Skimmer Maintainence ???

RAYRAY · #1 July 3rd, 2008, 01:24 AM

Just a quick question. When I do the maintainence on the CSS 65 should I also clean the MAIN water cyclinder ??? I have noticed ton of "crap" in the cyclinder. The skimmer is 4 months old and I do clean the pump monthly but never actually dump the cyclinder out and clean it ???

thanks in adavanced!!!

yote · #2 July 3rd, 2008, 02:32 AM

I clean mine out about once a month.But never touch the pump,except for where the air line connects to the venturi and the screen.

reeffreak · #3 July 3rd, 2008, 03:12 AM

You mean the skimmer body?
I never clean the body,only the neck and skimmer cup.

dustin_P74 · #4 July 3rd, 2008, 04:44 AM

only the collection cup and neck of the collection cup need to be cleaned, i clean my collection cup every two weeks

RAYRAY · #5 July 3rd, 2008, 05:02 AM

ok cool! Thanks I wasn't to sure because I seen a lot of junk in the body. But I will just leave it !!!
Thanks again

bri74 · #6 July 3rd, 2008, 08:24 AM

I know that this is totally different but in my seaclone that I had it would get these little white pod looking things growing in it and it would totally screw up performance so I would have to clean it. My new css 125 hasnt had a problem and have been running it for a month. So I guess if the performance is messing up go ahead but if not i wouldnt

reeffreak · #7 July 4th, 2008, 04:13 AM

I'd should of clarified,I don't clean the skimmer body but it's okay to do so.

In some cases,a clean skimmer body may take a few days to produce skimmate again.

RAYRAY · #8 July 4th, 2008, 05:13 AM

Right now it seems ok !! So Iwill leave it. If it gets to out of control I will clean it.

joeman · #9 July 6th, 2008, 10:13 PM

I'm just reading my way through Delbeek & Sprung's 'The Reef Aquarium - Vol 1' - absolutely awsome book packed full of information. They have basically pulled together a wealth of research and added their experience about everything reef-keeping. It's taken me a while to get to reading it, but I highly recommend it!!! anyway, I just read a section on Protein Skimming and they recommend cleaning the cup & 'neck' about once a week. They also explain that it is very important to keep the body (inside) clean, recommending that you make sure a transparent one is not exposed to light to reduce the build up of algae etc on the inside & cleaning it once a month! I have never cleaned inside mine, and had put decreasing performance down to other things (pump etc)... I now plan to keep mine clean.

RAYRAY · #10 July 6th, 2008, 11:13 PM

joeman, thanks for all the info .... Good news to hear!!

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