How do I keep my overflow clean?

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I have some MTS and some pond snails that live in there. Not something I intentionally did. They just happen to migrate there and eat any food that get stuck in the overflow. I used to siphon whenever I did a water change but that got old quick.

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Do you mean the coloration on the glass? I would have painted it to match the background... But now I think scraping it would be the only solution. Maybe keep a small mag float in there?
 
geronimo69 said:
Do you mean the coloration on the glass? I would have painted it to match the background... But now I think scraping it would be the only solution. Maybe keep a small mag float in there?
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It's not the color that bothers me its the food and other stuff in it. I don't want snails or fish in the overflow because it get suck into my other tank


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Get a long, slender bristle brush and make it part of your cleaning regimen. I use a the cheapo straight toilet brush from dollartree, but I know petsmart has one that's maybe 1.5" diameter bristles and 12-18" long.

At least your setup doesn't appear to have any plumbing in the overflow itself.
 
Most overflow are black so they don't grow algae. You could put a black acrylic cover over it?
 
How u put a black cover over it? And it's mostly food that don't get suck down the pipe that are in there. Should I put bio all and a Pleco down there. I have 2 Adonis pleco in my sump


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