Sock-ology: My Filter Sock Experiences

[twreefer]

No bubble trap? How many chambers is your sump?

Three chambers with a bubble trap between 2nd and 3rd, but not enough to stop all the bubbles.

 

[s2nhle]

Sock more work. sock less less work.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Sock more work. sock less less work.

Sock, skimmer still works; sock less, digging dead snails out of skimmer pump. New pump cost how much?


Sock, water crystal clear; sock less, "Daddy, why does our tank look like a snow globe?"

 

[reefwiser]

OK unlike the rest I'm not going to shut up lol not my way. Most the old guys here won't tell you that they don't do water changes. If I had to do that probably hate this hobby lol. Randy Farley has a whole thread on dsr it's the Dutch systheyic reefing. That's what I do and no water changes ever. If you decide to learn this you can go from intermediate to expert. Just saying I don't do water changes period.

Randy has nothing to do with DSR that is all GlennF ) Glenn Fong.

 

[nervousmonkey]

^1. Thank you redfishbluefish!! I needed a laugh today!

 

[townjas]

I wish i could find a way to incorporate a sock before my return pump instead of off the drain pipe. At least with my tank it seems like it would do more good there.

You can use a floss pad between your baffles if you are using baffles.

 

[Ryengoth]

I have a question!! How much do you all think a skimmers performance is affected by having it in the overflow chamber where a sock is also used?

It really depends on your water clarity in my experience and how often you feed. If you have a diatom bloom, that matter will end up flooding and foaming the skimmer vortex like mad. If you run a sock you will catch most of that mass but it will also clog the sock fairly quickly so it's a trade-off. I noticed that a lot when I was testing peroxide and glycerine underwater algae treament. I prefer to clean out the socks than have to remove my skimmer every two weeks to clean it from internal build-up.

 

[mibwb]

If we only could do what my one Filipino friend does. He walks two blocks with his wagon and fills up four 5gal buckets with fresh water from the ocean and does a water change on his tank. Has a HOB with just cut up old t-shirt for filtering. Has the most beautiful corals in it.