Cleaning your sump?

[Snookin]

Do you clean out your sump and if so, how often and what's your method?

 

[revsgirl]

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Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream! Tonya

 

[Eggs]

I am bad about cleaning mine out on a regular basis, but when I do I use a wet/dry shop vac to vacumm out the debris; then replace the amount of water that was removed with newly mixed up saltwater.

 

[Reefing Madness]

I do it once a month, using an old filter I vacuum out the bottom, of which mine has no sand so I don't worry about sucking that up. Just get the garbage out.

 

[FishLipz]

I keep a power head in the sump to minimize the amount of crud that settles. About once a month I'll siphon out the dead spots while doing a water change.

 

[bigcapct]

I haven't ever cleaned mine.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I do it about every two weeks . It collects in two areas in my sump .
I wipe salt creep down once a month with a vinegar paper towel.
I suck the stuff out with a python hose taking about 10% total water volume out .
I replace with newly mixed saltwater . Accomplishes two things at the same time.

 

[MAKcorals]

Keeping it clean is the key to this hobby lol. I usually use a syphon or a shop vac depending on how dirty it gets and make sure i wipe off all of the salt creep.