rwaldrop13
Veteran Member
Good afternoon -
Anyone had to deal with de-sludging or removing buildup from their blackwater/holding tank? I was pretty aggressive with this for the first 3-4 months we owned our boat, and gradually moved to a regular routine pumping twice a week while our adult children lived aboard with us. They moved out about 3 weeks ago, and Friday morning I noticed that the heads were acting like the tank was full even though I pumped out on Wednesday. I found the vent filter was clogged and replaced it, along with backwashing the vent hose into the tank while pumpout running, only to have same issue recur today.
I was wondering if anyone had tried Rid-X or a similar product to reduce or liquify sludge in the tank, since I believe it is still a buildup issue. My plan for this week is to backwash thru the vent line while running pumpout tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday, repeating for at least 2 weeks.
Anyone had to deal with de-sludging or removing buildup from their blackwater/holding tank? I was pretty aggressive with this for the first 3-4 months we owned our boat, and gradually moved to a regular routine pumping twice a week while our adult children lived aboard with us. They moved out about 3 weeks ago, and Friday morning I noticed that the heads were acting like the tank was full even though I pumped out on Wednesday. I found the vent filter was clogged and replaced it, along with backwashing the vent hose into the tank while pumpout running, only to have same issue recur today.
I was wondering if anyone had tried Rid-X or a similar product to reduce or liquify sludge in the tank, since I believe it is still a buildup issue. My plan for this week is to backwash thru the vent line while running pumpout tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday, repeating for at least 2 weeks.