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vacuuming overflows

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Midnight
, 04-10-2011 at 10:26 PM (2110 Views)
Marc, you mentioned cleaning your over flow out in your recent article...curious if you have heard of anyone using that area as a deep sand bed? particularly in my tank the outlet from the overflows is at the top going out the back, no stand pipe to worry about cleaning and such. At the base of my overflows there is .25 to .5" of mud and bristles and pods. Just food for thought

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  1. melev's Avatar
    I suppose you could, since you don't have a bulkhead at the bottom that may need tending one day.

    For normal overflows with a drain and return line, it needs to be cleaned out at least annually.
  2. Midnight's Avatar
    Cleaning the return lines? I would have to cut mine out to do so...The last time I switched all my plumbing up I could not get the hose off of the hose barbs and had to cut them off.
  3. melev's Avatar
    I'm not talking about plumbing, just the overflows and in the sump. If you have locline or something similar on the return that is in the tank and getting covered with algae, those can be removed, soaked and cleaned.