Thoughts on filter socks vs more flow in sump

[Nasoblond]

Ive been running socks for a year now and my water has never been cleaner. Makes a huge difference and change them about every two days....

[gqlmao]

I love how absolutely clean the water looks with filter socks, its a pain to clean and switch out every 3-4 day but it is worth it. A bonus is if you remove the sock frequently enough it will bring along the nitrate/phosphate causing detritus.

[Madreefer]

I took my filter socks off a year ago and I think it's been way better for my corals. More food for them. But I also vacum out my sump often due to the detritus in there.

[craigwmiller]

I put on a sock only when moving/disturbing/bastering inside my display... If I leave a sock on all the time (even as large as a 300 micron sock), it fills up in about an hour. (I've measured my return flow at 1600 GPH)