Cleaned out main chamber of sump. Tried just syphoning. Only worked for a bit then had to use a return pump, which means not a super vacuum of bottom. Got most of the sludge. Took out probably 13-14 gal of water. Next time, I will syphon out at least 8-9 gal, then use my shop vac to clean out the rest.
place heater against back wall, behind filter socks to try to keep media off it. Will see how the dt is temp wise. It was dropping to 76 yet sump said 78, so upped the sump to 79.
I had cleaned the sump in September but a lot of what I took out was from removing sandbed--all the stuff floating around, so hopefully I can leave the sump alone for 3-6 months?
We'll see if this helped my no3 or po4. Added a 2nd chemi pure elite. Each is good for 25 lbs. Not enough. I'll leave it, order more for later. Prob. will add more phosguard as well. All purigen/phosguard/chemi pure is dated in my spread sheet so I know how old everything is--at least within a couple to 3 weeks.
so this is my water change for this week. Tomorrow, I'll change filter socks and clean skimmer cup.
The digi is not happy! Might have to move back to bottom. Or just leave for another couple days and see.
place heater against back wall, behind filter socks to try to keep media off it. Will see how the dt is temp wise. It was dropping to 76 yet sump said 78, so upped the sump to 79.
I had cleaned the sump in September but a lot of what I took out was from removing sandbed--all the stuff floating around, so hopefully I can leave the sump alone for 3-6 months?
We'll see if this helped my no3 or po4. Added a 2nd chemi pure elite. Each is good for 25 lbs. Not enough. I'll leave it, order more for later. Prob. will add more phosguard as well. All purigen/phosguard/chemi pure is dated in my spread sheet so I know how old everything is--at least within a couple to 3 weeks.
so this is my water change for this week. Tomorrow, I'll change filter socks and clean skimmer cup.
The digi is not happy! Might have to move back to bottom. Or just leave for another couple days and see.