A recent @BRS episode on "nutrition" reduction (sorry had to poke a bit of fun) and talking with a buddy of mine convinced me to get rid of socks and go with filter pads that can be easily and inexpensively swapped out every few days.
So I created a very simple drop in trays that can take 4" x 4" filter pads that easily last a couple days and just throw them away for pennies a day, and no longer have to mess with sock cleaning. I've never really had a problem with nitrate as I like to keep it in the 20 -25 range anyways but I did see a reduction on phosphate from 0.1 to 0.05 pretty quickly, which is the range I would prefer to keep it anyways.
So I created a very simple drop in trays that can take 4" x 4" filter pads that easily last a couple days and just throw them away for pennies a day, and no longer have to mess with sock cleaning. I've never really had a problem with nitrate as I like to keep it in the 20 -25 range anyways but I did see a reduction on phosphate from 0.1 to 0.05 pretty quickly, which is the range I would prefer to keep it anyways.
