Filter Sock Question

[Delphinus]

With the bleach they come out of the washing machine looking as new. I should maybe try it on the whitest-white cycle without the bleach just to see how different they'd be. I've heard some people use vinegar as an alternative too.

Cleaning them is hardly my favourite chore although I find I loathe it far less than say mixing up alkalinity dosing liquid. The most time consuming part of the whole task is I sit there and pick out every brittlestar, copepod and bristle worm and release them back into the wild. Of course half of them get eaten by the fish "RIGHT ON! HE'S FEEDING US LIVE FOOD!" so unfortunately what starts off as a guilt-reducing measure never works out as such. Can't win.

[Cliff]

Thanks for all the responses everyone. I never did realize this could be a matter of preference. I had tried using filter socks on my old sump to stop micro bubbles from being sucked up into the skimmer. When I up-graded my sump, I put in a bubble trap in between the skimmer and the drain line from the tank. It’s eliminated about 95% of the micro bubbles and what little bubbles get through don’t seem to effect the new skimmer I have. I think I’ll just use the filter socks when I’m doing any kind of re-scaping in the tank to be on the safe side.

[AquaticFinatic]

So if I was to just put the washer on a rinse cycle do I have to worry about the soap residue etc?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Cliff

Thanks for all the responses everyone. I never did realize this could be a matter of preference. I had tried using filter socks on my old sump to stop micro bubbles from being sucked up into the skimmer. When I up-graded my sump, I put in a bubble trap in between the skimmer and the drain line from the tank. It’s eliminated about 95% of the micro bubbles and what little bubbles get through don’t seem to effect the new skimmer I have. I think I’ll just use the filter socks when I’m doing any kind of re-scaping in the tank to be on the safe side.

thats when i plan on using mine too when i do any aqua scaping or sand maintanance , its been my experience not to leave any "fabrics" in your tank unless your crazy about keeping them clean and rotated

[mark]

Might not need them but after seeing how much they pull from the water even with a skimmer, they must be doing something good

[whatcaneyedo]

I just did a search for threads with 'filter sock' in the title using the search function. I found 14 existing threads including this one.

Filter sock or no filter sock?
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...ht=filter+sock