xxkenny90xx Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Just sayin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Mine gets cleaned automatically every 6 hours by my Avast Marine Swabbie controlled by my Apex. It's just a motorized wiper blade, but it works great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Ya I've seen those, very cool! Does the gunk get pushed up into the cup or does it fall down into the skimmer body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 minute ago, xxkenny90xx said: Ya I've seen those, very cool! Does the gunk get pushed up into the cup or does it fall down into the skimmer body? The wiper causes the gunk to fall into the skimmer body, but it seems to break up in all the turbulent bubbles and gets pushed back up into the collection cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I clean my skimmer neck every time I dump the skimmer. Which means ~once a week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 7 hours ago, obrien.david.j said: I clean my skimmer neck every time I dump the skimmer. Which means ~once a week. I should have known everyone on here would be great about this kind of thing! If I would have posted this on R2R everybody would have been like "we're supposed to clean the skimmer body!?!?!?" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Nice! Nothing like a dirty skimmer neck! Swabbie for me too! And maybe once a year clean the swabbie itself as it gets dirty. My skimmers dump to a 5 gallon bucket. This bucket has a solenoid that empties the 5 gallon bucket twice a week into the septic system. Yeah... I hate cleaning skimmers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 swabbie here as well. Keeps the neck clean. But prepare yourself when you decide it is a good day to clean the swabbie off.... #gag_reflex. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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