how long for the remora to break in?

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Originally Posted by Lampshade

I've heard that putting some vinager in with the tap water will help even more. Water itself won't get lots of the oils off, vinager will help this. Good luck with your new skimmer.

+1 vinegar will help breaking it in bigtime or change the pump out for something with some more power imo brown water is a sign your skimmer isnt doing what it should or doesnt have the power to do it, even in a wet skim there should be some solid waste.