Besides filter socks...

[AlexRoerden]

Would I be able to use a sediment filter with a filter cartridge attached to my overflow instead of using filter socks?I plan on having a refugium and protein skimmer as well

 

[AlexRoerden]

Instead of using filter socks in my sump, would I be able to use a filter housing (see image) with a filter in place of the socks? If not what else could I do besides useing socks or a roller.

 

[AlexRoerden]

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Instead of using filter socks in my sump, would I be able to use a filter housing (see image) with a filter in place of the socks? If not what else could I do besides useing socks or a roller.

I would attach it directly to the overflow, as my first line of mechanical filtration

 

[Brookster123]

Not sure how yours is configured? I took a net and bent to act like a clip over the over flow and fill it with filter floss, replace as needed.

 

[Sniperhank]

There are other ways of filtering water. You do not want to put this type of filtration directly plumbed as it will back up your overflow. You can use a pump to move water through one easily. We use those filters all the time, usually to run media in a more effective manner. In terms of something like filter floss, there are better ways of doing it...like filter socks, rollers, or sponges in the overflow and on return pumps.