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10-27-2005, 07:58 PM
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Filter sock issues
I'm currently changing the sock every 3 days in the 300g
Why does my skimmer go crazy????? it skims about 5g in under a minute! (big skimmer). it's obviously clear water.
Is there anything i can do to prevent this?
Right now i just turn off the skimmer for 15 mins.
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10-27-2005, 09:51 PM
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these came from the washing machine/dryer
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10-27-2005, 09:58 PM
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Your not using any Soap or Anything are you...
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10-27-2005, 10:18 PM
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erm yeah. that gets washed out though with 3 rinse cycles
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10-27-2005, 10:21 PM
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I would just wash them in Hot water with 1 cup of bleach with an Extra rinse Cycle... Let them air out for a few days afterwards and call It good... Soaps contain Phosphates and other Chemicals... Probably one of them..
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10-27-2005, 10:22 PM
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Ahhhh phosphates !!!!!!
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10-28-2005, 01:04 AM
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I never re-use any of my filter socks. I always replace them with new ones.
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10-28-2005, 01:10 AM
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What do you have a disposable kind? Thats gotta get expensive at $5-$10 a piece. Does it look like this? http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewIt...product=EA1351
Later Ryan
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10-28-2005, 01:15 AM
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Mine has a ridgid O-Ring in the top. no drawstring.
I'll be washing these for a while, until they die a micron death
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10-28-2005, 01:17 AM
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I have diatom bags i always relpace, they are pretty much the same.
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10-28-2005, 01:18 AM
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Are those cheaper? Do they work as good? Later Ryan
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