Pony bottle: Remove first stage after dive?

[Solotor]

Do I need to unscrew the first stage of my pony bottle after a dive or can I leave it there.

I think that after releasing the pressure, water could sip into the first stage air canal if I stored the pony bottle with a wet first stage attached. Right?

On the other hand, the first breath of air during the pre dive check would clear that water right away.

What do you think?

 

[mmerriman]

no reason to remove it.

 

[rjack321]

Leave it on
Keep the regulator pressurized
Dunk the whole thing in freshwater to rinse

 

[tbone1004]

leave it on there unless you're filling or storing it. If it's DIN, make sure to unscrew it regularly as salt builds up in the threads *consider end of each day*, same with yoke screws.
No different than how we treat deco or stage bottles

 

[scubadada]

I disassemble my pony and rinse the cylinder and the regulator, just like I do with my primary cylinder and regulator.

 

[BoltSnap]

I treat the pony setup just like I treat the main tank/reg. setup, full disassemble, rinse and put away.

 

[Landlocked123]

I second the opinion of leave pressurized the entire time. Get home dunk in bathtub... let it sit ...purge some air from the secondary while dunked under water in tub....