To Filter with your Socks or not?

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

How are you removing the chlorine residue, are you soaking the socks in de-chlorinator as a last step? Perhaps the 200 micron mesh will be best once they "age" a bit.

I put them through two rinse cycles and then let them dry out for close to a week before using them again.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

I put them through two rinse cycles and then let them dry out for close to a week before using them again.

Wow that involved? So do people think a thorough rinse/spray down in the laundry tub is enough after a bleach soak? I can't have my socks out of commission for that long. They're actually bubble traps first and water-polishers second lol. I hate seeing bubbles in my display.

[whatcaneyedo]

Does it really seem that bad? Tell me you're not like those people that I work with who hate doing laundry so much that they wear the same pair of clothes for a week at a time...

When I take off a sock I turn it inside out to shake out some of the creatures caught inside. When I have 4 dirty ones I do a small load with a cup of bleach. Once its finished I turn the socks right side out again and give them a second rinse. When thats done I throw them into a stack to dry. Since I have 8 socks in total I don't get around to using them again for about a week. A single feeding of my moray and lion takes more effort than the whole sock cleaning process.

If I were you I'd just buy a few extras so that you can let them dry out completely before using them again.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

Does it really seem that bad?

Someone who washes 3 socks daily isn't afraid of a little work. I didn't want to buy another 3 socks is all

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

hate doing laundry so much that they wear the same pair of clothes for a week at a time...

Is that the same as not wearing underwear, and not because you're sexy?

[gregzz4]

Brett, how often are you rinsing you socks with that new raceway?

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Originally Posted by gregzz4

Brett, how often are you rinsing you socks with that new raceway?

All 3 socks daily lol.

I've been scrubbing and trimming algae off my new rock often and these socks clog fast with algae in the water.

[cwatkins]

I will run mine for around a week. I tend to forget a lot.

I run them through the washer 2 at a time (I set it to low water line) and wash with warm water and bleach.

Once washed they soak in RO/Di with prime for a bit.