as a carbon dosing source I doubt some vinegar residue will do anything. I used to pour vinegar directly in my tank daily

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[Salty Cracker]

Well considering there is vinegar dosing as a carbon dosing source I doubt some vinegar residue will do anything. I used to pour vinegar directly in my tank daily

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You know they sell pellets for that right?

 

[TORX]

You know they sell pellets for that right?

It was when I was being really cheap lol.

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[Seasquirt]

Torx you're just feeding salty with those comments Lol
That small bit of vinagar isn't going to hurt a thing, and salty?

Big dif between bleach and vinagar,

 

[TORX]

Torx you're just feeding salty with those comments Lol
That small bit of vinagar isn't going to hurt a thing, and salty?

Big dif between bleach and vinagar,

Yes there is a big difference in using bleech vs vinegar. The member used vinegar though so there is no issue.

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