does any one clean the over flow box?

chercm · 02/28/2011, 06:43 PM

anyone ?

zoohoot · 02/28/2011, 06:54 PM

I cleaned mine for the first timet his weekend. It was hard to see to the bottom of it, but using the standard siphon I pulled out quite a bit of gunk.

psusocr · 02/28/2011, 07:01 PM

I always do, alot of "junk" sits in there and rots!

pkirby · 02/28/2011, 07:21 PM

I do too. like psusocr said... quite a bit accumulates in there.

Acrotrdco · 02/28/2011, 08:06 PM

My overflow box is rather small so I tend to clean it once every week.

allsps40 · 02/28/2011, 08:18 PM

Mine is a custom built overflow, hole drilled in back of tank instead of the bottom so the overflow is only 4 inches deep. I do clean off some of the slime that grows in it thats about it. Flow is high through it and being shallow everything ends up in the sump as it should for the skimmer to remove it.

jeremyblu · 02/28/2011, 08:36 PM

i clean mine out about once a month give or take

02/28/2011, 06:43 PM	#1
chercm Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,971	does any one clean the over flow box? anyone ?

02/28/2011, 07:01 PM	#3
psusocr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NEPA Posts: 1,080	I always do, alot of "junk" sits in there and rots! __________________ -BN- Current Tank Info: Custom 300 in-wall mixed reef, SRO Diablo DCRS EXT 250 Skimmer ,LED's with 6' VHO Actinics, Custom fuge, (2)Tunze 6105's (2)Tunze 6095's on Tunze 7095 controller, MRC CR-4 Dual, ATO & Aquacontroller III

02/28/2011, 08:18 PM	#6
allsps40 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,627	Mine is a custom built overflow, hole drilled in back of tank instead of the bottom so the overflow is only 4 inches deep. I do clean off some of the slime that grows in it thats about it. Flow is high through it and being shallow everything ends up in the sump as it should for the skimmer to remove it. __________________ __________ Current Tank Info: Past reef tanks: 20H softy, 29G mixed reef, 55G mixed reef, 40B sps dominant mixed reef and 75G sps dominant mixed reef. No tank currently

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02/28/2011, 06:54 PM	#2
zoohoot Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Wildomar, CA Posts: 233	I cleaned mine for the first timet his weekend. It was hard to see to the bottom of it, but using the standard siphon I pulled out quite a bit of gunk.

02/28/2011, 07:21 PM	#4
pkirby Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 408	I do too. like psusocr said... quite a bit accumulates in there.

02/28/2011, 08:06 PM	#5
Acrotrdco Moved On Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 708	My overflow box is rather small so I tend to clean it once every week.

02/28/2011, 08:36 PM	#7
jeremyblu Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 115	i clean mine out about once a month give or take