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View Poll Results: Do you use filter socks
Eww gross.. no! 4 2.82%
Not using them.. no. 63 44.37%
Yes 100 Micron 25 17.61%
Yes 200 Micron 47 33.10%
Yes 300 Micron 3 2.11%
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Old 02-09-2012, 06:02 PM
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I run THREE 100 micron socks and all three require daily cleaning as they plug in less than 24 hours!
wow! now I see why you don't run anymore.

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Old 02-09-2012, 07:18 PM
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wow! now I see why you don't run anymore.
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wow! now I see why you don't run anymore.
Haha I totally missed this. Touche!
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I usually don't run them, but have been recently to help with nutrient export. After my crash I've been doing everything possible to cut down nitrate/phosphate build up. It makes the water look nice too.... might keep them in there and just make a sock holder that allows easy changes, right now it's just a pain.

I've been running 200 and 100 micron socks, the 100's fill up in a day, the 200's last overnight, so possibly a 1.5 days.
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I use them for micro bubble elimination. The fact that they also remove a lot of debris from the water is more of a disadvantage in my situation.
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