Bubblling Toilet Followup - and a Suprise...
Hi Everyone
Back in July we asked for information on stopping our toilet from bubbling.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27837613.cfm
There were lots of suggestions and we tried many of them. Today we tried the most "rigorous" of them all, putting a hose down the vent pipe and washing it out. I pulled the rig out of the shed (after putting on the receiver) climbed up on the roof, unscrewed the vent cap (1/4 inch screws - another trip down the ladder) finally got the hose up on the roof, and squeezed the handle on the high pressure nozzle. (Oh, I forgot to mention the buckets to carry off the liquid in the "empty" tank, About 6 gallons.) Well then came the surprise. Lots of little brown "bits" about an inch across with what appears to be brown fungus (or fungi) growing on them! Argh!!! We flushed the tank @ about 5 gallons a time, 3 or 4 times, till they stopped coming out and the water ran clean. Then I tried the "Sana T Blowout" hose connection that is supposed to clean the electrodes and tank. 80 to 100 psi went into the connection, and nothing. Nada. Checked the hose for kinks, turned the water on and off, removed and reattached the hose and tried again. Again, nothing although the hose was beginning to balloon from the pressure. Finally I heard a slight hissing and them a surge of spray as the nozzle cleared. More white and brown gunk and several more trips the septic tank dump. Finally no more "stuff" came out and I closed the valve.
What was the white fungus looking stuff? It looking like it had been growing on the walls of the tank. We use the normal deodorizers and tank "treatments". I never dreamed that something could possibly grow in the tank. Ideas folks?
Regards
Bill
Back in July we asked for information on stopping our toilet from bubbling.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27837613.cfm
There were lots of suggestions and we tried many of them. Today we tried the most "rigorous" of them all, putting a hose down the vent pipe and washing it out. I pulled the rig out of the shed (after putting on the receiver) climbed up on the roof, unscrewed the vent cap (1/4 inch screws - another trip down the ladder) finally got the hose up on the roof, and squeezed the handle on the high pressure nozzle. (Oh, I forgot to mention the buckets to carry off the liquid in the "empty" tank, About 6 gallons.) Well then came the surprise. Lots of little brown "bits" about an inch across with what appears to be brown fungus (or fungi) growing on them! Argh!!! We flushed the tank @ about 5 gallons a time, 3 or 4 times, till they stopped coming out and the water ran clean. Then I tried the "Sana T Blowout" hose connection that is supposed to clean the electrodes and tank. 80 to 100 psi went into the connection, and nothing. Nada. Checked the hose for kinks, turned the water on and off, removed and reattached the hose and tried again. Again, nothing although the hose was beginning to balloon from the pressure. Finally I heard a slight hissing and them a surge of spray as the nozzle cleared. More white and brown gunk and several more trips the septic tank dump. Finally no more "stuff" came out and I closed the valve.
What was the white fungus looking stuff? It looking like it had been growing on the walls of the tank. We use the normal deodorizers and tank "treatments". I never dreamed that something could possibly grow in the tank. Ideas folks?
Regards
Bill
