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Originally Posted by kali
sunfire99 can you post of how you put the filter sock on the overflow box ? someone back then told me filter sock work really good , but the only way i can do it .it to put it right in my sump which i have to mod the sump for the sock , and i refuse .. show me how you do it ,i'll put that in my overflow and get rip of the eheim .
sorry for the hijack
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Mine is in the sump. Here's a picture of it. You can see it in the back there at the inflow to the sump. I have a bulkhead fitting there, and the pipe in the sump that the filter is tied to extends down into the water. When I need to "clean" it I just turn off the return pump, remove the pipe with filter sock attached, turn it inside out and remove any snails that I want to keep and replace it with a clean one. I run the dirty bag through the washer with no soap, and let it hang dry. I din't fix the sock more permanently to the pipe because I figured if the sock becomes badly clogged with dirt the inflow may slide it off the pipe and not cause a flood. I clean it monthly and it hasn't been close to clogged to the point of not allowing water flow. I cleaned my canister one time in the past 2 months and it had very little dirt compared to what the sock collects.
