Emergency overflow chamber and algae

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by mattjoly85

i would leave it as the algae there is eating up any unwanted nutrients.
i would just clear a little bit around the pipe and leave the rest.
other things glow in the algae also. pods, snails, etc...

Thanks. The drain isn't blocked, it just has stuff growing. I thought it wouldn't be bad as is it does keep things out of the dt. I'll tidy it up a bit.

Loads of snails in my sump, can't see much in the way of pods tho....

[mark]

All I do with mine is every couple of waters change I'll usually siphon out the sludge. No algae as overflow sides are covered in dark acrylic and lights don't shine into them.

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by mark

All I do with mine is every couple of waters change I'll usually siphon out the sludge. No algae as overflow sides are covered in dark acrylic and lights don't shine into them.

I did not think about covering from lights.

[MMAX]

Mine has bubble algae in it. Every couple of weeks I'll shut off the gate valve and force all the water through the emergancy drain into the sump, put a bag over the pvc pipe and catch it that way.