What would be the best scavenger for a sump??

west1

west1

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Trying to add something to help with the poluting of the water slow down a bit (trying to get what ever food makes it to the bottom chowed down).

My water is not messed up at all, just dont want food to sit and get worst over time since I dont clean my sump once a week (more like once every 6 months)
Anyone??
 
Feed less and use a siphon.
 
soobie said:
Feed less and use a siphon.
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He he, I dont over feed my fish.
I am just trying to get a little something to get what ever little pcs go down there. Not like I'm throwing in 20pcs of market shrimp:)
I feed enough to see its all gone.
I look in the sump and I see very min pcs of food and just want to add a little something to catch the food

any suggest..
 
Scavengers will poop. You will have to clean up the poop. May not alleviate the issue entirely.
 
What kind of fish do you have, and what size tank/sump is it? I rather like Malefic23's idea of planting the sump. A few shop lights would provide plenty of lighting for even a huge sump tank, and having a planted area in the sump would certainly help remove some extra waste from the water. As far as small chunks of food just sitting there and rotting, you could probably set up a coarse sponge pre-filter going into the sump that you can take out and rinse once a week or so. (coarse so it doesn't trap everything, just enough filtration to catch the food pieces you don't want going through the system)
 
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