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Posted	How do u clean ur pipes?
19-05-2006 15:52 by clownloachlady	On the external filters, how do you clean the inside of your pipes? i did my tank this morning finally! and it took me ages to get the bits in the inside of the pipes out. In the end i went outside, put the hosepipe on the jet setting and washed the pipe out that way. But is their an easier way?
19-05-2006 16:43 by robert.pope	cll its not easy job! i have a fluval external and i have to do as you did with a jet of water! on my ehiem external being smooth inside i use garden wire......pass it down the pipe....make a loop on the end and jam some filter wool or fabric in the loop give a few twists and then pull back out.......watch out as u get a gloopy mess go everywhere!!! works wonders cleaning the pipe though !!! i would love a easyer way ....would clean them more often think i should throw away fluval tubing and get smooth internal pipe.....to much rotting plands get traped causing high nitrate
19-05-2006 16:47 by clownloachlady	I know! we try are darnest to keep filters clean with changing pads and filters... washing it bla bla bla, but those pipes are evil! glad to hear im not the only one suvering with dirty pipes... lol
19-05-2006 17:59 by deejdave	will check in store tmrw cll, we did have some pipe cleaner things on a wire which you pull through to clean out all the gunge. cost about £3 i think...
19-05-2006 18:17 by paul stevens	cll why dont you get a bottle brush the sort you use for cleaning babies bottles out with just feed the wire down first then attach it to the brush you know the sort of thing im on about dont you... If not you need some some kids then you will find out...LOL
19-05-2006 18:51 by telboy	ya can buy a small bottle cleaner on a chain from music stores[used for cleaning clarinets /trumpets etc]only cheap!
19-05-2006 19:37 by Lee Smith	what i use is a small bottle brush with the handle cut off with nylon chord tied at both ends. then feed one end down pipe till it comes out other end trickling water down the pipe at same time helps. then pull brush backwards and forwards up and down pipe till its clean, keep trickling water down to help dislodge the muck
19-05-2006 19:58 by paul stevens	Just up cll's street that telboy cll is always blowing her own trumpet......LOL
20-05-2006 08:54 by clownloachlady	lol... i was thinking of a brush but like paul said, having no kids i just didnt think said the blonde.... great ideas! thanks... will try and do that in six months time again...
20-05-2006 09:41 by garry	buy new !!
20-05-2006 09:51 by clownloachlady	buy new pipes? mmm its not really that severe but ive got two eheim professionals running which makes the sound of new pipes a lot easier than blooming cleaning the *** things....
22-05-2006 09:14 by Alan	I don't have a problem with my eheim just with my fluval best way to avoid pipe build up the is to clean the filters of all detritus every other month that way the detritus never comes out of the filter to clog up the pipe work incidentally I don't use any sponges I just use ehfi substrat and a fluidised sand bed.

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