Filter socks and Herbies?

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I think I have about 5" of clearance from the bottom of the tank. Good to hear the system works. My only concern was all the crap leaving the sock when it's lowered into the water.

I was worried about this at first too but discovered that there wasn't much of any crap circulating in the sock itself by the time it overflows (i guess it overflows out). Most of the work of the sock is done when it traps particles inside the sock material and it traps it well. Squishing the sock down to remove it does release some but not a lot or particulate. In fact, when I rinse the sock out before throwing it into the washing machine I can barely get anything out of the sock material.