Pinkyfilters.com anyone?
- Thread starter mmarro22
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I just hate rinsing filter socks. I used to rinse them outside with the hose then inside ro water but then they would clog quicker and I just found it too tedious. I much rather throw away and cut a new piece once a week or so. About the pods I killed them all when I nuked my tank with copper so no biggie there lol
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My protein skimmer. Lol sorry, but no really, I don't use anything. The key is to never let it settle. And to limit your feeding. I run a power head in every chamber of my sump. There is no detritus or particles to catch. I learned a lot from my first tank, and I've incorporated a ton of "methods" into my current set up. Not letting detritus settle is just one.
Nice. .. i used to like running my socks, I found less build up in my sump. Problem is after a good rinse they would only be good for a pair of days before they would overflow and I hated rinsing every 2 or three days. Then i bought 3 and figured screw it I'll rotate that way I don't have to clean just one and then put it back in i can replace and I can clean two at a time but geeez the smell they produce 
. And to run bleach and do only 1 load without soap for a filter sock or two. .. yeah Nah.
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. And to run bleach and do only 1 load without soap for a filter sock or two. .. yeah Nah. Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
Like mentioned above, if I notice i have some crap floating around I'll take a filter sock and fix it around my return drain for a few hours. But my sump is pretty much detritus free, a little sand from a few rocks I've put in there but there really isn't any detritus, the flow doesn't let it settle so the protein skimmer does a pretty good job at removing most of it. What ever is left becomes copepod food.. Or trochus snail food lol I have a ton of baby trochus in my sump.
Never even knew these existed lol. . Going to check these out next time.
Unfortunately I can't have a clean up crew but perhaps adding flow to my sump might be an idea.
I use a pump and hose to the sidewalk. That's how I do my water changes. Two birds one stone. A shop vac though seems like an interested method too though. More versatile to just move the hose vs a powerhead and seems like faster too. I think I might just ask for a shop vac for father's day
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Unfortunately I can't have a clean up crew but perhaps adding flow to my sump might be an idea.
I use a pump and hose to the sidewalk. That's how I do my water changes. Two birds one stone. A shop vac though seems like an interested method too though. More versatile to just move the hose vs a powerhead and seems like faster too. I think I might just ask for a shop vac for father's day
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