A Filter Sock Thread

[justin guest]

heres my setup. Blue 50 gal plastic container from lowes, 4- 8x16 socks (200 micron)

Just checked your build thread. nicely done. a couple of questions though... did you replace the acrylic sump with this one or are you running dual sumps, and how long do the filter socks hold before they need cleaning? thx in advance

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[Motownr]

Great thread.

Does anyone have any experience with the filter bag vessels? Some of them can handle enormous flow rates, and they seem to be a pretty sano installation.

Anyone?

 

[CajunAg]

This was really helpful, thanks Dan. Has anyone tried those double layer bags from McMaster?

 

[Ancient_Fish_Master]

This was really helpful, thanks Dan. Has anyone tried those double layer bags from McMaster?

i use 50-100 micron bags and they work like a charm. just takes longer to clean since there are two bags.

 

[baseballman1321]

im looking into using a filter bag in my DIY sump and i was wondering could i attach to the intake of the pvc and lay the rest on the drip tray because i want a big sock because i dont wont it to clog alot

 

[kamikaziechameleon]

ok guys you see these new 5 gallon bucket socks???

http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-filter-bags/=g6eitz

 

[Egon]

good stuff......

 

[kevinfleming21]

I made my own 5 gallon bucket sock haha

 

[David R]

Here's a couple of pics of my sump on the 1400L with socks;

They are suspended from aluminium pipes by cable ties, fairly easy to change and cheap to set up, but next time I would go to the trouble and expense of getting a thick piece of acrylic drilled so the socks sit inside it (and with overflow holes, of course!). The two other things I'd change next time are the number of socks and the height they're suspended at. A friend has set up a similar design on a similar size tank but running four socks nearly completely suspended out of the water and he gets close to two weeks out of them where as I have to change mine every 3 days (both using 100 micron 168x375mm socks). I'd certainly never go back to using filter wool on a large tank though!!

 

[henward]

more socks = less cleaning
smaller micron = faster clogging
longer sock = less cleaning
longer sock with smaller micron = in theory awesome!!! (trialling now)

David was referring to me above, i will post a picture love socks!