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  1. Midnight_Madman

    Midnight_Madman Montipora Digitata

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    how often should a refugium be cleaned up? I have some live rock and some cheto in mine, but I am getting a lot of what looks like detritus at the bottom and I also have a lot of cyno and GHA growing in it
     
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    Well for me, I have never cleaned my sump. I have recently thought of doing so though. I don't use filter socks, so I know my sump is very dirty. My thoughts were to isolate it from the DT. Clean during a water change by siphoning out the dirty water. Leave set for a day then bring it back online. I probably will make a routine of doing this once a year???
     
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  4. Midnight_Madman

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    And if not a full cleaning , is it better to leave all the "stuff" growing in it like Gha and cyno ?
     
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    civiccars2003 Great Blue Whale

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    I dont have any gha, but I do have some cyano. I say leave it be.
     
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    Also, should I even have the live rock down in there? or is it creating a nitrate factory?
     
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    civiccars2003 Great Blue Whale

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    I have tons of live rock in my sump. No issues.
     
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    I always thought others did too.. but do you clean the build up at the bottom up? I have a bare bottom fuge
     
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    it certainly would make it relatively easy to clean out the excess off the bottom with a bare bottom
     
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  10. Midnight_Madman

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    I cleaned it out yesterday
    All lr is removed and cleaned any growth out just leVing the cheato
     
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