How Often Do You Clean You're Skimmer?

[PaulKreider]

Wondering how often people clean their skimmer collection cups. I clean mine about every 5-7 days. I don't see how anyone could clean It every day! But lets see.

 

[SaltCube]

5 days for me.

 

[YodaHart]

I have a neck cleaner and skimmate locker so only once a month for me :)

 

[MSD60178]

the cup I clean out maybe once a week or so but probably about once a month I will pull the whole thing out of my sump and take it apart and clean eveything.

 

[LAX Noob Reef]

I clean it, when I can smell it. Which is usually every 3-4 days.

 

[Mike J.]

Anthony Calfo says it's important to clean skimmers daily. I don't do that, but I have tuned my skimmers in to skim "wet" and clean them every 3 days.

 

[MondoBongo]

usually weekly or bi-weekly.

 

[Fishface1970]

Every 3 days on my Aquafuge 2, I need to get a REAL skimmer :)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Not frequently enough! :(

 

[PaulKreider]

I feel like when I clean it weekly its most efficient. By the end of the week the inside of the cone is just a thick layer of gunk which never builds up if you clean it too often.

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

3-4 days for me

 

[JMSKI333]

I'm like 4-7 days. Usually between 3-4 days is when is really loads in the skimmate. Days 1-2 it's just getting going for me.

 

[NanaReefer]

2-3 days for me :) Nog builds up in the neck after a couple days. Which keeps it from actually emptying out into the cup :(

 

[Mike O'Brien]

I voted weekly, but I used to do it daily and it seemed to work best that way. More in the cup, but less stuck inside the neck. Which is better ? who knows ??

 

[mfinn]

About once a week.
Sometimes I just dump out the skimate without cleaning the neck.

 

[kingclam52]

Every 5 to 7 days.

 

[Haddonis Reef]

We'll I have two and both require different cleaning, the asm clean about every two weeks. The cad light could use a cleaning every other day but only get to it once a week.

 

[ritter6788]

I clean mine about once every 2 weeks. I have a skimmer with and 8 inch cup rated for 250 gallons on my 75 so it holds plenty of waste. Seems to work better if I don't clean it out constantly.

 

[HarryA23]

I clean it 3 to 5 days

 

[saltyhog]

I'm a little confused...skimmer, neck of skimmer or collection cup?

I clean my cup every time I empty it (about every 3-4 days), skimmer neck about every other time I empty the cup I wipe it off, completely disassemble and clean the skimmer about every 2-3 months.