Guess what day it is...

[G Santana]

Well today was sump day, 8 months in and I got tired of looking at a staggering number of sponges in my sump and equipment so I went to town on them.
Cleaning the sump is my least favorite thing to do but when it's done it's pretty satisfying.
Anyone need sponges? Lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

Anytime you have silicates and a shaded/low light area/ you’ll have sponges

 

[blaxsun]

Man, if my sump diverges more than 10% from factory pristine I’m scrubbing it out. I wish I had your tolerance!

 

[anthonygf]

More sponges in the sump means less in the display tank.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Ha! Looks like it was ready for a good scrubbing! Kudos for being productive...I tend to look at mine and say, "Tomorrow..."

 

[G Santana]

Before and after.
There were THOUSANDS of sponges in my sump. I could not believe what I uncovered. I keep a piece of live rock in my sump as both additional bio filter and for future fragging. It's about 12" round, when I lifted it out of the water I found an army of sponges underneath. This was bad. My nine year old daughter said dad I think you have to clean the sump every few months and never let it get this bad again. I laughed and agreed.