Accumulated Detritus in sump

[nicodim55]

Hello reefers, is there any negative impact in removing detritus in sumps? I’m thinking about vacuuming all the accumulated detritus inside the entire chamber using a wet dry vacuum. Will there be any ammonia spikes or ill effects by doing this? Please help and chime in. Thank you and you all be safe.

 

[BeanMachine]

Hello reefers, is there any negative impact in removing detritus in sumps? I’m thinking about vacuuming all the accumulated detritus inside the entire chamber using a wet dry vacuum. Will there be any ammonia spikes or ill effects by doing this? Please help and chime in. Thank you and you all be safe.

No, go for it. Essentially just doing a water change and picking up the detritus while your doing it.

 

[joseserrano]

No harm

 

[dontavo27]

+1 on the water change and picking it up while performing it. I’m about to do that today as well.

 

[Raptor72]

I did that recently with one of those 3D printed nozzles and a small pump. The only downside was I got rid of most of my small white brittle stars.

 

[five.five-six]

I did that recently with one of those 3D printed nozzles and a small pump. The only downside was I got rid of most of my small white brittle stars.

They will come back.