Cleaning Filter Socks

[derrick orosz]

Just wondering how often everyone changes them and how you clean them?

 

[EricTMah]

I change when water begins to spill over.

I flip inside out. Rinse. Soak for 24 hrs in 1/4 cup of bleach in about 1L of water. Then rinse and scrub under cold water. Then soak for 12hrs in HOT water. Hang dry and reuse.

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[Luke.]

Where can you find types like these ? It was a sock that came with phos media , can you buy these anywhere ?

 

[heath]

they are weird looking, kind of like an old pair of panty hose...

 

[derrick orosz]

they are weird looking, kind of like an old pair of panty hose...

Exactly what I was thinking lol

 

[zoomster]

Where can you find types like these ? It was a sock that came with phos media , can you buy these anywhere ?

It sounds to me like you are looking for a mesh sock rather than a felt sock.
I actually use a combination of both. I run my felt until the water spills over the top ( usually 3 days give or take ) then the mesh ones. Until the felt ones are ready to go again.

 

[zoomster]

If you are looking for mesh socks, check with @unibob. He carries them and his price is great on them.

 

[Luke.]

It's for a canister filter not a sump but thanks for clearing and giving me a reference !

 

[zoomster]

My bad lol.
I was kinda replying to both and got a bit messed up Lol.
That was aimed at Derrick.
As for the canister mesh bags, when I used to use them I never had any problems finding the refillable media bags at most LFS's.

 

[unibob]

Where can you find types like these ? It was a sock that came with phos media , can you buy these anywhere ?

That's just a media bag. Let me know size and I can check my stock.


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[Luke.]

That's just a media bag. Let me know size and I can check my stock.


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Yes lol that's it ! And i think it's like 3" or 2" wide by , 4" or 5" long (not to sure how custom you can get but anything along there works i only use no more then a cup of phos media

 

[Nighthawk26]

I wait till overflow, then flip inside out and put in pail with lid. I have 26 socks. When I get to my last few I wait till a bleach load of laundry has been done, put them in for a cycle with only bleach, then spin dry. I remove them, rinse them in RODI water, then lay them out to dry, and I'm good to go.

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

I take mine out when water is flowing over the top and blast them upside down with the fast pulse of the shower massage and turn it inside out and do that till its white and turn it back and do again then twist it till no water dripping then put back in sump. Normally a week

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Here's how dirty mine gets in a week this is the sock turned inside out so that's the inside of the sock

 

[Kman]

I also change mine when water spills over. I myself bought 20 of them and when they are all dirty I put them in the washer with bleach and run a cycle with and extra rinse. After I take them out I put them in a bucket with water and add prime for 24 hrs. They come out white and as good as new almost.