What Is Your Worse Cleaning Job

[heath]

What is everyone's worse cleaning job on your tank...
Mine is cleaning the sump, it is so hard to get a good siphon going to clean it...

 

[EricTMah]

Mine is cleaning 8 reef tanks in a day plus 2 of my own lol

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[heath]

OMG, if I did that many I think that mine would end up being a little neglected....

 

[EricTMah]

What is everyone's worse cleaning job on your tank...
Mine is cleaning the sump, it is so hard to get a good siphon going to clean it...

Hey Heather. If you don't pay for water at your place. You could use a Python No spill and fill system. Super easy. That's what I use on clients sumps when needed.
https://www.amazon.ca/Python-25NS-25-Feet-Aquarium-Maintenance/dp/B000255NXC

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[EricTMah]

OMG, if I did that many I think that mine would end up being a little neglected....

If I had a neglected tank. People wouldn't pay for my services

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[sunnykita]

Hey Heather. If you don't pay for water at your place. You could use a Python No spill and fill system. Super easy. That's what I use on clients sumps when needed.
https://www.amazon.ca/Python-25NS-25-Feet-Aquarium-Maintenance/dp/B000255NXC

Sony Xperia Z3

or use a small pump

 

[Skim]

Python to remove water from the sump and then Shop Vac to clean the dirt out.

 

[twobytwo]

I hated cleaning a skimmer cup that's overflowing - couldn't seem to get to the sink without spilling half on the floor.

For changing water and cleaning the sump... I used to use a python... but replaced it with an mj1200 and some hose. I can get 20g out of my sump and into buckets in just a few minutes. Much better "suction" than a Python too. we have free water but for me I gave up the Python because I didn't want to waste water (even if free) and it seemed to be growing a bit of mold inside the hose after a few years of use.

 

[heath]

no I don't pay for water.. I will check into them, bart tried to hook his python to my sink and the fittings don't match.. currently I use a mj400 to pump the water out but my sump has 2" baffles and you can't get the shit out..to put the water back into the tank I use a mj1200 with a 50'hose.. and it takes no time.. the 75g is a snap to clean, I can do a good size water change in less than an hour...

 

[AdInfinitum]

Mine is cleaning 8 reef tanks in a day plus 2 of my own lol

Sony Xperia Z3

Hey...the rest of us aren't getting paid to do the cleaning...it's a labour of love

 

[EricTMah]

Hey...the rest of us aren't getting paid to do the cleaning...it's a labour of love

I'm sure you get paid way more than me cleaning tanks

My own tank is a labour of love. But still hard some times to get the motivation together after a full day of hauling buckets around.

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[Skim]

Like I sad Shop Vac works fantastic. Drop water as much as you can and suck out all the nasties, just make sure Vac is large enough for the volume of water that is left.

 

[heath]

I think maybe I need to invest in a shop vac.. there was a video out that showed a guy doing something with a lid that turned his shop vac something where the water was sucked out by a hose.. does anyone remember that...not really keen on putting salt water in a shop vac...

 

[reef keeper]

5 gallon pail. Just take the top off, remove the filter, and start suckin. There's a float on a wet dry that will shut it off once the bucket is full

 

[reef keeper]

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Python to remove water from the sump and then Shop Vac to clean the dirt out.

have to do that. My sump is a bit of a mess

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Use a sock then never clean yur sump

 

[shamous113]

no I don't pay for water.. I will check into them, bart tried to hook his python to my sink and the fittings don't match.. currently I use a mj400 to pump the water out but my sump has 2" baffles and you can't get the shit out..to put the water back into the tank I use a mj1200 with a 50'hose.. and it takes no time.. the 75g is a snap to clean, I can do a good size water change in less than an hour...

You'll need this connect to a sink.

 

[SamB]

Don't know about you guys and gals but cleaning the bathroom is worse than a fish tank !

 

[heath]

Sam are you saying that you have a dirty bathroom...

 

[Skim]

I guess mine would be Skimmer cup and waste collector.

It has been almost 2 months since I cleaned the cup which will be just covered with sludge and as for the collector I have to empty it a least once a week when it shuts down the skimmer and sometimes that 4.3L of Juice can be quite intoxicating. I have gagged a few times. Those I do not look forward to infact I will have to do it tonight as float switch is almost triggered.