How often you wash your sump tank

hi bro must be careful when cleaning sump tank. Might end killing all ur beneficial bacteria. Try to wash with tank water during water change.

[reddevil79]

Originally Posted by andy_fish

Filter media do not need to wash, just simple cleaning will do IMO like those lose waste/dirt underneath the media just clear with a suction pipe ..
s for bio-ball ; Use your hand to stir and stir and pour in the tank water, and all the lose waste/dirt etc.. will just drop from the bio-ball and use suction to suck out from the bottom will do.

ic. thanks alot

I propose to clean your sump regularly. How often depends on the bioload in your tank.

Fishes poo, all the time, every day.
This is trapped in the filter wool, some escape beyond.
Filter wool should be washed every few days and this depends on the amount of debris on the wool, ie feeding regime, fish poo, etc. Again it depends on the number of fish you have in your tank. The more fishes, the shorter the cleaning interval. Filter wool MUST be clean for fish to be healthy.

Besides the filter wool, debris also collect beyond. ie they clog up your biohome, ceramic rings, etc. So those also need some "cleaning" but in a different manner.

Filter wool - wash off as much debris as u can. If they cannot be washed off satisfactorily, change the wool.

Biohome, rings, etc - half yearly, just use ur hand and lightly move and disturb the media a bit, so that any loose dirt can be freed and suck up back into the tank, to the filter wool. It's important to do this to "unclog" the system. You will also see your tank become crystal clear after you do this.

[jimjon]

throw in some molly fish and it will eat the brown agle and others

[Gigas]

I think wool maintenance is a must...wash every day and change every week.

I do not wash the sump..I change media every year...part by part...then u have a full functioning sump all the time...no blind spots

[ThErMuS]

i change my wool twice weekly... then for the medias.. i will not take out and wash all at one time! take maybe compartment 1 this week and then compartment 2 the following... do this over the period of six months... hope this help

[andy_fish]

IMO, buy those white wool with those better quality type... dun buy just because its cheap.
Better quality is more stiffer and u can feel more harder than those lower quality which they use for pillow...

i also say that. .. .