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• Mark H. says:

  04.27.2012 at 5:04 am

  Good tip Mark, seems like the sump is the main collector.
• Eric says:

  04.27.2012 at 6:59 am

  Thanks for the tip. I’ve never cleaned my sump. Also I’ve been pronouncing detritus wrong for years thanks for that. Do you use a siphon to remove the waste from the sand bed? Maybe you could demonstrate how you actually do clean your sand bed when you do a water change. Thanks Eric
• tim baker says:

  04.27.2012 at 8:19 am

  thanks mark for the tip and you are right Eric i would like to see the right way to clean the sand bed i do like to talk to all saltwater people to learn new way to do something thanks all tim
• Tony says:

  04.27.2012 at 8:40 am

  I have a 20 gal sump with no baffles, a refugium and protien skimmer, along with return and reactor pumps, etc, 2 – 1″ drains going into it on my 49gal Bowfront. One drain is into a sock, the other goes right into sump open. I get alot of detritus in my sump rather than in the tank. The best way I found to clean my sump is a 200gph power head with tubing, and a 5gal bucket. Plug it in and guide the tubing in and out of all the tight spots!
• Mark Callahan says:

  04.27.2012 at 8:42 am

  Tim & Eric…I will suck up bits of detritus on the sand bed if I see them. Otherwise I don’t disturb the sand bed when cleaning my tank
• Mark Callahan says:

  04.27.2012 at 8:42 am

  Tony…that’s how I do it. A Maxi-jet works great for sucking stuff up out of the sump
• Lisa DiMercurio says:

  04.27.2012 at 10:52 am

  I have a question about todays quick tip. How can you get detritus out of the sump? I don’t understand how I can get a siphon from the sump.
  Thanks
• Mark Callahan says:

  04.27.2012 at 11:08 am

  Lisa…use a small pump.
• david says:

  04.27.2012 at 3:06 pm

  So Mark you really dont siphon the sand bed completely? ever? just wondering
• Mark Callahan says:

  04.27.2012 at 3:33 pm

  David..I never touch the sand bed.
• david says:

  04.28.2012 at 12:09 pm

  ok Thanks alot
• david says:

  04.28.2012 at 2:02 pm

  sorry to bother but do you recommend the same for a crushed coral/sand bed mix?
• cmario says:

  04.29.2012 at 4:18 pm

  is their a difference in deep sandbed vs non deep
  sandbed????

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