How do YOU clean your skimmer cup?

[FUNGI]

I'm a big believer that Dollar Tree is a budget hobbyists best friend,,,,from mushroom/nem cups to ATO containers, refugium lights to dosing containers and everything in between.....I'm not a big "Brands" person.....save the money for better things....

 

[DIYreefer]

I use an old toothbrush.

 

[AlexandraDreadlocksPanda]

I just use a toothbrush, but I don't worry about. Being a wild dirty kid in the 70's made me immune to everything.

Bet it’s not the tooth brush you currently clean your teeth with though!

 

[Doctorgori]

I just use a toothbrush, but I don't worry about. Being a wild dirty kid in the 70's made me immune to everything.

Lots of room for a practical joke here …. Similar sneaking into. doctors office and mislabeling the thermometers LOL

 

[Sean Clark]

You clean your skimmer? I should try that sometime now that I have read all of these great suggestions.

 

[FUNGI]

Super easy for me - took less than 5min. In fact, I just did it last night.
1. Take off the skimmer overflow sensor magnet
2. Untwist the skimmer cup
3. Hose down in shower & wipe with paper towels
4. Re-assemble

Well....that puts a new meaning to this.......

 

[Jimbo327]

I wear gloves. Remove the skimmer cup, and move it to sit on top of a 5 gallon bucket. That goes to the bathroom and I move the cup over the toilet and use a silicone spatula to scrape all the crud into the toilet. Then I move that cup to the shower pan, and use the hand held shower head to rinse it all down. Takes about 5-10 minutes.

 

[SpyC]

I use gloves and my skimmer cup comes completely apart. I wipe it down with my gloved hands under running water

 

[PharmrJohn]

Take the cup out of the sump cabinet, blast it with the shower mode on my utility sink, then clean it up with a melamine sponge... Then I wash my hands.

That's about it. I did the same.

 

[PharmrJohn]

I just use a toothbrush, but I don't worry about. Being a wild dirty kid in the 70's made me immune to everything.

Ya got that right! Kids these days have EVERYTHING! We didn't even have VCRs! We literally had dirt, rocks, pinecones, tree branches and THE WOODS! Made forts all the time! And bikes! Rode those in the woods too. So yeah. Not afraid of dirty things!

Edit......We had PONG!

 

[FUNGI]

Ya got that right! Kids these days have EVERYTHING! We didn't even have VCRs! We literally had dirt, rocks, pinecones, tree branches and THE WOODS! Made forts all the time! And bikes! Rode those in the woods too. So yeah. Not afraid of dirty things!

Edit......We had PONG!

Sinclair.......I think I got you beat....

 

[fish farmer]

Ya got that right! Kids these days have EVERYTHING! We didn't even have VCRs! We literally had dirt, rocks, pinecones, tree branches and THE WOODS! Made forts all the time! And bikes! Rode those in the woods too. So yeah. Not afraid of dirty things!

Edit......We had PONG!

My first terrarium/aquarium was in the 70s. I brought back some fiddler crabs from the beach and put them in a big pickle jar.

A local neighborhood cat got into my room and knocked it over....that was a stinky mess.

 

[56longroof]

I'm a old country boy. I wash it out in the sink with my bare hands.