Filter Socks with CSS

Buckaroo2000 · 11/06/2006, 11:49 AM

Hello all,

I have a small question re filter socks. I have a micro bubble problem and the filter socks seems to work very well.

My question is would the filter sock catch more than the Skimmer?

Is the filter sock catching more than my CSS?

Do I still need the skimmer?

thanks

Buckaroo

Pinksteel · 11/06/2006, 12:06 PM

The answer is yes and no. While something like a 100micron filter sock can catch almost all the solids in the water that pass through it, the skimmer is designed to remove pollutants that have disolved into the water and therefore cannot be caught by the filter sock.

I run both a 100 micron filter sock at the end of my overflow, as well as euro-reef cs80

Buckaroo2000 · 11/06/2006, 12:18 PM

So you still get skimate?

That is was I wanted to know, thanks

I was wandering if the sock actually removed proteins from the water?

Buckaroo

Liquid Hobby · 11/06/2006, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pinksteel
the skimmer is designed to remove pollutants that have disolved into the water and therefore cannot be caught by the filter sock.

Pinksteel · 11/06/2006, 05:19 PM

yes, i have no problem getting skimmate and all of the water entering my skimmer has passed through the sock.

11/06/2006, 11:49 AM	#1
Buckaroo2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 13	Filter Socks with CSS Hello all, I have a small question re filter socks. I have a micro bubble problem and the filter socks seems to work very well. My question is would the filter sock catch more than the Skimmer? Is the filter sock catching more than my CSS? Do I still need the skimmer? thanks Buckaroo

11/06/2006, 12:18 PM	#3
Buckaroo2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 13	skimmer So you still get skimate? That is was I wanted to know, thanks I was wandering if the sock actually removed proteins from the water? Buckaroo

11/06/2006, 12:06 PM	#2
Pinksteel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sudbury, ON Posts: 75	The answer is yes and no. While something like a 100micron filter sock can catch almost all the solids in the water that pass through it, the skimmer is designed to remove pollutants that have disolved into the water and therefore cannot be caught by the filter sock. I run both a 100 micron filter sock at the end of my overflow, as well as euro-reef cs80

11/06/2006, 05:19 PM	#5
Pinksteel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sudbury, ON Posts: 75	yes, i have no problem getting skimmate and all of the water entering my skimmer has passed through the sock.