Filter socks & micro bubbles

Cody Ray · 08/31/2006, 04:38 AM

Would a filter sock over the skimmer return and overflow plumbing work as well as a set of baffles?

Avi · 08/31/2006, 06:40 AM

A lot of people report here that they do. The thing to remember when using a filter sock is to wash it out regularly so that it doesn't begin to become a bio-filter and generate nitrates. It isn't a big problem but it does require some maintenance that the baffles don't.

Cody Ray · 08/31/2006, 09:16 PM

So u should have a couple to rotate in while washing old ones?

Avi · 08/31/2006, 09:23 PM

I really wouldn't call it "washing," so I don't think that you'd have to have others on hand. Rinsing it well under the sink faucet will clean it well enough to be put right back on.

reefkoi · 09/01/2006, 09:23 PM

I disagree, I have a few dozen of them (Idont want to wash them every week, and I run 3 at a time) I have to run them through the washing machine 2 times using bleach the 1st. They are impossible to clean by hand, they trap particles down to 100 microns. If you are planning to run 1 sock I'd buy atleast 6 of them this way when you wash them you arent wasting a load of water to wash 1 sock, they are fine if they dry out while waiting for enough to do a load in the wash machine.

08/31/2006, 04:38 AM	#1
Cody Ray Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 5,101	Filter socks & micro bubbles Would a filter sock over the skimmer return and overflow plumbing work as well as a set of baffles? __________________ Limit 1 stupid question per day Current Tank Info: Mr. Aqua 7.5g bowfront

08/31/2006, 06:40 AM	#2
Avi Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 7,327	A lot of people report here that they do. The thing to remember when using a filter sock is to wash it out regularly so that it doesn't begin to become a bio-filter and generate nitrates. It isn't a big problem but it does require some maintenance that the baffles don't. __________________ I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR

08/31/2006, 09:16 PM	#3
Cody Ray Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 5,101	So u should have a couple to rotate in while washing old ones? __________________ Limit 1 stupid question per day Current Tank Info: Mr. Aqua 7.5g bowfront

08/31/2006, 09:23 PM	#4
Avi Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 7,327	I really wouldn't call it "washing," so I don't think that you'd have to have others on hand. Rinsing it well under the sink faucet will clean it well enough to be put right back on. __________________ I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR

09/01/2006, 09:23 PM	#5
reefkoi Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,983	I disagree, I have a few dozen of them (Idont want to wash them every week, and I run 3 at a time) I have to run them through the washing machine 2 times using bleach the 1st. They are impossible to clean by hand, they trap particles down to 100 microns. If you are planning to run 1 sock I'd buy atleast 6 of them this way when you wash them you arent wasting a load of water to wash 1 sock, they are fine if they dry out while waiting for enough to do a load in the wash machine. __________________ 1Kw bulb club Current Tank Info: A 600gal. on Zeovit & a 240gal.