Thoughts on detritus in refugium

[carey1465]

I'm currently running my sump without sock filters (its been 2.5 weeks). I have some detritus building up in the bottom of my sump now where my skimmer sits so I bought myself a power head today to help stir up the detritus so it will settle into the fuge where I have a 6" sandbed. Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on this idea?

FYI-This is a 110 gallon FOWLR tank.

 

[stacy22]

I would siphon it out and not let it accumulate.

 

[carey1465]

I was wondering if it was beneficial for the detritus to eventually land on the sand. I did siphon out the detritus when I had a drip tray.


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[cr500_af]

Moved to Reef Discussion.

Agree w/ Stacy... you don't want any more detritus in your system than you have to. If it accumulates in an area you can get to, siphon it out.

 

[oz]

siphon then add the powerhead so it doesn't accumulate.

 

[carey1465]

I understand the removal of the detritus from the bottom of the sump because I use to do that all the time, but I want know if I should let it float and settle onto the deep sand bed in my refuge where the pods can eat it up? =)