What's inside your holding tanks?

Struvite is a material composed of magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate that creates stones (much like kidney stones) inside the holding tank. This mineralized build up can cause sensor misreading’s, become very heavy and weigh down your tank. Sometimes even separating the tank from the plumbing.

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A hydro-jetter is needed to safely break up the struvite and remove it from the tank. We highly reccomend a holding tank cleaning to remove and eliminate struvite growth.

Mold

Mold has no boundaries and will grow on the walls, ceilings and sensors of your RV holding tank. This is not something that can be removed by simply rinsing or back flushing your tank.

Mold only needs a few things to grow.

• Nutrients – Food

• A sustainable place - Dark

• Moisture – Damp

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Indoor mold grows very well when the indoor relative humidity rate is above 70%.  In Florida the average humidity rate is above 74.6% according to the University of Florida.

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Sewer bugs AKA drain gnats

There are a variety of sewer bugs. The two most common are scientifically called psychoda alternate or psychoda cinerea. These can be found in RV holding tanks since they thrive on moist organic waste, especially solid waste!
Thankfully sewer bugs do not bite! However, they can be very annoying and still even dangerous! 
They are born among decaying waste, sludge and mold. So, because of that, they have the capability to transmit diseases to humans.

Some people do not even realize that they have sewer bugs until it's a total infestation!

So how do you know if you have them? Well, you might see them in your shower, ventilation/skylight, or even around your sink where you keep your toothbrushes and face towels.

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