Skimmer Maintenance

I was sitting around on Sunday with a really gloomy day ahead of me with all the rain we have been having. So decided to strip my skimmers as it has been about 6 months since the last stripping down. This was over due as i could not see bubbles in the Octopus with all the calcareous algae in the chamber, massive job ahead. Well 4 hrs later, half a bottle of vinegar and plenty elbow grease the skimmers as well as the pumps were clean. Started them up and i must say i am surprised by how better the performance of a clean skimmer is. This is something that should be done twice a year, just remember to tap the skimmer back when you restart as you may end up flooding the floor.
Here's what they look like with less than 24hrs skim mate.

 

nice alan.i remember that skimmer being covered in coralline