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Old 01-21-2004, 02:04 AM
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Ooops sorry Em. I forgot.
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Old 01-21-2004, 03:30 AM
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"C", ideally once a week. If I leave it 2 weeks, it gets really ugly.
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Old 01-21-2004, 04:13 AM
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Quote:
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I have a Euroreef and only have to clean the cup.......
Notice the title. "Beckett users"

So obviously the general consensus seems to be that everyone cleans the body of the skimmer. Ahhh more work! I love it
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Old 01-21-2004, 07:27 AM
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Probably easier to split your bottom riser in half with some flanges. Makes cleaning a lot easier.
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Old 01-21-2004, 01:30 PM
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A normal cleaning is removal of the cup and clean it. Leave the skimmer running, with the water below the cup. Take my big skimmer cleaning brush and give the top portion of the skimmer a cleaning, again while its running.

I cleaned the cup, a minimum of once/week. Injector whenever performance is noticably less.
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Old 01-21-2004, 02:19 PM
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Doug,
Do you just rinse the beckett with water and scrub it or do you soak it in viniger?

That makes sense Jack but tooo much of a PAIN in the A$$ at this point.

I don't fee like making another Flange.
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Old 01-21-2004, 05:01 PM
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Just back flush it.
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Old 01-21-2004, 05:05 PM
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ya i used to stick mine in the flush too..



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Old 01-21-2004, 06:31 PM
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I take mine out and clean the slime off the inside as I always have little snails inside of it.

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Old 01-22-2004, 06:02 AM
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Clean the cup once a week and injector once a month I never clean the
body in my 30 inch in 2 years it was full of life. I sold it to a guy and he
have not cleant it he said the skimmer look like a refugum

the for foot is now 4 month old and he will never be cleaned
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