Help, Are there any Detritus eating Chemicals?

[JRR]

Hi,

I'm doing a full clean up of my system including partial removal of the sand bed. Are there any chemicals that will eat up detritus somehow? It is hard to suck out when it is on the bottom of the sump which is 4' x 3' at ground level.

Thanks

 

[Amphiprion]

Yes, there are oxidative compounds like chemiclean (not sure of active ingredient) and kent's poly-ox, which contains potassium permanganate. YOu might want to look into a magnum canister for such purposes, as I don't really recommend using chemicals unless it is a last-ditch effort to get rid of something.

 

[rioratholenm]

i hate chemi-clean If you have a skimmer it takes a month before you can use it again.

 

[JRR]

Thanks for the replies.