Maggots in pipe that flushes into toilet...

They are probably from sewer flies. The larva need water, the flies crawl into wet places to lay their eggs. They won't be further up in the water system, and once you wash them all out, they are gone from the water pipe.

But they'll probably be in other nooks and crannies. After an infestation, I've had to clean the toilet with soapy bleach products two or three times. You have to kill the population in the black tank as well as those making their way up into the toilet.

I get the things when I keep the sewer hooked up at a few full-hookup parks, so most places I just use the connection at my site as a dump station, clean and store the hose after dumping.

We Cant Wait wrote:
OK everyone just calm down she's described the problem a little off. If you're hooked to a sewer hookup all the time keep your black @ grey tank CLOSED except when you need to dump. You're getting sewer flies from the campgrounds system when you leave the black tank open all the time.

I agree with your diagnosis.. Some people choose to leave there valves open for some odd reason, however by doing this they expose there tanks to whatever is in the CG's sewer system.

lanerd wrote:


I guess I'll wait and see if this pans out.

Anyway... happy Halloween!

Yup, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I too am curious to see how this turns out.
I certainly hope the maggots are not in the fresh water tank. :E

What's an "overflow" pipe?

Rid X requires time for it to work correctly...sometimes a week or more.

I'm still not sure of what the OP is actually saying here. If she is putting in Rid X, then she must have a large amount of "stuff" still in the black tank that has hardened up...maybe a pyramid?

I guess I'll wait and see if this pans out.

Anyway... happy Halloween!

Thanks, rv friends. I believe I am en route to fixing the problem. In my haste I worded things in correctly. I saw larbar in the toilet and in the overflow pipe. I have sanitized fresh water tank and am now going to focus on black tank w/ Rid X. I'll check back in.

If you have maggots coming out of your kitchen and bathroom faucets, open up your RV for Halloween....should be lots of fun.....:B.

My guess is they're simply sewer flies. No biggie. Flush your black tank, add some bleach mixture and flush again. Do it several times. ...Dennis

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OK everyone just calm down she's described the problem a little off. If you're hooked to a sewer hookup all the time keep your black @ grey tank CLOSED except when you need to dump. You're getting sewer flies from the campgrounds system when you leave the black tank open all the time.

Ok, I'm confused. Are the bugs in the fresh water that goes into the toilet bowl when you flush it...or are they in the pipe between the toilet and black tank.

If in the fresh water, are the bugs also coming out the faucets in the bathroom and kitchen (as mentioned, remove aerator first). If here also, then you really need to sanitize your fresh water system by putting a couple of cups of chlorine in your fresh water tank along with a full tank of water. Turn on pump, and run this solution through each and every faucet (sinks, shower, outside shower, toilet spray, washing machine...etc) that you have in the rv until you can smell the chlorine. Let it set for 12 hours and then drain, refill tank and run new fresh water through out the rv again. You might have to do this a couple of times until you can no longer smell the chlorine.

If only in the pipe between the toilet and black tank, see my previous reply.

Hope this helps

Ron

First thing I would do is remove the aerator from the bathroom faucet and see if water runs clean from that faucet and also run the bathtub. If those are clean than I would say its just the toilet itself that has issues and not your water system.