how to clean skimmer?

[bellorusha]

Hi everybody, I have Coralife Super Skimmer Needle Wheel Protein Skimmer for a year now and it's almost do not work, the color of the glass is yellow and I cann't get inside to clean it.

What can I do?

Thanks.

 

[shag26272]

Make a solution of 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water and let it soak for 24 hours.

 

[bellorusha]

i'm sorry i did not get it.. you mean fill the skimmer with 1/3 of vinigar and 2/3 of water? and let it stay there for 24 hours?

and then shake it ?

 

[shag26272]

it would probably work better in a bucket, the vinegar will clean it pretty well

 

[joncat24]

put it in the sink or tub with vinegar and water mix and let it run for a while til it is clean. Then you can get a long brush and scrape off what is left.

 

[bellorusha]

thank you, i will try this today. can i be different types of Vinigar ? like apple, or wine vinigar

 

[shag26272]

white vinegar

 

[snulma1]

you can get a bottle brush from the supermarket and use that to clean in the body of the skimmer

 

[skwirl]

the body being dirty wont hinder performance as much as the pump being dirty.. run the pump in the vinegar water for 24 hours. that should work well...

 

[bellorusha]

i'll try today.. and let you know tommorow.
so 1/3 vinigar and 2/3 tap water.

thank you. this is a very big problem for me, i cann't get rid off the tyni green stuff wich sticks to the glass of the tank for 3 month now, and i tried everything, (bought UV, RO/DI) and no effect, so I think this is my skimmer

 

[clayton07]

sorry...im going to have to say it....get a better skimmer

 

[clayton07]

those problems will go away instantly.

ps sorry for the double post...my bad

 

[hilde123]

Nothing beats a brush and some elbow grease!

 

[skwirl]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9917888#post9917888 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clayton07
sorry...im going to have to say it....get a better skimmer

either that, or just upgrade the pump...

has anyone tried mesh on one of these skimmers?

 

[bellorusha]

clayton07 - that is what I figured so far. And if cleaning is not going to help I will buy Euro-Reefâ"žÂ¢ RS-80, or shoud I but RS-100?

thanks

 

[skwirl]

for that same 300, there are alot of skimmers that will outperform the euroreef. tunze, octo, and d.a.s. the d.a.s. ex1 is $259, rated for 125gal, and will easily outperform the rs100..

 

[bellorusha]

i can't even find das skimmer, and RS-80 is $254 shipped on marine depot..

what about "Tunze DOC Protein Skimmers 9005"? it's $255

or
Octopus-CoralVue-NW-200 for -$140 - is this sound too cheap?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Octopus-CoralVu...ryZ46313QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem