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150g 5'x2'x2'
Why do you hate yours? Same reasons as I've mentioned or something different?
I don't know what my turnover rate is, but it's not very high. I'm not actually running the Triton method. I bought the sump for the large fuge area. I guess I just didn't imagine it would end up so dirty. Algae growth is fine, except it gets in everything. But, I was still imaging nice clear water overall. I haven't seen that yet.Interesting because I have the smaller version that I haven't setup yet. How much turn over do you have in your sump because I know the triton method requires 10x and I wonder if that would help?
Does your detritus settle mostly to the bottom of your refugium or whatever you've got? You see a lot of people with refugiums with chaeto that looks pristine and clean. Mine is a heap of gunk. Maybe they're running socks with their fuge to keep that detritus out of there.looks like a healthy sump to me.. My 150 gallon sump has a long top moving current empty bottom just to catch detritus. I Vacuum it every month or so and run very little mechanical filtration.. You either deal with the detritus by vacuum or use some type of filter socks or materials .i do not think the sump is to blame for this..
Ahh, another who feels my pain! The media tray I don't even use, I took the trays out of it because they didn't serve any purpose, nor hold down that little strip of sponge they give you.I feel the design of it is very poor, the media basket tray thing is backwards and useless, the fact that can’t use any socks is poor design. And the random wall dividing the drain pipes from the refug. Just seems to be a trap for snails / hermits
Yes .. it settles in a area i created just for that..I don't know what my turnover rate is, but it's not very high. I'm not actually running the Triton method. I bought the sump for the large fuge area. I guess I just didn't imagine it would end up so dirty. Algae growth is fine, except it gets in everything. But, I was still imaging nice clear water overall. I haven't seen that yet.
Does your detritus settle mostly to the bottom of your refugium or whatever you've got? You see a lot of people with refugiums with chaeto that looks pristine and clean. Mine is a heap of gunk. Maybe they're running socks with their fuge to keep that detritus out of there.
Ahh, another who feels my pain! The media tray I don't even use, I took the trays out of it because they didn't serve any purpose, nor hold down that little strip of sponge they give you.
I have actually considered taking something and just cutting that dividing wall out. That's really all that has changed in the V2 of the sump. I don't have the snail/hermit issue because my overflow has a cover, but I can see how it could be an issue. What if a fish went down there? No way you'd ever get it out in that tight space...
Oh yeah that makes sense. I don't have any cuc in the fuge. I should ban my hermits to the sump but..maybe not if they're going to end up all over the place.It’s a hermit trap for me. I have cuc in the fuge section and they wonder into the wall section and can’t get out.
Easiest fix is to install filter socks.As the title states I'm finding myself dissatisfied with my Trigger Triton44 V1 sump. The reason mostly being the inability to manage detritus very well. There's no means for mechanical filtration really and my sump is growing more GHA than anything else. Which, isn't all bad, but it also is a big detritus catcher.
Current setup is the Triton sump (not running Triton method) and Lifereef skimmer on a 150g, soon to add a 60g into the same sump.
So, I'm considering a new sump or other options but there's so many ways to skin this particular cat that I don't know which way to go. I don't necessarily care to change filter socks, but..maybe a necessary evil?
Feel free to chime in with your ideas or why you like your filtration setup, pros/cons etc.
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Easiest fix is to install filter socks.
It might not be the neatest installation, but you could use the drawstring type socks around each down pipe and support them across the width of the tank with a 1" piece of PVC.
Alternatively you could install aftermarket filter sock holder on each down pipe
Why don’t you simply get some 4” filter socks with tie strings and slip them up over the drains? What does the Trigger Triton44 have to do with your issue though? Why not “not happy running sockless”?