Help -Skimmer Overflowing Constantly

[DiverDude]

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

why is your skimmer going nuts I WILL TELL YOU MINE DOES IT its the soap that you are using. don't use soap to clean the socks and phosphates do leach back in hot water and vinegar.

I wash my filter socks in the washing machine without soap and a a second rinse cycle. I have been putting a half-dose of bleach in the machine though but again, I have 7 or 8 filter socks and I wash 6-7 at a time so if one sock had some kind of residue on it, they all would.