What is a good sump cleaning organism

[Nexus13]

I find that my 10 gallon sump (directly beneath my 29gallon display tank) tends to get a build up of light brown detritus on the bottom of the tank.

Anyone know of a good housekeeping organism that will eat this detritus?

This is the stuff that leads to ammonia yes?

thanks in advance.

[mark]

I just put some snails in mine but eventually you'll want to siphon the detritus out.

[Aquattro]

Using filter socks mostly eliminates that.

[Nexus13]

hmm i'm gonna have to try the filter sock thing.

that's a really good idea.

could i just use nylon stockings or will that work?

cause siphoning isn't really practical. my sump is pretty much at ground level.

[Aquattro]

No, you'll need an actual filter sock. They're reasonably cheap and washable. If your LFS doesn't have them, lots of our online sponsors carry them.

[saltynuts]

put a power head in the sump. helps keep everthing floating around so the skimmer can get it.