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djgodden
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Jun 16, 2017

Easy Backflushing to Clear a Clogged Black Tank

I occasionally experience a blockage of my black tank when draining. We use "normal" house toilet paper for a myriad of reasons. Yes, I know it's not recommended. But I found a quick and easy way to...
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12thgenusa
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Jun 28, 2017
jjrbus wrote:
Nothing dissolves in the toilet because there are little bacteria working. A healthy black tank should be a seething cauldron of bacteria!

Not true. It's a holding tank, not a septic tank. You fill it, you dump it. It does not have time for the seething cauldron to develop. Adding septic tank treatment to a holding tank is based on a misunderstanding of how things work.

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