MY TRICK TO A CLEAN SUMP :)

[West1]

Thanks Doc.

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

I think I can kinda relate....as far as looking for a way to keep the biomedia gunk free......

I have my drip tray full of about 2.5" of polyfiber and my pot scrubbies still get impregnated with gunk over time.....although,as Joe mentioned it still takes about 6 months before it gets bad enough that I need to clean out the sump.

However,contrary to what some have said I do need to use something with a bit of pressure to get the crap out of the pot scrubbies...and the nylon ones are harder to clean than the plastic ones.

what I do is just take the whole thing outside and plug in the pump and let it shoot up like a fountain,cleaning my scrubbies in its flow....but then my tank goes through a mini cycle for about a week and a half, two weeks.

 

[West1]

Do you have any pics of your sump set up that you can show me?

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

theres some in this thread:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104159

 

[West1]

Thanks for the link. Pretty interesting set up. Hows it working? Forgive if its a dunb Q, but what exactly will the plants do for the tank?

 

[basslover34]

Using a power head to "clean the bio balls" or scrubbies was never the question ..

 

[vamptrev]

i think its a good idea. waste will eventually get stuck back in ur filter pad, and no build up in ur sump. in the end a cleaner tank

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

Using a power head to "clean the bio balls" or scrubbies was never the question ..

I never saw a question posed, only someone sharing how they handled gunk buildup in their sump.I,in turn, shared how I usually take care of the problem.


the plants eat nitrates west.

 

[Dr Joe]

And left over ammonia that the bio-mass couldn't handle in the first pass.

 

[West1]

Right on! So is it a good idea to load up the sump with some plants? Maybe like 2 or 3