Fredrxn
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Sup guys I have the waterbox reef 130.4 about to get her wet.... But still debating on filter socks or filter cups with filter floss... What do u guys think would Filter better????...
Filter socks or filter cups
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CoralB
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I personally prefer the cups as i have a life and don’t wish to spend it cleaning socks or wasting a small load in the washer nor would I want it in my clothes . Theirs a company that keeps advertising on here called reef diapers which I believe are disposable socks but I haven’t looked into it yet or to figure out how cost effective and efficient they are .
Lavey29
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I use one of each. My sock stays clean over a week since I started using PNS probio. Before that maybe 3 days and black with gunk now over a week and still white. The bacteria breaks down the organic waste before it turns to gunk and ends up in the sock.
The Reef Diaper uses a light weight disposable filter element and the flange assembly is reused. They are very simple to change and you get a perfectly clean filter every time. You can purchase the filter elements in bulk for a buck a piece. Follow the link below for more info. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Fredrxn
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I am useing one mesh sock and 1 reef diaper sock in my waterbox reef 130.4
randalli
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All my thoughts (not only in reefing) start with "what produces the least amount of waste ... especially plastic waste". Which means that I use filter socks whenever I have to filter something out. Just rinse them or throw them in the washer (like some people do) and they are good to go again. But most of the time I do not use any mechanical filtration at all and just clean the sump when necessary with a water change that I have to do from time to time anyway. The rest of the detritus get's eaten by the coral, fuge life or gets collected in the skimmer cup. When I don't use a mechanical filter I have cups (with custom spacers I designed and printed) in the holder. But it's mainly to quiet down the overflow. Other than than I do not see huge advantages of cups over socks. Cups need floss to be added which will create more waste. Sorry to bring up the waste-topic but I don't understand why reefing is such a wasteful hobby and seemingly nobody gives a flying fudge about that topic.
