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Suction Cups That No Longer Work

#1 JenW

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 08:59 PM

I have found that when airling tubing or even intake stem suction cups are no longer 'sucking' there's a neat but simple way to get them back into shape. Just soak them in boiling water for about 1/2 an hour and they'll reshape somewhat to their original form. I just did this then while doing waterchanges and was about to toss them out but thought I'd try boiling water first :D

I don't know if this has already been discussed but I'm chuffed it worked :D

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 09:15 PM

Great tip Jen! I always thought I had to throw the old suction cups away. Thanks! :D

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 10:16 PM

So did I Erin but I tried it today and to my joy, it worked :D

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Posted 24 September 2006 - 04:31 AM

Good idea, I never would have thought of it.

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Posted 24 September 2006 - 04:36 AM

I thought i'd try and do a thorough test so ended up soaking all of mine and thankfully, they're all sucking again :) It may depend on the plastic though...

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Posted 24 September 2006 - 05:21 AM

:blink: Do you never sleep Dear? :rofl
Actually Jen,it is a good idea,and one that I have done before myself,and it does work unless the things are totally dry rotted and ancient.I tried it long ago because I could never find "extra's" at the Pet Store,etc.
Anyway,it's a good tip-that I've never seen actually posted so great idea!!! ;)

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Posted 24 September 2006 - 05:26 AM

Good tip!

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Posted 25 September 2006 - 01:19 PM

That's a great tip! My heater in my 40 gal is just hanging because the suction caps aren't sticking, but I kept the suction caps with my spare tubing, bit & pieces etc, so I will take them out and try that today :D

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Posted 26 September 2006 - 05:23 AM

Hey, that's a great tip Jen! :D I'll give that a try next time

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Posted 26 September 2006 - 10:43 AM

I'll have to try that too. When you say boiling water, is it a full rolling boil or just a lightly simmering boil?

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Posted 26 September 2006 - 12:06 PM

:) That is a great tip! Thanks for sharing. :exactly

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Posted 29 September 2006 - 10:25 PM

QUOTE(br553 @ Sep 27 2006, 04:43 AM) [snapback]580008[/snapback]

I'll have to try that too. When you say boiling water, is it a full rolling boil or just a lightly simmering boil?

I just placed them in hot water from the tap. I did keep refreshing it so it stayed nice and hot though :D

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Posted 09 October 2006 - 05:07 PM

nice tip...... i threw mines out.. lolz now i dont have to buy new ones.

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Posted 11 October 2006 - 02:39 PM

Thanks for the tip! I had not read this thread before... My heater keeps coming loose, I will boil its suction cups as soon as I get back home

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Posted 11 October 2006 - 09:14 PM

Here where our water is hard as a brick, a room-temperature vinegar soak works. The suction cups get coated with a hard white shell that the vinegar removes.

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Posted 13 October 2006 - 03:16 PM

Good idea, I'll give it a try.

QUOTE(JenW @ Sep 23 2006, 11:59 PM) [snapback]579237[/snapback]

I don't know if this has already been discussed but I'm chuffed it worked :D

What is 'chuffed'? :huh:

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Posted 22 October 2006 - 03:40 AM

Lol - chuffed means 'tickled pink' or 'happy' :D

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Posted 22 October 2006 - 12:55 PM

I will have to try that with some of mine that are not sucking as well as they should. The suction cups that came with my intake and output for the Eheim are almost flat, not cone shaped like they are supposed to be. Thanks for the tip!

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Posted 08 November 2006 - 05:51 PM

Suction cups loosing their plasticizers and getting hard and not sucking are the BANE of my existance. I replace sooooooo many of those suckers - or NON-suckers -

I will have to try this.....

:)

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Posted 10 November 2006 - 09:54 AM

Me too!! I have thrown away countless ones. I'm looking forward to trying it now too. :)