Big Clean

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Well its that time of year again for me. I do a big clean about every 6 months where I take my skimmer, Return pump, powerheads, heaters offline and give them a good soaking and cleaning. Anyone else get nervous when you do this? Seems everytime I have had a problem in my tank its when I do this. Plug the return pump in and find it don't work, Powerheads aren't following their program when turned back on so spend an hour troubleshooting, ect ect. I enjoy dong this but I hate the problems that generally arise. I usually find something or have to replace something every time I do this. Wish me luck. Maybe this is the time that nothing bad happens LOL
 
I like to split my major maintenance up throughout the year, quarterly kinda thing. Then, hopefully I only have to deal with one issue at a time. Keep a separate calendar up in the kitchen just for the tank too. The Mrs. even checks that as not to "book" me for things on those days.
Good luck for an uneventful "big clean"
 

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