i use socks and change them every three to four days.  wash them in the machine with water only, no soaps bleach etc.  they come clean.  i have an old washer in my fish room that i use solely for the socks.   i can only go three or four days before they clogg and overflow. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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