How often you wash your sump tank

Hi guys, just need to know whats is the common practice to wash the sump tank..........thanks for your commands..........

[andy_fish]

Originally Posted by vklee

Hi guys, just need to know whats is the common practice to wash the sump tank..........thanks for your commands..........

Depend on how big your tank, how many fish you're keeping and depend on ur filter media.
Normal case 6mths to 1yr

[BigeyeFish]

Originally Posted by vklee

Hi guys, just need to know whats is the common practice to wash the sump tank..........thanks for your commands..........

why wash when you see your medias are not clogged badly and dirty? maybe some bros here can show you some photos what is meant by badly clogged and dirty before maintenance.

i never wash my sump tank for many months and year. These BBs dun like to be disturbed much. I normally take out the media and give it a quick rinse with the tank water and place it back quickly. The rinse just to remove clogged dirt and bigger particles stuck. However, I change the initial wool filter regularly when they turn brown and after 2 weeks. I dun wash wool, I throw and change new ones.

Thanks for all the advice, mine sump already 1 year +..........still seems clean except some brownish algea....most of the time I will put the suction pipe in the sump during WC...&..I always wash my first layer of filter wool every week or couple of weeks depend on what I feed.....only change once a couple of months..........here are I practised........

Don't fix anything that's not spoilt

[Laiceps]

I didn't wash my sump many months...occasionally would just suck out remains at the compartment base....

Normally don wash , even if u want to wash pls use the tank water to rinse. Or else ur benficial bact will be gone

[reddevil79]

Hi, would like to cut in since on the topic of sump. I have bioballs in the 1st compartment. May i know how often to wash them?
btw my 2nd n 3rd compt is bacteria house n 4 compt is glass ring.

[andy_fish]

Originally Posted by reddevil79

Hi, would like to cut in since on the topic of sump. I have bioballs in the 1st compartment. May i know how often to wash them?
btw my 2nd n 3rd compt is bacteria house n 4 compt is glass ring.

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.