Thoughts about Live Rock in Sump

[untamed]

One of my sumps is full of rock. I do agree with the previous post, however. Every now and then, I grab a rock or two and shake all the crud out of it. I also vaccuum out the detritus from around/under the rocks every year or so.

If I had to do it again...I would build a detritus settling sump, prior to the main sump. Maybe one of those cone shaped tanks with a drain on the bottom...

Filter socks might do the same thing, but I don't use them.

[lastlight]

Actually good point Kevin. I think if I wasn't using a filter sock it would be a problem especially since my live rock area is not very accessible. The only things settling in there is the stuff that the rock itself sheds. Not sure if that stuff is detrimental or not but a lot of it is sand and little bits of rubble.

I use LR in my sump there is a lot of detritus but that is because there is no filter sock so when I move things around there will be sock on every thing then there should be very little detritus to contend with. If Any detritus does get in the sump the LR helps to create eddies in the water column so any free particles will settle out. you don't want any thing returning to the tank.

Bill