How often do you clean your sump?

[sprayin70]

How often do you clean your sump?

 

[sprayin70]

I went 5 months without cleaning mine. I started doing wc's out of the sump because I moved my clam to the top of the reef. When I did the first wc with the clam at the top, he spit water across the living room. I had to put a towel up so he wouldn't get the floor any wetter. With this new method everything stays wet and happy... except the carpet. I do a 30 gallon wc every two weeks out of the sump. I turn off the pumps and leave the Tunze and lights on. I scrub the sump and add new water. This way the corals are never the wiser. It's a pain, but they seem to love it! I am a sucker for happy corals. LOL!

 

[simon_kruger]

Two and a half years in and I haven't cleaned my sump yet. Maybe I should. I dont put much light on it so it doesn't get too dirty.

 

[schwaggs]

I have a lot of detritus collecting in my sump so I siphon that out when doing water changes. My current system has been up for 18 months and I have never cleaned it more than that.

 

[wbholwell]

I "clean" my sump nearly every week- every time I do a water change. When siphoning the water out of the sump, I stir it up to kick up any debris.

 

[FutureInterest]

I clean my refugium every few weeks, but the sump is clean as far as I can tell. Well I do swap out the filtersock every week so I guess that counts as cleaning weekly.

 

[dough]

What sump?

 

[slayer]

i clean mine out with a hose pipe every 2 weeks with my water change. I drain the tank of the water,,,then get the hose pipe and flush all the crap out. then i fill the sump back up with premade salt water and let the system back on. the beauty of having a sump in the garage...i love it...

 

[washowi]

never

 

[kwl1763]

Well I use a filter sock so mine never gets dirty!

 

[vettesarebest]

I do mine about every week because the sponges in there get clogged and the water level rises.

 

[george]

Maroons15;33686 wrote: I do mine about every week because the sponges in there get clogged and the water level rises.

I don't clean mine because of the sponges. However, mine are the live kind.

There's also those little limpet-looking snails in there. The speedy ones.

 

[vettesarebest]

If I don't clean the sponges "The Dead Ones" Then my sump will over flow because the only way for the water to go through it is through the sponges. But since I got my Euro Reef I don't have to do it as often.

 

[washowi]

Why clean it? It's a sump.....Never cleaned it, never will.

 

[budsreef]

I've only cleaned mine when I have done a major change to it. Both of my sumps are loaded with live rock so cleaning isn't really an easy thing to do.

 

[steve]

You clean your sump?

 

[raisingtwo2006]

I don't' have a sump... but I clean my Mag 350 about twice a year.. otherwise, I just switch out carbon, or the filter thingy..