How often do you clean your skimmer?

[digitalreefer]

I'm not asking how often you empty it, but wondering how often you actually clean the skimmer (if ever).

 

[Awibrandy]

Skimmer gets cleaned if, and when I change pumps. The cup I clean once a week.

 

[digitalreefer]

I tend to clean the neck of skimmer above the water line occasionally, it seems to give me a mini break in period afterwards, but then produces better skimmate. I usually only do this when I see a thick coat of gunk on it.

 

[emps]

I clean over the waterline each time I empty the cup. And like digitalreefer said, I get a mini break in as well and have to redial my settings, but it seems skims alot better after that.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i clean the cup once every other day ...

 

[duke62]

i clean the whole skimmer system every 2 weeks

 

[jackson6745]

Which skimmer Duke?

 

[aaron23]

once every week i clean the entire collection cup, once every month i take apart the skimmer and clean it

 

[digitalreefer]

Interesting... lots of different methods here!

 

[PalmTree]

I usually scrape off the gunk above the water line every 2 weeks. I empty the collection cup every 5 to 7 days depending.

 

[crox99]

I clean the whole skimmer every 4-5 months.

 

[alrha]

cleaning my entire skimmer as we speak (funny, i decided to come online while it soaks and this is the thread i find).
I clean the cup about twice a week on average
and this is the first time i am actually taking the entire skimmer apart (including the pumps) and soaking the pumps in deltec's EZclean. I cleaned it all up and it's now as if it's brand-spankin-new.
I would probably do this 2 or 3 times a year (depending on how it performs).
This is for the Deltec Turbo 1060S

 

[drperetz]

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I take my remora pro a part every 3-4 months and use steaming water wash it all out.

I ampty the cup every 2-3 days.

 

[Pedro]

Cup gets cleaned 2 times a week. Skimmer get's cleaned when i feel like it, lol.

 

[House of Laughter]

When I had a tank up and running :-( I would clean the cup once a week (it held a quart and 1/2) and ONCE A YEAR I took the whole skimmer and pump out, filled a 10g tank with hot vinegar and ran it for 5 hours until it was sparkling.

I then rinsed with fresh RO and put it back in - never having to disasemble.

House

 

[meschaefer]

I take out my skimmer and clean the whole thing ever three months or so.

 

[KathyC]

When I had a tank up and running :-( I would clean the cup once a week (it held a quart and 1/2) and ONCE A YEAR I took the whole skimmer and pump out, filled a 10g tank with hot vinegar and ran it for 5 hours until it was sparkling.

I then rinsed with fresh RO and put it back in - never having to disasemble.

House

Hmmm. I'm liking this idea Jim!

Mine is external..and in a different room where there are 'daylight' bulbs in the ceiling fixture...so I have coralline growing inside of mine. This could work out very well for me!
I clean the cup out once a week (drains into a gallon jug) and in the past I'd cleaned the skimmer manually every 2 months...but now I'll use Jim's method!

 

[nycitaliano9]

I clean my remora every 2-3 months dump the cup every other day

 

[jtbone68]

I clean and empty the cup every 2-3 days I clean the neck above the water 1 a week, I clean the whole skimmer and pump every 3-4 months .