Cleaning Filter Socks? Bleach?

MeuserReef · 03/09/2009, 08:13 AM

How are we cleaning dirty filter socks these days?

Washing machine? Dishwasher? Hand washing w/ mild bleach solution?

patsfan1130 · 03/09/2009, 09:12 AM

washer machine w/ hot water. No bleach here

FishDad2 · 03/09/2009, 10:16 AM

I use the washing machine and bleach. I set it to a long pre-soak and use an extra rinse and spin cycle. I only add a small amount of bleach....it doesn't take much and the machine does a good job of getting it out with the extra rinse and spin cycles.

pimpinitup6969 · 03/09/2009, 10:41 AM

i use a cup of bleach, run it for an extra cycle with nothing, then let air dry

goldmaniac · 03/09/2009, 01:07 PM

washing machine, sometimes add approx 1 oz of bleach (or less) when i haven't done it in a few loads.

mlysaker · 03/09/2009, 01:56 PM

I also use the washing machine with about 1/8 c bleach and run an extra HOT rinse cycle at the end. Air dry use again in 2 weeks.

yannicksjh · 03/09/2009, 08:59 PM

Doesn't the bleach stay in the filter a little even if you double rinced and air dried or i'm i just being paranoid. I did do it a couple times but now just use double hot cycle. There not as clean or white but i fell much safer about it.

gaspasser1 · 03/09/2009, 09:24 PM

I Just buy the really cheap nylon panty hose from Walmart (well...I get my wife to buy them) and throw them away after each application.

03/09/2009, 08:13 AM	#1
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03/09/2009, 09:12 AM	#2
patsfan1130 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Woburn, Ma Posts: 2,010	washer machine w/ hot water. No bleach here __________________ My cat's breath smells like cat food Member of the Boston Reefers Society Current Tank Info: 75g lps, 90g sps, 120g mixed, 180 nem tank, 300g reef, 600g up & coming reef

03/09/2009, 10:41 AM	#4
pimpinitup6969 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Elmira, Ny Posts: 2,503	i use a cup of bleach, run it for an extra cycle with nothing, then let air dry __________________ I'd rather burp and taste it than fart and waste it! Current Tank Info: 125 Gallon, 150 Gallon

03/09/2009, 10:16 AM	#3
FishDad2 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 660	I use the washing machine and bleach. I set it to a long pre-soak and use an extra rinse and spin cycle. I only add a small amount of bleach....it doesn't take much and the machine does a good job of getting it out with the extra rinse and spin cycles.

03/09/2009, 01:07 PM	#5
goldmaniac Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yardley, PA Posts: 1,567	washing machine, sometimes add approx 1 oz of bleach (or less) when i haven't done it in a few loads.

03/09/2009, 01:56 PM	#6
mlysaker Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 21	I also use the washing machine with about 1/8 c bleach and run an extra HOT rinse cycle at the end. Air dry use again in 2 weeks.

03/09/2009, 08:59 PM	#7
yannicksjh Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada Posts: 225	Doesn't the bleach stay in the filter a little even if you double rinced and air dried or i'm i just being paranoid. I did do it a couple times but now just use double hot cycle. There not as clean or white but i fell much safer about it.

03/09/2009, 09:24 PM	#8
gaspasser1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: wisconsin Posts: 69	I Just buy the really cheap nylon panty hose from Walmart (well...I get my wife to buy them) and throw them away after each application.