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Never tried a shopvac? I have sponges, spirobid worms, bio ball, peppermint shrimp and an elephant snail in mine.I clean mine if there’s too much crap in there with a shop vac. It keeps the nutrients and pollution down. I do have some sponge growing in there on a baffle. I used to have live rock in there, all that does is trap detritus so I took out the rock….i still have ceramic bioballs in a large mesh bag.. been doing that for years.
Yes. I shop vac mine pretty regularlyNever tried a shopvac? I have sponges, spirobid worms, bio ball, peppermint shrimp and an elephant snail in mine.
That's usually when I decide mine needs a little cleaning.Mine looks like a wierd science experiment
When I walk through very successful LFS with nice frag tanks I always look at their sumps. Most look like complete mess. Some are well over a decade old and never cleaned. I just prune back my chaeto and scrape a little algae off the glass each week but that's it. I change sock every 2 weeks. Empty skimmer cup weekly but never detail clean the sump. There is so much biodiversity and microfauna there.That's usually when I decide mine needs a little cleaning.
I do the skimmer cup every couple weeks, the whole skimmer every couple months, and the return pump every six months or so.I don't clean my sump.
The only things that get cleaned once a year are the return pump and the skimmer pump. The skimmer cup cleaned once a week
I guess I'm the unicorn here. My OCD will not allow a dirty sump. With every month or so water change.....I completely empty the sump, remove and clean all equipment...and fully wipe down and dry the the sump. This is today's view after about 3 weeks and nearing the time for the next water change and cleaning.
To each his own...I'll give 1 clue. .
Lol. Many different ways to skin a cat.. every year or 2 I'll stick my hand in there and wipe some glass clean if I need to check something. I'm pretty sure there's a couple fish in there somewhereTo each his own...