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09-25-2006, 08:14 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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Do you clean your sump?
The reason I am asking is a lot of junk is settling in my sump and the pumps stir it up so it ends up in the tank when the return pics it up. How do you guys handle this? I never hear of people cleaning them but it seems like it needs to be done.
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09-25-2006, 08:25 AM
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I'm sorry.......
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: South West Florida
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I clean mine out when I clean my return pump. then I break the sump down and clean the entire bottom of my stand, remove all build up
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09-25-2006, 08:30 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: new york city
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Ive never cleaned mine
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09-25-2006, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bend, oregon
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I dont, but i would if anything settled and i needed to.
A shop vac during water changes works great for this.
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09-25-2006, 10:59 AM
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the shutterbug mod!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: NE Wisconsin
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hehehehehe.....
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09-25-2006, 11:02 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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Oh yes, I clean mine often. My sump is setup like a settling tank, so detritus drops out, and removing all that is a big part of my bi-weekly waterchanges.
Whiskey
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09-25-2006, 11:14 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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I try to use a wet vac when I do WC to clean the sump out!
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09-25-2006, 11:16 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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I have found that a python no spill drain and fill is ideal for cleaning out the sump, and that a wet dry just removes water too fast to clean properly
Whiskey
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And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
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09-25-2006, 11:30 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Marietta, GA
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I clean mine all the time using an old canister filter, the filter sucks up the dirt off the bottom and returns clean water to the sump so I can do it without doing a water change 
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09-25-2006, 12:00 PM
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Wannabeareefer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, Canada
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I have a 20 gal settling tank, before my sump/Fuge, I drain and clean it every week when I do the weelkly changes.
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09-25-2006, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
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My sump is a collecting area as well. I use one of those hand siphon things made for transferring kerosene to do my water changes.
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09-25-2006, 02:51 PM
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Reef Nut
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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Wouldn't leaving the detrius in the sump be just as bad as leaving it in the bottom of the tank?
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09-25-2006, 02:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bend, oregon
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Originally Posted by scoop
Wouldn't leaving the detrius in the sump be just as bad as leaving it in the bottom of the tank?
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yes, it would be actually worse than leaving in a sandbed tank as the sand can absorb it. It would be exactly the same as leaving it on the floor of a barebottom tank.
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I like to glue animals to rocks and put disturbing amounts of electricity and saltwater next to each other
Zoa and paly pics HERE
SPS pics HERE
Last edited by Fly Guy; 09-25-2006 at 02:59 PM.
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09-25-2006, 03:03 PM
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Wasian
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Atlanta
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no i dont clean my sump, cause i dont have one.  |
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09-25-2006, 03:43 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly Guy
yes, it would be actually worse than leaving in a sandbed tank as the sand can absorb it. It would be exactly the same as leaving it on the floor of a barebottom tank.
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Exactally what I was going to say.
Whiskey
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And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
racing around to come up behind you again
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