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07-08-2007, 04:43 PM
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Professional Acro killer!
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Location: florida
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Washing filter socks?
How does everyone on here wash their filter socks?
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07-08-2007, 05:40 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jacksonville
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I usually wash three at a time in hot water with a cap of bleach.
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07-08-2007, 06:27 PM
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Got Rx
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jacksonville
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Normally hose it out after a wc and let it dry till next week. I just keep wondering why I use the garden hose to do it when the only water I put in the tank is RO/DI.
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07-08-2007, 06:59 PM
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Professional Acro killer!
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Originally Posted by MikeAtJax
I usually wash three at a time in hot water with a cap of bleach.
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do you just do that in a sink or bucket?
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07-08-2007, 07:00 PM
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Professional Acro killer!
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Originally Posted by lemonheadmech
Normally hose it out after a wc and let it dry till next week. I just keep wondering why I use the garden hose to do it when the only water I put in the tank is RO/DI.
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I guess it doesn't matter if its dry...
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07-08-2007, 07:53 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jacksonville
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I use the washing machine.
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07-08-2007, 08:15 PM
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Professional Acro killer!
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I use the washing machine.
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don't you worry about soap residue?
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07-08-2007, 08:46 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Middleburg
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We have a sanitize option on our washing machine..I throw it in there, and wash it on that..it heats the water up to something insane...
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07-08-2007, 08:58 PM
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Shark
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Location: Jacksonville
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After the washing machine is done with them, I give them a good rise and hang them to dry. Watch out thou, this has created problems for me. My wife now thinks I can use the washing machine. Now I am good for a couple of loads a week.
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07-08-2007, 09:01 PM
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No Pinch!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by MikeAtJax
After the washing machine is done with them, I give them a good rise and hang them to dry. Watch out thou, this has created problems for me. My wife now thinks I can use the washing machine. Now I am good for a couple of loads a week.
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LMAO
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07-08-2007, 10:35 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Jacksonville
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I just spray them with a hose once a week, rinse them, and then put them back.
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07-09-2007, 12:13 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Orange Park
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I do the same as Mike, throw a bunch in the wash machine with a little bleach and then rinse the heck out of them.
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07-09-2007, 05:23 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jacksonville
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I used a hose for a while but never felt I was getting all the trash out of the sock.
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07-09-2007, 06:44 AM
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SPS Crazed
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Raleigh NC
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I used to wash them in the washer with bleach, but then I would soak them in a bucket with some declor to make sure all of the bleach was neutralized. I know someone who thought he rinsed them good and killed his tank. Just something to think about.
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07-09-2007, 06:52 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeAtJax
After the washing machine is done with them, I give them a good rise and hang them to dry. Watch out thou, this has created problems for me. My wife now thinks I can use the washing machine. Now I am good for a couple of loads a week.
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ROTFLMAO! 
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