poret vrs micron socks

[frickr]

Ive been running my 75 gallon with a 20 gallon sump with two 4" socks swapping out between 50 and 100 microns. im happy with the filtration but with a new baby havent been changing them out as much. Also with a new washer, my fiancee doesnt approve of me washing them in it. so ive been looking at redesigning my sump and instead of the micron socks, i was thinking about running 4" of 20 ppi and 2" of 30ppi and/or possibly 2" of 45 ppi poret foam spanning acrost the tank mattenfilter style with my 6 liters of matrix in media bag with a few airstones under them for more bio. Anyone here use poret like this? i have seached and havent found very much info anywhere on this.

also being as the foam i know wont get the finest of particals, has anyone tried running a 10" or 20" filter housing holding a pleated 25 to 50 micron cartridge? basically the same idea as the lifegard aquatics mechanical filter moduals (another option i have been considering). my only concern being if my pump, an eheim 1260, being able to push water through the element. i know it will slow down my flow rate, and if it does slow it down too much i can always buy the part to turn it into a 1262 and give me more flow that way. once again i think i would be running into troubles with my lifereef single overflow. so what are your guys' thoughts?

 

[frickr]

something along the lines of THIS for the polishing filter. or will the foam alone be enough? would like to hear some thoughts on this before i order the foam as it is kind of expensive.

 

[DIDYSIS]

Upgrade to 7inch sock will be much better. Just stick with the 100 micron socks.

Sent from my DROIDX using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

 

[DIDYSIS]

Also what size pump you running for you Sump pump

Sent from my DROIDX using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

 

[dogofwar]

They're designed for different things.

Filter socks are for mechanical filtration...while Poret is primarily for biological. It won't work as well as a filter sock. I have Poret UNDER my mech filtration (fluff in a tb with holes in the bottom) in my dump filters...

Matt

 

[frickr]

Also what size pump you running for you Sump pump

Sent from my DROIDX using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

i am using an eheim 1260. right now with a pretty light stock i get around 3 - 4 weeks before my socks are clogged. while not bad there, i dread pulling them out and washing them because that means a trip to just sit at the laundry matt to wash 4 socks. i do like how they provide 100 percent filtration and they do polish the water nicely, thats why i was looking at using my pump to push water through a household filter housing holding a micron rated cartridge to polish and using the poret for a coarse mechanical/extra bio that would give me longer time between services and could wash in a bucket or tub when my stock starts getting larger then the babys they are now.

 

[DIDYSIS]

Sounds like you need to buy an fluval fx5 and you will be good to go.

Sent from my DROIDX using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

 

[duanes]

You don't need to put filter socks in the washer. you can drop a sock in a bucket with a little bleach in tap water, and the next day it will be clean, just dry it out and soak in a little tap water with any anti chlorine agent. Saves on you energy and water bills.

 

[frickr]

You don't need to put filter socks in the washer. you can drop a sock in a bucket with a little bleach in tap water, and the next day it will be clean, just dry it out and soak in a little tap water with any anti chlorine agent. Saves on you energy and water bills.

Thank you! thats a great idea, never thought that would be enough to dislodge all the dirt. but i got an email back from stephan and he also agrees that the foam is more for bio, and i should retain my filter socks atleast till the foam gets colonized. looks like i will be rethinking how i will be setting up my sump and retaining the sock atleast for the time being. i want something a little easier to remove the socks instead of them hanging by a screw in pipe.