Red Sea E-260

[Gary Ellis]

How do you all clean the debris in the sump on the E260?

 

[blaxsun]

How do you all clean the debris in the sump on the E260?

With the AIO I used to run I'd turn the pumps off and use a baster to blow or suck or most of the heavier stuff, then take out all the water in the sump to clear all the floating crap and then perform a water change.

 

[Gary Ellis]

With the AIO I used to run I'd turn the pumps off and use a baster to blow or suck or most of the heavier stuff, then take out all the water in the sump to clear all the floating crap and then perform a water change.

But I have the upgraded sump so I can't take out all the water in the AIO sump.

 

[blaxsun]

But I have the upgraded sump so I can't take out all the water in the AIO sump.

You can always scrub out and stir up as much debris as you can, then syphon it out with a hose and run it back through a filter sock (I use a Sicce Zero and Python for this on mine).

 

[MYosh88]

How do you all clean the debris in the sump on the E260?

I don't have upgrade, and I am not sure where you are trying to clean, but for my standard E260 I use this. It's made from PEX tubing which you can get at Home Depot or Lowe's, cut long enough to get to the bottom of the AIO reservoir . The white PEX tubing is narrow enough to get by obstacles like the pump return tubing, and can get into the narrow crevices around the pumps.