filter sock holders

[boydx6]

Does anybody here build a filtersock holder cheap? I don't have access to any tools here in Tampa to try and build one myself and I don't want to pay retail prices for one.

 

[Gimplar]

PVC works wonders really depends on how your set up is... My wetdry was easily modified to hold filter socks instead of bio balls.

 

[CMcNeil]

boydx6 first check my occupation.then pm me

 

[reefguy069]

you can also use zipties

 

[benf]

how many do u need? I have one i bought about a year ago i dont use anymore...I think i got it from MDepot.

 

[markandkristen]

i used a pvc pipe. that rest on top of the sump.
i think its like 18 inches long. i just slip the pvc pipe through the handle of the sock .....
picked up the grey kind its stronger from home depot or lowes. it was like 75 cents.....
then i just let the pipe rest on top of the sump.

 

[ladyfsu]

OK I'm new at this. The sock...filled with what? Carbon? Why? I'm having some issues with my school filters I'm trying to tweak...I think someone donated filter socks to me and I didn't know what the heck they were!!

I've heard you can put carbon in panty hose and tie it off. True?

May I please have the shortened version of "Filter Socks for Dummies" summary.

 

[ladyfsu]

ok now I'm reading up on it after I posted.

yes, I definately have filter socks sitting in the closet here. Do people even put activated carbon in them?

 

[benf]

Ladyfsu, i believe you are thinking of media bags/socks? Most filter socks are ~100micron material catching the stuff going down your overflows/drains.

 

[oldsaltman]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8642089#post8642089 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by benf
Ladyfsu, i believe you are thinking of media bags/socks? Most filter socks are ~100micron material catching the stuff going down your overflows/drains.

My question is simular to this. How do you attach them to the PVC? Do you need to make some type holder or just tie them off?

 

[markandkristen]

the sock should be a white felt material kinda thick in a way.
theirs usually a handle onthem thats what the pole goes through.
kinda like how your shower curtain does.
pretend the handle is one of the plastic rings of your shower curtain

 

[benf]

I have this one if someone wants to buy or trade a SPS frag for it

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=BSAMK

or what markandkristen said works just as well

 

[boydx6]

filter sock

filter sock

Thanks for all the great Ideas. Now I just have to decide which to use.