Filter Socks

Delphinus · #1 04-14-2007, 09:50 PM

So what are people doing to clean their filter socks? I just started using them myself and am wondering what to do when it's time to change them out. I'm thinking washing-machine (with no detergent). What do others do?

christyf5 · #2 04-14-2007, 10:16 PM

I do the washing machine, hot water and vinegar. I'm rethinking the hot water though. Hot stinky algae and small house do not mix. Pheeew!

I have used bleach in the past and then just let the socks sit for a number of days but you need a few socks in rotation for that.

vanreefer · #3 04-14-2007, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

So what are people doing to clean their filter socks? I just started using them myself and am wondering what to do when it's time to change them out. I'm thinking washing-machine (with no detergent). What do others do?

Yup!!

I have 25 and 50 micron bags and usually wait til they over flow before washing them
takes 2-5 days depending how much I'm mucking around in the tank before they over flow

Snappy · #4 04-14-2007, 10:41 PM

I use the 200 micron bags and change them every 3-4 days. I wash mine in the machine in just hot water. We have a cycle on ours that heats the water to just below boiling and it works very nicely. I don't notice a bad smell either.

Delphinus · #5 04-14-2007, 10:55 PM

Do you do one at a time or can you wash 2 or 3 together at a time?

Tangman · #6 04-14-2007, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Do you do one at a time or can you wash 2 or 3 together at a time?

I only wash one at a time but why not 2 ????

vanreefer · #7 04-15-2007, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Do you do one at a time or can you wash 2 or 3 together at a time?

I'll do 3-4 at a time... no problems

Jaws · #8 04-15-2007, 01:09 AM

Thanks guys. This is all good info.

Tangman · #9 04-14-2007, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

So what are people doing to clean their filter socks? I just started using them myself and am wondering what to do when it's time to change them out. I'm thinking washing-machine (with no detergent). What do others do?

Ya, I just turn them inside out ,pre-rinse them in the sink, and wash them in warm water ,no soap! That's It

mark · #10 04-15-2007, 03:48 AM

I rotate four. The used ones I turn inside out and give a good rinse (have a laundry sink and garden hose in the fish room). Until I wash the three (1/4 cup bleach in the washing machine w/extra rinse) I just keep them moist in a pail.