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For those of you who use mechanical filtration, do you prefer filter socks or some sort of filter floss. Why do you prefer the one that you do use?
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$4 a sock using 2 ea replacing every 2 days and trashing would be $120 a month. I went a long time without and went back to using. change out when they get clogged, flip inside out rinse well then put into washing machine. run the washer through a full cycle no soap first then clean the socks with a wash and double rinse. you can get away with 6 socks a year maybe longer.filter socks is the best. I've use both and prefer the socks usually 200 micron and I change mine out and dispose every 2 days. I'm not a fan of bleaching them and washing but my LFS has the innovative marine socks for $4 so it's not too bad.
I have always done well with true peppermint shrimp, buy at least 3 in case any do not go after them.I don't use anything like said above and no problems- I have a 35 gal sump with rock in it that flows into a 55 gallon refugium where my skimmer also resides. All filtration in basement and tank on first floor so the water has a ways to cycle before hitting the tank again so that might have something to do with it ;-) .. Not 1 single "unnatural " filtration media used- working well for 4 years and have both SPS and LPS growing rapidly... Now if I could just get ride of all the annoying aptasia ;-)
I have each overflow going directly into filter socks and have probably close to 800 gph in each.@BluePuffer nice looking display. I think I have settled on building it to use two drop in 4" filter socks. I ordered a few from BRS to get good dimensions to program into my CNC. My question now is about flow. How much water can you put through 2 of their 4" x 8" 200 micron socks before the socks can't handle the water flow, or clog up in minutes (I have done that before when blowing off detritus and stirring substrate). If the flow rate capacity of two socks isn't that great, I can make the sump a little wider to handle 3 socks (although I don't really want to if I can get away with it). It seems like 2 socks in a 35X16X16 sump (mostly because of nominal sheet yield I think) is what most people are doing on 4' tanks.
Could I put floss in a sock ? Will that help filter better or let just be more of a messfilter socks is the best. I've use both and prefer the socks usually 200 micron and I change mine out and dispose every 2 days. I'm not a fan of bleaching them and washing but my LFS has the innovative marine socks for $4 so it's not too bad.
Could I put floss in a sock ? Will that help filter better or let just be more of a mess
I think the opposite would happenLikely to make more of a mess than anything. The floss will capture the larger particles but will slow the flow through the sock. As the floss gets clogged the sock will begin to overflow sooner.
I think the opposite would happen