cleaning skimmer

i just picked up a coral life super skimmer 125 or the 220 not sure gotta measure it. it was free so cant complain it will be going on my 75g soon to be reef build, i hopefully will be starting with in the month or so. When i picked it up the pump is clean but the cup and container is nasty wondering best advice on cleaning the complete thing part to part
karma ahead of time for the help thanks

 

Usually just clean, warm water, but you can also use white vinegar mixed with some water.

 

would you soke it in a 5g bucket or just scrub it with a brush or something

 

Get a 5 gallon bucket of water. Fill it about half full of a 50:50 vinegar mix. Then set the skimmer up and run it in the bucket. Set it so that the water will run out of the neck and into the collection cup and drain back into the bucket. So that its constantly "washing" the skimmer. After 24 hours, you should be able to simply wipe it down. If not, change the water and let it run another day but I haven't seen or heard of one that 24 hours of vinegar through it didn't clean it.

 

thanks sounds like a plan i will try that karma for your help