kimmi7 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Ok so I am wondering how to clean out the canister filters intake and out put hoses? Any help would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rompergoddess Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 as far as I know, you can buy a brush for said task, at a pet store, or perhaps a bottle brush might work? I use cheap but new, tooth brushes to clean out alot of my aquarium stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) i go to a cigar/tobacco shop, they usually sell assorted sizes of brushes for cleaning out hookas, they work well for aquarium filter/tubes. or it is also very cheep to replace the hose completely,check out the home depot plumbing section. Edited October 26, 2011 by Sprucegruve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 I use a pipe cleaning brush from Canadian Tire or home depot and attached some fishing line to it so that I can pull it through the input and output tubes. The brushes come in many sizes and can be even used to clean your entire canister lines with the string/fishing line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 I use a pipe cleaning brush from Canadian Tire or home depot and attached some fishing line to it so that I can pull it through the input and output tubes. The brushes come in many sizes and can be even used to clean your entire canister lines with the string/fishing line. I do the same but I use brushes I found at the LFS for a couple $$$. They came in 3 sizes. If the tubes are longer then the brushes, I tie something heavy(usually a metal nut) to the fishing line so its easier to put through the tube, then I attach the brush to it and pull it through. Works great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmi7 Posted October 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Well I guess it's off to get fishing gear and brushes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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