do you clean the protein skimmer?

[adio_54]

do you clean it out? or just leave it?

 

[seasalt101]

clean about 1 time a month that should do it some might say that is too often if so every 2 months...tobin

 

[puffer32]

I empty it when it gets full and wash out the cup, about it.

 

[adio_54]

oh alright guys thank ya

 

[rbaldino]

You should pull the skimmer out and clean the skimmer itself and the pump feeding it from time to time, at least every few months.

 

[travis89]

I clean the cup when I dump it and the pump every few months, I don't clean the actual skimmer.

 

[reefkprz]

I wash the cup everytime I dump it. then once in a while I clean the venturi clean the air intake line and tear the PH apart and clean the impeller and shaft, to keep it operating up to par. the main body I dont clean. mine has coraline growing in it as well as spiroboid worms and feather dusters

 

[triga22]

Semi Annually let the pump sit in vinigar.

 

[stanlalee]

I never clean the skimmer itself because the coralife does not come apart to clean. all you can clean is the outside which is useless. I do clean the pump assembly as needed and I would hope everybody cleans their collection cup. If the body came apart I'd probably clean it infrequently..

 

[fedukeford]

I sometimes just take a toothbrush and scrub the inside of the skimmer, and empty the collection cup whenever its full. Corraline buildup on the inside of the skimmer itself makes it less effective
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