Who uses/clean filter socks?

[GlobaLPimP]

I was wondering how many people use filter socks. What are the pro's and con's of using them. And how often do you clean your filter socks?

[adnup]

I use them on both tanks! They are so mush easier than my old wet/dry's filter. I just switch them out and wash the dirty one.

I only change them once a week but some people change them as much as once A DAY! Guess it just depends whats going on with your tank.

Clean them in the wshing machine 1/3 cup of bleach.....hang to dry...

[adnup]

Palm harbor? Check out Tampa Bay Reef Club and ANCHOR under the reef club section here(if you dont already visit them)

[Ne0eN]

I use 4 socks in a rotation. Wash them once a week, dry for a week...

Works for me.

-- Rob

[sparks56]

1 use a 3 sock rotation, wash with a little bleach then hang to air dry. IMO cant get cleaner water!

[GlobaLPimP]

If I wash them in the washing machine with bleach - do I need to use laundry soap as well or just the bleach?

[GlobaLPimP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7970471#post7970471 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adnup
Palm harbor? Check out Tampa Bay Reef Club and ANCHOR under the reef club section here(if you dont already visit them)

I visit that section a lot!

[kau_cinta_ku]

do not use soap when washing them just water and bleach. and i suggest running another cycle with just water to help remove any bleach left on

[jumpincactus]

Use em religously. Change out once a week. Like others bleach. Rinsed or washed in just plain water. Stay away from laundry or dish soaps the surfactants are hard to get out and they contain orthophosphates..................

[TKO]

I have 4 of them and change about ever 3 days and just put them in the wasing machine without soap, I am just to lazy to wash by hand.

[GlobaLPimP]

Thanks for all of the answers! I guess it's time to clean mine. I've had it installed for about a week and a half but only have one. I'll have to run up to my LFS and get another

[PatMayo]

Don't use em. They catch beneficial critters that otherwise end up in the sump. I like the critter to stay in the tank system.

Regards,

Pat

[GlobaLPimP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7972250#post7972250 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PatMayo
Don't use em. They catch beneficial critters that otherwise end up in the sump. I like the critter to stay in the tank system.

Regards,

Pat

Even if I have an overflow box near the top of the tank? That's the only area that water leaves the tank - at the top.

[rmanecke]

I use one for microbubble control. Have run the tank without socs since the microbubble problem is now better, and, the tank just looks better when I use them. So... I am back on the socs!

I have four. When the downdraft into the soc overflows the soc I change it. This averages every 2.5 days.

The dirty ones go in a used grocery store plastic bag. When the bag fills up...

I throw all four in the washer, cold water, capful of bleach, air dry.

R

TIP: Wife will occasionally throws grocery bag with all four socs into the garbage if I forget to put them away in my "fish" cabintet.

[DgenR8]

I liked how clean they made the water, but it killed me to see all those little pods and micro stars caught in there. After the third time I spent 20 minutes picking little critters out of a filter sock, I stopped using them.