Here’s my weekend update:
The second set of filter socks lasted just fine up to water change day. However, I didn’t replace them when doing my water change. Instead, I left them in to catch everything that got stirred up during the water change. I also fed my fish yesterday, so they were getting a lot of the “mess” that’s created when the fish are feeding. I checked them today and one of the main socks had become so clogged that some water was overflowing out of the top. The other was significantly clogged up, but was not yet overflowing. A few minutes later, I had the old ones out and the new ones in, and all is good again.
I will definitely not ever setup another sump without using filter socks.
The second set of filter socks lasted just fine up to water change day. However, I didn’t replace them when doing my water change. Instead, I left them in to catch everything that got stirred up during the water change. I also fed my fish yesterday, so they were getting a lot of the “mess” that’s created when the fish are feeding. I checked them today and one of the main socks had become so clogged that some water was overflowing out of the top. The other was significantly clogged up, but was not yet overflowing. A few minutes later, I had the old ones out and the new ones in, and all is good again.
I will definitely not ever setup another sump without using filter socks.