STUPID things people do in this hobby

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by Spyd

Whats wrong with cleaning the skimmer head completely? Ive been doing that since I started in the hobby, 3 years ago. Lol

It's a colossal waste of time. A quick rinse and wipe with a scrub pad is all you need. I can't count the number of times I've had someone go over their maintenance routine with me where cleaning the skimmer cup spotless was somehow paramount to their continued success. Hint - It's not.

If you're spending more than 2 minutes cleaning your skimmer cup, you're probably wasting time. If you need to pull out a disposable wiping agent to clean it, you're wasting trees. That is unless you plan to drink coffee out of it at some point or something... Then I have no argument against this.