Cleaning my AquaC Remora

[Andrew52984]

Hey guys, I have an AC Remora with the MJ1200. I'm currently battling and have been battling for some time now a cyano/ other green algae breakout. I consistently do at least a 10% water change weekly and only feed three to four times a week. A few weeks ago I switched out my substrate to sand from crushed coral which sparked a small diatom bloom, for which i had already figured. Currently treated it with Chemi-Clean and so I had to shut off the skimmer for 48 hours. My question is, I had some algae growing or at least sitting on the lip of my skimmer outlet and after scraping it off a couple times I figured its time to clean my skimmer. Did some research and decided to run it with white vinegar and hot water. After letting it run a few hours should I run it in a bucket with RO water? Or just put it back on the tank, wouldn't the vinegar possibly enter my tank and hurt my livestock? Thanks for the help guys.

 

[Andrew52984]

any help? just wondering wheter I should run the skimmer with RO water before I put it back on my tank or can I just take it from the water/vinegar and place it back on the tank?

 

[Luukosian]

Personally I would run it with RO for like 20-30 min then dump it out and repeat then put it on the tank...always better safe than sorry when your not sure what something will do to your tank

 

[greencamaroz28]

I clean my with Warm Ro/di water and scrub it with a britsle bottle cleaner . and rinse with ro/di water . and its clean .

same thing for the cup .