Detritus

Anyone have any good ideas on how to keep detritus from building up?
One of my tanks keeps getting mass accumulations. I'm thinking about dosing with Special Blend, but if anyone else has any better idea's I'm all ears.

 

Are you talking about in your display tank? i would say either increase the flow or change the flow so that you don't have dead spots.

 

It's a 22 galloon nano and has a 400GPH return, a 425GPH korolina and another ~300GPH powerhead. It's got a lot of flow. Still has a lot of detritus collecting in every nook and cranny of the rocks. I use a turkey baster to blast it off, especially before water changes, but it's still always collecting. I was thinking some bacteria would cut down on it.

 

It appears that your flow may be to strong and sand is getting over the rocks. Or maybe you have a sand goby making a mess with the sand. It is not normal to have detritus forming in the rocks that fast. A photo of the tank may help to see what is going on.

 

A lot of flow, but maybe not directed so the detritus makes it into the overflow, or its not getting filtered out and returning to the tank. I had the same issue with my frag tank. Added a powerhead on wavemaker mode and increased flow to the sump. Also, I've been using a filter sock on the reef tank and it has removed a lot of the suspended detritus. Took nearly a month for it to clear up real good.

 

I have a goby that gets sand on the rocks too, but detritus is much different than sand.

 

Looks very nice!!

 

Water turns a milky white when I blast the rocks with my turkey baster.