Detritus in sump

[leducreef]

yep lol hook up a small pump to a lfs vac hose
works for me !

[banditpowdercoat]

Take a little powerhead, and put a filtersock on the outlet. Fine filtersock, finer than 100 micron, and a small powerhead. Mini-jet comes to mind. To much flow will blow the detritus right through the sock.

[tlo]

a wet/dry shop vac works great as well.

[robert]

or python if water tap is close by

As tlo said "a wet/dry shop vac works great as well." but get the smallest one they have as the 4.5 horse power will suck it dry in about 5 seconds. Thats the only shop vac I have and it's way to big. I use it to suck out the lines for my inground pool 10 gallon holding tank full in 5 seconds or less.

Bill

[Dez]

Originally Posted by leducreef

yep lol hook up a small pump to a lfs vac hose
works for me !

What's LFS? Local fish store is what I know it to be.

[Delphinus]

I drain the sump and then use a shop vac..

[lastlight]

Why not run a few small powerheads in there so it doesn't settle in your sump?

[Dez]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I drain the sump and then use a shop vac..

Yikes, that means I'd have to drain 60 gallons of water....

[lastlight]

I'll likely be trying out the Eheim sludge extractor for sandbed maintenance. It's not terribly expensive and will be pretty convenient...