THE DIRTY SKIMMER "CUP" - lets all play along

How often do you clean your skimmer cup

  • every few days

    Votes: 56 21.2%
  • weekly

    Votes: 130 49.2%
  • bi-weekly

    Votes: 51 19.3%
  • monthly

    Votes: 12 4.5%
  • hardly ever

    Votes: 3 1.1%
  • automated drain/self cleaning

    Votes: 12 4.5%

  • Total voters
    264
Ok... no laughing... This is my cup after 5 days.
Yup.. it does a good job for being so tiny compared to the other cups here!

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I just took over my cousins tank. Cleaned up that same HOB skimmer, and after 1 week I can't get any skimate out of it. If I reduce the air it produces to many bubbles back in the tank. I think I have it dialed in properly?
 
Three squeegee system. One inside neck, one outside neck, one on inside of cup itself.

You can see how long the cup squeegee is from this pic and how dirty it would be without!!

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Here are some pics just before cleaning today.

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Here it is "clean"

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It is a SWC 160 on a 75 gal DT with a 135 fuge and 40 gal sump. Definitely undersized for the water volume, but is working well for the bioload.
 
Lets do something fun for a week. The Dirty Skimmer "CUP".lol (now thats funny) ...is it an event, a game or a match.lol nobody knows but its provocative........It gets the people going.ROFL

This is an event I ran on our local forum that was fun so I figured it could be more fun playing with a much larger group..like R2R members.

Here's how it works:
-We will start on Monday the 8th to allow a good weeks time for people to see this thread and get ready to become involved and have some fun.(that will be 1 week from tommorow-next monday)

-On Monday clean out your skimmer cup to start off. Take a picture of your clean cup and post it here in this thread.
-Helpful included info to be added with 1st/entry pic to make this event useful when looked at by future R2R members would be -
-Stock list of your tank and water volume I.e. #of fish (types) and low med heavy coral stock along with tank gallon size/or total water volume in system.
-Type of skimmer you are using and gallon rating.
-Any other export equiptment/media being used
-Than update with a new pic of your cup every day for the week from Monday to Monday to see the progression of skimmate and what different systems are producing.
-It will be helpful if pics are taken from the same angle each time for viewing.

I will randomly bump this thread throughout the week until start date if needed to get the best viewing results for folks and in helping get as many entries as possible.
If you would like to participate simply say so in this thread before starting date(anyone can jump in at anytime but full contest participation will show best results).
I will take all folks that want to play and give them an @ tag shout out on mondays starting date to remind them and get them over to the thread.
just another fun activity to promote forum use
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so lets get on with the "dirty skimmer Cup" who has the dirtiest cup.

pic is not an entry - only a mascot for the event.....The dirty Cup!!

Give us your home address. Then we can each send you a sample for you to smell test it. It's not all about looks. It's about the barf factor!
 
Looks like FUN, I'll play along as well. I run Ozone so what the Skimmer lacks in production quantity it makes up for in shear 'Nastiness' or 'High Barf Factor'


Cheers, Todd
 
Haha ya true true - to bad we couldnt add a smell factor in.lol
 
I'm in to play... Now debating which skimmer to use... Hmmm

Cadlights Pls-150 or AquaMaxx Em-300
 
Photos in this thread are to get everyone excited and spread the word for actual start date/ separate thread...dec 8th.
 
I just took over my cousins tank. Cleaned up that same HOB skimmer, and after 1 week I can't get any skimate out of it. If I reduce the air it produces to many bubbles back in the tank. I think I have it dialed in properly?
I have noticed that a little with mine.. I have mine sitting in my sump, and added a filter pad that filters the water coming off the shoot. It removes the bubbles better then you could imagine!
 
Super stoked this thread didn't need bumped today but here is the running roster as of tonight(will update nightly with new additions to the event).

Team roster for the Dirty Skimmer "CUP".....as of now - these folks will be getting an @ tag the day of the game start Mondy the 8th - 1 week from today and the count down starts now!
For those of you that enjoy stats...you may have noticed the new tagged and mentioned stats we each have under our names/profile pic and info that is displayed next to our posts on the left. The majority of those are at 0 for most folk. Well....... Those that make the roster will be getting an @ tag on Monday the 8th(start date for this match) putting your mentioned stat at 1 now...the crowd goes wild.
Taking it a step further - I will also be tagging all roster teammates that make the final list to the specific Dirty Skimmer "CUP" thread - which will take your tagged stat to 1 as well - its the start to building up your stats and no more 0's for us.lol.

Dirty Skimmer "CUP" Team Roster -
kschweer
tigerdragon
tyler1503
gotscrenesprinting
mwbeach
Nurse Payne
Reef Junky150
h8z2luze
KorD
Rjramos
luxauterna
bairdimusprime
TJ's Reef
zesty
Ep3n3wp
rayn

WELCOME TO THE #1 CLUB

posters to thread - you all in??
peterthegamer
TheClark
sawdonkey

If I misspelled (capitals and/or spacing) in your user name on the list let me know as it needs to be spot on for any tags or mentions to credit.
 
Edited for double/triple posting. That was weird.lol
 
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triple posted that 1 - must of been all the enthusiasm
 
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IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%
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