Filter sock or no filter sock?

marie · #2 09-15-2008, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by trilinearmipmap

I've never used a filter sock because I figured they would collect a lot of gunk. However my sump seems to be full of gunk and I noticed a lot of the TOTM's on Reef Central use filter socks. Just wondering how many people are using filter socks vs. not using them, and why.

I've never used them because I'm lazy and it seems like removing gunk should be a skimmers job

Lord know I paid enough for my skimmer, I figure it should be washing my dishes as well

View Poll Results: Do you use a filter sock?
No filter sock, water from the overflow goes straight to the skimmer	58	43.28%
Filter sock to filter out gunk before it goes into the sump	76	56.72%
Voters: 134. You may not vote on this poll