Was wondering if anyone with the Redsea Reefer 250 has successfully ditched sump socks. I hate Filter socks with a passion lol and I'm desperately looking for a solution that will rid me of them for good. I've tried a few different things: some of the things I've tried has worked great but have been hard to maintain.
Here is a few things I've tried:
Here I tried using filter floss just underneath the section where the water would flow into the filter sock compartment. Didn't really work because the weight of the water would just continually push down the floss, plus it was difficult to change.
Here I used egg crate to catch the water as it flowed from the filter sock chamber and then another piece that filtered water before it went into the third sump chamber. This kinda work but and had my water crystal clear but I felt like it wasn't efficient and also I have moved my skimmer to make room for an Algae Scrubber.
Today I took a piece of egg crate and plastic and made a little lip to rise the level of the water prior to it going in to the sump sock chamber. I then placed a piece of filter floss on top of the filter sock holder. If this works it would be easier to grab that floss out and replace it. I probably can make a permanent lip with a piece of acrylic.
I also took my media bags and suspended them via a piece of pvc. The two media bags resting on the bottom are filled with deNitrate since it needs to be in a low flow area.
So does anybody have any suggestions? Anyone out there that has totally got rid of socks and replaced them with an easily maintainable solution? Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Here is a few things I've tried:
Here I tried using filter floss just underneath the section where the water would flow into the filter sock compartment. Didn't really work because the weight of the water would just continually push down the floss, plus it was difficult to change.
Here I used egg crate to catch the water as it flowed from the filter sock chamber and then another piece that filtered water before it went into the third sump chamber. This kinda work but and had my water crystal clear but I felt like it wasn't efficient and also I have moved my skimmer to make room for an Algae Scrubber.
Today I took a piece of egg crate and plastic and made a little lip to rise the level of the water prior to it going in to the sump sock chamber. I then placed a piece of filter floss on top of the filter sock holder. If this works it would be easier to grab that floss out and replace it. I probably can make a permanent lip with a piece of acrylic.
I also took my media bags and suspended them via a piece of pvc. The two media bags resting on the bottom are filled with deNitrate since it needs to be in a low flow area.
So does anybody have any suggestions? Anyone out there that has totally got rid of socks and replaced them with an easily maintainable solution? Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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