Filter Sock holder

[Fishcrazy06]

Looking for some ideas of what people have done to hold a 4" filter sock. I open to all pictures no matter what. Lets see what you have!

Eric

 

[alphaferret]

maybe a piece of acrylic that has a 3 3/4 hole cut in it -so that it can span the fuge or sump?

 

[The0wn4g3]

I used my filter sock past my refugium. Put a T on the end of the bulkhead draining out of the refugium and into the protein skimmer section. I made a ring out of 8" zip-tied pretty tight around the rim of the filter sock, then looped 2 more zip-ties over the T. Works great, and I can remove the zip-tie holder to rotate the socks out. I have one in the tank and one being cleaned, and just switch them. I think in total it cost me about $0.10 for the zip-ties and 10 minutes to make.

 

[GIJOE007]

A buddy of mine uses a 4x4x4 pvc tee. He cut a slit in the top tee piece so it hangs off the side of the sump, then just slide your filter sock inside the through section. It works like a charm. Sorry i dont have a pic, but hopefully you get the idea.

 

[lakee911]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13595306#post13595306 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by alphaferret
maybe a piece of acrylic that has a 3 3/4 hole cut in it -so that it can span the fuge or sump?

This is what I did. Don't shove it all over to one side of the tank such that when it overflows it flows off the side of the tank.

If it's too thin it will sag and if it's too thick, you might lose a little water where its sitting on the frame/top of the tank when it overflows.

Jason

 

[logan0171]

I put an eye screw on the inside of the stand and use a long zip tie to suspend the sock below the top of the sump. This is just in case the sock overflows.

 

[bored4long]

Here is what I did:

Take a 12" length of 4" PVC pipe + reducer + diy socks out of 100 micron felt. For $3 in pvc and $15 in felt material, I have a sock holder that is really easy to remove/replace socks, and 12 filter socks.

4" diameter PVC:

Cut out for the sock and the reducer:

All together:

The filter socks easily fold over the pipe, and the reducer slides over it to hold the sock in place.

 

[lakee911]

What kind of reducer is that? Is it a fitting to go from SCH40 to SCH 20? I think it's SCH20--that light stuff used for downspout drains and what not.

 

[bhdmc]

I purchase this one from Marine Depot.

 

[coralfragger101]

Similar to bored4long, I use 7" diameter socks so I used pieces of 6" diameter PVC and just drilled a bunch of holes in it. Socks fit right inside with no need for a reducer or anything else to hold the socks in place.

 

[adnup]

Mines real simple. A piece of 1/2" pvc(width of my sump) with tee's on each end. Put pvc through the handle(loop) and the sides of the sump support it...

 

[stiffljp]

I don't have a picture but I took a piece of acrylic and cut a whole in the one end to fit the sock then used a small torch to bend the acrylic to wrap around the lip of the sump etc.. It took around 15 minutes to finish it not counting the cooling time.

 

[1320wrx]

Here is a sump that i just finished for my 33l long. I did the same thing stiffljp did, just cut a hole about a 1/8 in bigger the the rim on the filter sock so you can remove it easily.