Filter Sock are they needed?

[EasyEd77]

Does anyone use a filtration sock in their sump? Long story short we had a maintenance guy taking care of our 100 gallon reef and he was doing a bad job. I question everything that he put on our tank and I am wondering if I should do away with the sock as it could become a nitrate factory.

 

[Reefugee]

It only becomes a nitrate factory if you don't clean it out on a regular basis. Remember - if it's isn't caught by the sock, it's probably somewhere else in your tank.

 

[EasyEd77]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13407620#post13407620 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefugee
It only becomes a nitrate factory if you don't clean it out on a regular basis. Remember - if it's isn't caught by the sock, it's probably somewhere else in your tank.

What would you consider a regular basis?

 

[hatfielj]

I change my filter sock every 3-5 days depending on how quickly it starts to clog up. I just run them through the sanitary cycle in my washer with a little bit of bleach and it gets them nice and clean.
I think they are important to use. I didn't use them on my previous tank and my sump was always full of detritus that I never got around to cleaning out. Now that I use a filter sock I don't have that problem anymore and I'm sure that my water is cleaner because of it.

 

[BigJay]

No sock here.

The detritus that escapes the skimmer goes into the fuge where it feeds the bristleworms and pods.