To Filter with your Socks or not?

[lastlight]

I have the sock in an ice-cream bucket with about two inches of water just to submerge the sock and a single scientific glug. I'd say it's a potent soak =)

[Reef-Geek]

Does any one have a good idea how to wash dirty filter socks, especially for 100micron ones

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by shingo43

Does any one have a good idea how to wash dirty filter socks, especially for 100micron ones

Mine are 100 micron, this is what I do from page four of this thread:

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

When I take off a sock I turn it inside out to shake out some of the creatures caught inside. When I have 4 dirty ones I do a small load with a cup of bleach. Once its finished I turn the socks right side out again and give them a second rinse. When thats done I throw them into a stack to dry. Since I have 8 socks in total I don't get around to using them again for about a week. A single feeding of my moray and lion takes more effort than the whole sock cleaning process.

[lastlight]

I'm soaking one of my 100 micron at a time now. Just enough water to submerge the sock in a pail and a few caps of bleach. 2 days later I rinse it well and soak in water for one day before air drying. They are like new after this.

[Cubeman]

I run carbon in one of my phosban reactors and put the return water through my sock as well. Stops tiny little bits of black media from getting in the tank.

I'm also a plus1 on the snail trap. I'm constantly picking out small snails before I clean mine and returning them to the display.