I have a RSM AIO tank so I run floss in top chamber of media basket purigen in second chamber and run a bag of Clear FX REEF in bottom chamber of media basket.
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I'll take a pic when I get home in a few hours.Do you have a picture of this? What kind of cup? Thank you in advance. I made my own sump out of a 40 gallon breeder and I was trying to decide on a tray or socks. The cup idea might be an option for me.
My lovely assistant is holding a typical bag of polyfill. You can find this at any craft store, probably even Walmart. Stuff it in the cups and put them back in.Do you have a picture of this? What kind of cup? Thank you in advance. I made my own sump out of a 40 gallon breeder and I was trying to decide on a tray or socks. The cup idea might be an option for me.
My new Trigger sump has filter socks. I just changed my first sock and I thought it was too much trouble to clean the thing so I ordered filter pads and will cut to fit instead. With that being said, I will try to go without anything when my tank stabilizes to my satisfaction just to see if I my biological filter will handle what the biological load I plan on having, which hopefully will be smaller than those with big fish and so on.I use socks on all my tanks because that is how the sumps were built. I don't really have a preference one way or the other because have never tried a tray. Will be interesting to hear the pros and cons of the trays.
Been thinking of adding said creatures.. any recommendations? Cheers!neither.
the darkness creatures in the sump need to eat.
I actually use both in my hand built sump. The sock is the first stage or baffle right next to the skimmer. I then have the refugium that flows into another baffle that has egg crate cut outs with Bio balls and filter floss from www.pinky filters.com. I replace the floss and change out the sock every three days.We are GO for launch on the weekend! YES! But as we move into enjoying the weekend let's begin a discussion on filter socks versus filter trays! I'll reserve the pros and cons for you guys to discuss as I know that I would most assuredly miss something!
1. Do you prefer to run a filter sock or a filter tray and why do you choose one over the other?
2. What filter sock or filter tray set up do you run and a photo would be great!
Homemade filter tray via @G Santana
Those clarisea filter rollers are great. I have two of the Sk-5000 models but i still use filter socks because of the size of my tank.I happen to be a lucky dude who won a Clari-Sea SK5000 Roller Filter here on R2R
Shoutout to Triquatics and Reef2Reef
I love this thing!!!
Totally recommend roller filters.
My office tank has filter sock setup, which isn't too bad.
I really love being able to throw that nasty paper away over washing those gross crusty filter socks in my home.
Not sure I have a pic of it running as it used to sit in the back of the sump.
But I am getting ready to set up my 120 very soon.
Here's a shot of my roller filter setup.