Do you feed your sump??

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I feed my sump a few squirts of rods food once a week when I feed my corals, I shut off all the pumps and circulation and spot feed everything , I also feed the critters in my sump , and I have noticed my pod population increasing like crazy in the refugium along with a good amount of snails and bristle worms .

So do you you fellow reefers feed your sumps ? If so what are you feeding it?

 

[trinimaddness]

I feed my sump bbs becuz I have baby cardinals living there.

 

[edd]

i have a separate fuge that i don't feed, but i thought the purpose of it was to clean up dietrious and un eaten food, provide a place for pods to reproduce and help reduce nitrates.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

i have a separate fuge that i don't feed, but i thought the purpose of it was to clean up dietrious and un eaten food, provide a place for pods to reproduce and help reduce nitrates.

It is a place for water column to be cleansed indeed , just love that my sump is crawling with life and I feed it to help stimulate all that life .

 

[noelskii]

My sump gets fed everyday, all day via my overflowing filter sock :thrash:

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

My sump gets fed everyday, all day via my overflowing filter sock :thrash:

My socks overflow and my skimmer goes wacky!

 

[duromega]

I have to because meanwhile a re-do my FOWLR I have a my snowflake eel in there

 

[Dan_P]

I feed my sump a few squirts of rods food once a week when I feed my corals, I shut off all the pumps and circulation and spot feed everything , I also feed the critters in my sump , and I have noticed my pod population increasing like crazy in the refugium along with a good amount of snails and bristle worms .

So do you you fellow reefers feed your sumps ? If so what are you feeding it?

Interesting question.

I add food to the sump because it houses shrimp and crabs that became prey items for the fish. I would think worms and pods would take care of themselves feeding on bacteria but I also have a nagging thought that we are starving our cleanup crew. So, I am conflicted. When in doubt, I would err on the humane approach of some feeding and let the bacteria eat the extras.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

That's how I feel about my sump creatures , I feel perhaps the water is moving along too fast for them to have a good enough diet .

 

[Waleedwale1]

I squirt some phyto into it