How do you clean you overflow?

[BORNTOFLY]

I have aptasia and mushrooms growing out of my overflow. Does anyone have any good suggestions for cleaning my overflow?

 

[THE ROOK]

Just a thought. You could unhook the both lines, remove sump & fill carefully with straight vinager & let soak for a few hours. Then remove a bulkhead & drain into a 5 gallon bucket.

Actually I wonder if straight RO water would also do the trick?

 

[sjm817]

I'd close it off and fill it with saturated Kalk. Either that or vinegar as above. Not sure which would work better.

 

[BORNTOFLY]

This is my main tank overflow. It has a small chamber on the outside of the overflow which has slits in it. The slits and the thin chamber are what I would like to clean so I keep proper flow in my tank. I have a 90g RR tank with 4 power heads on a variable timer. I guess this may be overkill but I would like to put a bigger return pump on my sump and want to be sure I get enough flow through my overflow

 

[jayk198030]

Good Luck!!! i use a long scrub brush to wipe down the walls with everything. than suck up all the stuff in the overflow. i can not keep them grills cleaned for the life of me. just the top grills seem to work ok for me.

 

[BORNTOFLY]

Well I guess I'll at least try to kill off the aptasia

 

[sjm817]

For the thin chamber in the Megaflow, I use a wire coat hanger while the tank is running. I push it down to the bottom and move it back and forth to do the best I can with it. It seems to work out ok.

 

[BORNTOFLY]

Thanks scott that sounds like its worth a try

 

[luther1200]

I got a set of thin brushes online some where. They were pretty cheap.

 

[THE ROOK]

I've recently thought about making an acrylic cover for mine. Give it a 1/2" overhang & paint it black. I think it may help as most stuff needs light to grow.

Any thoughts on this??

 

[luther1200]

That would work, I saw 1 on-line some where that somebody made. They said it worked well.

 

[dwilly]

It was suggested to me to think of it as a fuge, takes up phos to fuel itself before the water even hits the sump. I would try to get rid of the aptasia, though.