how do you clean your filter socks?
 

I put mine in the wash with all my clothes. I don't like the hair and lint I get in the sock.
Looking for a better way thats safe for my tank.

I just wash them
In the machine by themselves with some baking soda

Warm water cycle, cup of bleach, inside out, second rinse, socks only. Thats how I do it.

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i soak them inside out in a bucket with bleach a few days, rinse them a couple times and turn them right side out and soak them in the rinse for a few days, i rinse them again and move the to a larger bucket full of tap water treated with PRIME, when i have @ 20 in the treated bucket i ring them out and hang them to dry.
i have @ 30 socks in the cycle.

For felt, hot water, heavy duty cycle, no bleach.

Switched to mesh. Hand wash and hang to dry.

By themselves in the washer with no soap (obviously), hang to dry.

Heavy duty cycle, cup of bleach, inside out, socks only, hang to dry. Wash 4 filter socks at a time.

Yupp, bleach here as well but I don’t use the washing machine as there might be residues from other soaps. I also use Seachem prime to make sure there is no bleach residue.

Here is what we do

1- Turn them inside out and rinse them a little
2- Dump them in about 2 gallons of water with 2 cap-full’s of bleach and let them sit 24-48 hours.
3- Rinse them agian
4- Dump them in about 2 gallons of water with a couple of cap-full’s of Seachem prime, let them sit for about a day
5- Rinse and let dry

Overkill? Yeah maybe, but sure worth the extra work. Besides, it seems like a lot but it really does not take any time at all.

Ray

Inside out in the washing machine by themselves. Just warm water with the extra rinse cycle. Once they are dry I take them outside and beat them with a hard piece of tubing which seems to remove some extra dirt particles and makes me feel good :twised:

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