Who's got the dirtiest sump?

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Who's got the dirtiest sump?

 

[BryanM]

It won't be me. I don't clean it, but its not old enough yet to be dirtiest.

 

[Waters]

I clean mine once a month.....I shouldn't even be allowed in this thread

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

It won't be me. I don't clean it, but its not old enough yet to be dirtiest.

We’ll wait!

I clean mine once a month.....I shouldn't even be allowed in this thread

See the door please!!! Hahaha!

 

[slingfox]

I haven’t cleaned my sump for over a year. I will likely try to do a deep sump clean out as part of Spring cleaning. I am
Not looking forward to it!

 

[X-37B]

This is my 150's at 22 months of no clean. Skimmer was swapped but the sump was not touched.
Currently mine is the dirtiest, lol.

 

[mpatterson42]

This is my 150's at 22 months of no clean. Skimmer was swapped but the sump was not touched.
Currently mine is the dirtiest, lol.

Mine looked like this until a few days ago, I finally decided to use a turkey baster to suck all the nastiness out on my last water change.

 

[mfinn]

On the 66

 

[vlangel]

I used to have a really dirty sump with my old tank. I never cleaned it in probably 7 years plus I added a deep sand bed with garden soil in it because I thought that would be good for seagrasses. The seagrasses weren't impressed, however.

 

[Grog]

I was thinking "Hey, I got this!" Took a picture and it doesn't look that bad.

I'm shocked actually.

 

[Red_Beard]

Definitely not mine. I cleaned it back in '23.

 

[tripdad]

Deleted

 

[Minifoot77]

Is there a prize? I don't want you all judging me after a lazy 5 years...

 

[Minifoot77]

@JTP424 has seen it but I think that's it

 

[JTP424]

@JTP424 has seen it but I think that's it

You might take the cake ahahah

 

[Minifoot77]

You might take the cake ahahah

Definitely possible its on my todo list

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

At work right now but can’t wait till I get home to take a pic of my nasty *** sump.

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

 

[GiraffeShepherd]

This was a blind area in my sump. I was replumbing and discovered this. (Featuring 20"+ bristle worm

All clean

 

[exnisstech]

I should have taken photos when i broke my last tank down after 6 years running and never being cleaned. All the nasty sludge I scraped out got dumped into the new sump and covered with rock. I've never cleaned a sump. There's too much life living in all that filth and I don't want to kill it all. I see it all as part of the little eco system going on. I figure they put doors on the stands for a reason

Only two years on this one so not too bad yet. The cool stuff is down under the rocks which serve as a cryptic zone.