I empty it out and clean it up with a bottle brush and sponge every week with my water change. You're probably right about new skimmers on others tanks producing so much because of the need of a skimmer. My best (or worst) week of skimming on this tank only saw about a 1/4" of skim mate in the cup. I only started using Chemipure Elite 2 weeks ago and since then I've been down to almost no skim mate. Maybe I should pass on the skimmer for now and get an MP10 instead! I have a Koralia 2 right now but it produces a little too much flow for this tank and I really want the random flow that a MP10 can give me. Thanks for your thoughts.
