help sump question

telamont · 07/21/2012, 10:28 AM

Hi someone recently hired me to do maintenance on their 150 gallon tank with a small sump below. The sump is layed out with return section leading into a sock where there is also a skimmer. The water flows in that way and through the skimmer over a baffle through a sponge and into the return section where there is an auto top off and also a phosban reactor.

My questions are, how often and when am i supposed to change out the phosban and also when do I change out that sponge that is inbetween baffles located after the skimmer. I heard the socks should be changed out whenever they are full of enough gunk that the water clogs and flows over it rather than through it. Thanks for the help.

pete33 · 07/21/2012, 10:43 AM

I have the same setup (Eshopps). Sock and sponge gets cleaned once a week before a WC, GFO replaced monthly.

telamont · 07/21/2012, 11:28 AM

thanks!

07/21/2012, 10:28 AM	#1
telamont Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 332	help sump question Hi someone recently hired me to do maintenance on their 150 gallon tank with a small sump below. The sump is layed out with return section leading into a sock where there is also a skimmer. The water flows in that way and through the skimmer over a baffle through a sponge and into the return section where there is an auto top off and also a phosban reactor. My questions are, how often and when am i supposed to change out the phosban and also when do I change out that sponge that is inbetween baffles located after the skimmer. I heard the socks should be changed out whenever they are full of enough gunk that the water clogs and flows over it rather than through it. Thanks for the help.

07/21/2012, 10:43 AM	#2
pete33 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Granada Hills, CA Posts: 259	I have the same setup (Eshopps). Sock and sponge gets cleaned once a week before a WC, GFO replaced monthly. __________________ 29 gal. Sea Clear / eshopps sump-overflow-skimmer / Eheim 1250 / Arctica chiller / BRS GFO Reactor / Belize Sun 250 W.

07/21/2012, 11:28 AM	#3
telamont Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 332	thanks!