Dirt in overflow

[Clownguy]

I was reading a post from a while back about trying to find the reason for extra nutrients and some one mentioned they found a lot of dirt in their overflow. Well, I was doing a water change and decided to peak in my overflow and found about 3-4" of crud. It was so thick I had to vacum it out with my wet n' dry. It will be interesting to see if it helps with some excess algae.:idea:

Chris

 

[burning2nd]

i have, the same problem, (not that much) (you got a lot) but i have a small amount of waste looking stuff siting in the 2nd lowest outside part (witch is hard to get a tube down in there. but i will clean it sooner or later

Im sure if you had that much it will help by removeing

 

[Scooterman]

Yes It should help, keep that thing clean

 

[Krish]

Sumps, prefilters etc all need to be kept clean. Also, ever cleaned out a submersible pump in a bucket of water??? Even small things like a pump can build up with a lot of detritus/waste.

 

[ronj]

i would say that will definately help!!!!! 3-4" of junk is ALOT!!!!!!

 

[shallowreef]

I just cleaned out my overflows and i noticed an improvement as well in my water quality.

 

[Clownguy]

My tank is out in my garage now so I think I may take my durso pipe out just to make sure that the overflow stays clean since noise is not an issue. What does everyone think about that?

Chris