Cleaning a Used Skimmer

[Cave Dweller]

I've seen people talk about soaking it in pure vinegar for hrs or a day, or a mix of water and vinegar etc.

Frankly I don't mind having like a 50/50 mix of the 2, but is it better to soak the parts or actually run the skimmer in a tub with this mix? It looks pretty clean already but I'd rather clean it up again...

What have you guys done to clean a skimmer?

 

[jvu61]

if t was me I run I a few hours to get all the moving pump parts clean. I would just ck with the mag. to make sure the vinegar will not damage anything first

 

[Shastri Sookraj]

Run it for a few hours in vinegar/water with the collection cup off and inside the same bucket. Then just rinse it with plain RO water.....vinegar kills most all organics btw

 

[Shastri Sookraj]

Me personally, I soak then scrub with original mr clean magic eraser ( reef safe ) and then run it in the vinegar water in a 5g bucket for a few hours then I just rinse with RO

 

[thirty6]

me personally, i soak then scrub with original mr clean magic eraser ( reef safe ) and then run it in the vinegar water in a 5g bucket for a few hours then i just rinse with ro

+1

 

[tunicata]

Just a note to maybe limit contact with your bathtub (not sure if you mean like INSIDE your bathtub or in a plastic tub/container) if only to consider any left over soap etc residues.

When I've had to use my bathtub for stuff like that I've always let it rinse/flush a lot by running the shower and wiping it out a couple of times with a white towel I use only for reef stuff and can easily bleach and double rinse before I use it again.

I may be doing it overkill. Lol, but that's why it takes me a day.