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12/23/2007, 02:35 AM
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Cleaning Skimmers
How do you guys clean the inside of the body of the skimmer. I can't fit my arm in mine. I dont have a huge skimmer. There is some hair algae and even coraline algae growing on the side that is getting light, how would i clean this??
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12/23/2007, 02:38 AM
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Get a baby bottle cleaner. Dump white/clear vinigar in the body and use the baby bottle cleaner to scrub the gunk out of it. I will sometimes fill the skimmer with the stuff and let it soak. Yea, mine takes about a gallon, but does the trick.
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12/23/2007, 08:25 AM
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Put it in a large container, fill it with water and dump in a bunch of distilled white vinegar and fire it up. Have enough vinegar in there to foam it up good. Self cleaning!
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12/23/2007, 09:02 AM
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sjm817- thats exactly what i did with mine yesterday when i said to myself there has to be a better way. 5gal bucket with 4gal of water and a half gallon of vinegar, drop in skimmer, plug in and walk away. worked great was clean in 30min.
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12/23/2007, 10:21 AM
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I've cleaned mine only once in the last year and half. Been putting it off as my skimmer took forever to break in. Now that I cleaned it, I am having to break it in again. I hate cleaning skimmers.
The way I do it is just fill the skimmer half and half with viniger and water and let it stand overnight. I like sjm817 idea. That is the way I am going to go next time.
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