Filter socks or poly floss

[Jez1992]

I currently have a pair of filter socks in my set up and are doing a great job, however am sick to death of having to remove them, rinse, bleach, rinse, dry and then put back in.

I'm think about putting a Tupperware pot with holes drilled in under the outputs, but ABOVE the water level in sump, and having a inch pad of foam, and then sheet of poly floss on top.

Idea would be to then change out poly pad every few days and bin it, and then rinse out the foam pad when I do my water changes.

What's are people experiences?

 

[Jez1992]

For clarity would use thick poly pad as in image thanks

 

[Homer Siped]

I use that style pad in my w/d filter, I only replace it about every 2 weeks or so. I also use the pillow stuffing, works well

 

[ragin_cajun]

you don't have to bleach socks, rinse twice. I take mine out, I spray em clean in the yard with the "jet" setting on the hose gun thing. That's it. no bleach ever.

Or, you could just put the socks in the washing machine. Put 'em in the washing machine with no soap, no bleach, no nothing.

 

[Tig Phish]

filter socks FTW. once every 2 months, bleach in washer, no soap/bleach in washer, air dry, n soak in prime overnight

 

[esoxlucius]

I have an above water level see through plastic bucket down in my sump too. I put a big wad of floss at the bottom and coarse/fine sponges on top. The sponges collect the big stuff and the floss collects fines. The best thing about using a clear bucket is you can see the water level slowly rise as the floss gets clogged. If you forget and the bucket ends up overflowing it just overflows into the sump so no danger of flooding. I get about a week out of my floss so i just change it every maintainance day. You could just have a big wad of floss in the bucket but this will collect all the big stuff as well which means your floss won't last as long. There's millions of ways of doing this type of stuff. What works for one person might not be another persons cup of tea but it's each to there own.

 

[knobhill]

I run socks with poly floss in them. Best of both worlds

 

[Jez1992]

Thanks guys,

I don't like idea of putting them in the washer, worry it'd stink up the washing lol. Think mrs would go ape.

Gona give it a go with some floss and then fine sponge to see of water way quality is affected.