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I use aquakem pink flush and am fed of all the black bits in the flush water and am thinking of switching to fenwicks top and tail or similar, has any one got the same problem and how did you cure it? Any help gratefully recieved as OH is giving me earache to sort it out!!!!

                                          doug

Quote: Originally posted by pamanddoug on 03/6/2009

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am fed of all the black bits in the flush water

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some people get black bits in the flush water I never had them till this caravan but they are gone now. Some people on here think the bits are caused by aqua kem pink.

I agree with Mozann I hated the smell of top and tail and went back to pink stuff. I use elsan and never get black bits.

We are very  new to all this, having purchased our first caravan last year. We took delivery of our second "new to us" van three weeks ago and I just love, love, LOVE it ...(I know ... calm down dear ...)

Anyway, we inherited the aforesaid "black bits" in our first van, and tried various methods of getting rid of them, without much success. It does look like some form of algae and we fill the flush tank with a new and clean cheap watering can so we knew it wasnt that. On one of our (many!) trips to  local dealer shop we asked for advice, and bought a tub of special cleaner especially for this. You fill flush tank with the solution, and leave for several hours, and then flush said bits away (very satisfying!)  We did have to do it twice, but it sorted the problem.

Hope this helps!

Anne xxx

Yes it is probably fungal growth. If you look in your toilet cistern at home you sometimes see it there as the conditions are ideal for growth. At home you can also get build up under the toilet rim.

We use Elsan products after trying thetford, fenwicks and blue diamond. For us this seems to have the most pleasant lasting smell (and is very reasonable)

Can't fault Elsan, Thetford is awful, Fenwicks just didn't like and some of the dealers own that smell of bubblegum are a waste of time.

Trev.

milton worked well for us,3 year old van seen black bits back in March, no problems yet.

andy