filter socks

kurtflys · 08/17/2008, 06:40 PM

How do you guys clean you're filter socks?

jlyles · 08/17/2008, 06:43 PM

Washing machine and a little bleach.

kurtflys · 08/17/2008, 07:23 PM

thank you , Did not know if that would be a problem!

spleify · 08/17/2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by jlyles
Washing machine and a little bleach.

+1 , but I rinse twice, and only air dry, don't throw them in the dryer.

Spleify

Aquarist007 · 08/17/2008, 09:04 PM

the key is to allow the chlorine time to evaporate out of the sock--i usually dry mine outside in the summer time. In the winter I have to use the dryer

Phyxius · 08/17/2008, 09:07 PM

I soak mine in a 2.5g bucket with a little water till its full of some socks at end of week. When I get enough I will place just a tad bit of bleach in the washer run it through a wash cycle and 2 rinse cycles and then air dry.
Been doing that for 3 yrs with no issues until the socks get old overtime and need replacing..

WLachnit · 08/17/2008, 10:47 PM

Soak in a bucket w/ a little bleach then put them through wash machine w/o soap, then a few rinses and dry out in sun to blow off the chlorine.

cloak · 08/18/2008, 02:22 AM

Phytoplanton & socks, bet it's green...

51/49

Mr. Brooks · 08/18/2008, 02:22 AM

I've always been too nervous to use bleach. Are you guys SURE it's not harmfull in any way? I've always flipped mine inside out and ran water from a hose through it. Pain in the butt but I watch a ton of stuff come out.

Aquarist007 · 08/18/2008, 06:42 AM

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Originally posted by thechad21
I've always been too nervous to use bleach. Are you guys SURE it's not harmfull in any way? I've always flipped mine inside out and ran water from a hose through it. Pain in the butt but I watch a ton of stuff come out.

its not harmful as long as you let the socks dry in the air and any chlorine that has not dissolved in the water is allowed to evaporate into the air.

BTW
I only run my sock for 12 hours a week while and after I clean the main tank with a turkey baster

LOTUS50GOD · 08/18/2008, 09:05 AM

washing machine on HOT with a little bleach...
I then run it on HOT again with no bleach, then air dry.

08/17/2008, 06:40 PM	#1
kurtflys Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: louisville ky Posts: 155	filter socks How do you guys clean you're filter socks?

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Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	the key is to allow the chlorine time to evaporate out of the sock--i usually dry mine outside in the summer time. In the winter I have to use the dryer __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

08/17/2008, 09:07 PM	#6
Phyxius Moving About Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: RTP NC Posts: 2,405	I soak mine in a 2.5g bucket with a little water till its full of some socks at end of week. When I get enough I will place just a tad bit of bleach in the washer run it through a wash cycle and 2 rinse cycles and then air dry. Been doing that for 3 yrs with no issues until the socks get old overtime and need replacing.. __________________ -Mike I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. W. C. Fields Current Tank Info: JUST SOLD AND TOOK DOWN ALL 11/10---210g AGA, 80g sump, Tunze Streams. Tunze ATO,RK Elite Controller, RKII,Dart, GEO Calcium& Nielsen Kalk Reactors,GEO media reactor, Kaleini Rock, 3-250 watt 14k EVC , VHO..... 34g Solana and 60g cube

08/17/2008, 10:47 PM	#7
WLachnit Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,722	Soak in a bucket w/ a little bleach then put them through wash machine w/o soap, then a few rinses and dry out in sun to blow off the chlorine. __________________ (1) 300g mixed reef (Starfire DT) + 100g Sump (2) 100g Softie tank (Starfire DT) My Build Thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=263472

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LOTUS50GOD Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,210	washing machine on HOT with a little bleach... I then run it on HOT again with no bleach, then air dry. __________________ Vertex Alpha 300 Skimmer, AI SOL Blue, Neptune Apex Controlled 360 gallon Reef Current Tank Info: born 6/26/2008- 340 reef + 100 fuge, 300lbs of figi LR

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jlyles Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 51	Washing machine and a little bleach.

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kurtflys Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: louisville ky Posts: 155	thank you , Did not know if that would be a problem!

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cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Phytoplanton & socks, bet it's green... 51/49

08/18/2008, 02:22 AM	#9
Mr. Brooks MASVC Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 3,477	I've always been too nervous to use bleach. Are you guys SURE it's not harmfull in any way? I've always flipped mine inside out and ran water from a hose through it. Pain in the butt but I watch a ton of stuff come out.