Clean your rods as soon as you pull them out,while they are still wet,under 
running water.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Deborah Gerard 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:18 PM
  Subject: CS>Gray sludge


  I don;t know what to think...when the rods start getting thin do they 
contribute to a gray buildup on the rods....or I also took off the stone on the 
end of the tubing of the air pump....no instead of the black buildup I am 
getting gray and rubbed between the fingers looks like a silver paste...thanks 
folks....deb