This may be a stupid question, but is just par for the course with using a filter sock?
I'm currently cycling my tank but I do have chaeto in the sump with amphypods and copepods. I rinsed my filter sock a few minutes ago, just to get some of the leftover sand silt out of the tank, and there were 10 of them in there. I feel bad having to flush them out with the waste and am not sure if there is a good way to remove them; I feel like I'd crush them with my tweezers.
I've also been going back and forth about whether I want to keep the sock or just run without it, and this just adds another reason for me not to keep it. I don't want to kill the things that are supposed to add to the whole system.
Any thoughts or suggestions about this?
I'm currently cycling my tank but I do have chaeto in the sump with amphypods and copepods. I rinsed my filter sock a few minutes ago, just to get some of the leftover sand silt out of the tank, and there were 10 of them in there. I feel bad having to flush them out with the waste and am not sure if there is a good way to remove them; I feel like I'd crush them with my tweezers.
I've also been going back and forth about whether I want to keep the sock or just run without it, and this just adds another reason for me not to keep it. I don't want to kill the things that are supposed to add to the whole system.
Any thoughts or suggestions about this?