How do you clean your sumps?
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+1 Wet/Dry Vac. I used it a few times on the sump when I first put the tank/sump system together. To be honest, I've not cleaned my sump once the system has been up and running. There are little breakdown of food/poop at the bottom (looks more like a light mush LOL), but it has not affected my water parameters. Having said that, I have been meaning to suck some of that up just to keep things "tidy".
havent cleaned mine in a good year or so... Im prob gonna have to gut it to catch all the fishes that in there. LOL
i have no real easy way of cleaning my wet dry, have not cleaned it in a very long time. i sue filter socks so it is not that dirty but could use a clean.
will have to think of a way to do and get around to actually doing it
will have to think of a way to do and get around to actually doing it
I also use filter socks in sumps, so it takes about a year to get gunky.
And because I just keep biomedia in mesh bags, I occasionally pull the bags out, swish them around in water change water, then drop them back in, and the sump is ready to go.
I also have overhead refugiums, the roots of plants tend to collect debris and get really gunky, they can be vacuumed though.
And because I just keep biomedia in mesh bags, I occasionally pull the bags out, swish them around in water change water, then drop them back in, and the sump is ready to go.
I also have overhead refugiums, the roots of plants tend to collect debris and get really gunky, they can be vacuumed though.
That photo reminds me of the tree roots that get into my sewer pipe.
I put off using the sock until I can set up a better way to position it.The way that I had it the hose for the incoming tank water was placed inside of the sock which was basically sitting right on the drip plate.It apeared to me that fewer bio balls were trickled upon than could or should be.
I put off using the sock until I can set up a better way to position it.The way that I had it the hose for the incoming tank water was placed inside of the sock which was basically sitting right on the drip plate.It apeared to me that fewer bio balls were trickled upon than could or should be.
I run 50 micron socks so my sump stays fairly clean. My sumps have no baffles and bio is in lingerie bags so once a month I rinse the bio in a bucket and vacuum the sump every few months. I made my stand a little on the tall side for easy access.
