How often can filter socks can be reused?

[reeferdugong]

Hi guys,

i have 5 red sea 225 microns filter socks that i've been cycling for more than 6 months. I change the socks every 3-4 days or sometimes once a week if im too lazy. I wash them in the washing machine. How long will they tend to last and when should i buy new socks?

 

[WVNed]

You will notice they plug up more and more quickly. When I cant run them long enough to not be annoying I get new ones.

 

[fishface NJ]

Buy new ones when it thins out or clogs too quickly. I have had mine for a year and they are still going strong. Mine sit in a bleach/water mix in a bucket for a week before I get a chance to get them in the washing machine. Then they get washed again with bleach. I would think they will last for a long long time.

 

[outhouse]

If you guys pressure wash them, they never clog up. Im running mine by the decades not years. Run them as long as you dont have holes in them.

 

[G Santana]

My wife made me 9 from a roll of filter material I bought on line, 8 months and still swapping them out every 3 days

 

[bobnicaragua]

Mine clog about every 2 days. 135 gal bare bottom with high flow along the tank bottom that kicks up the detritus.