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    Quote Originally Posted by bigcarpchaser View Post
    Exactly!!!!


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    One scoop will do you then LOL

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    Changes afoot today.
    Filter and everything inside the garage dismantled and drum lowered a bit.
    Next job requires 2 people to manoeuvre bio chamber into position and marry up with drum level then I can rejig a return pipe so awaiting assistance from one of the sprogs. Rory tried his best but he’s only 2 1/2 and ended up causing me more grief than I needed so stopped for the afternoon.
    Anoxic baskets to make up then away we go.


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    Bigcarpchaser finally gets his bum into gear!

    Well, it’s a mission washing this sodding cat litter!!!
    Was doing it for about 2 hours, sieving then rinsing and only ended up making 3.
    Does the grey rinsing water ever disappear????


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    Nice one Mr Big, at the rate you're going I will have finished my QT system lol

    Look on the bright side 3 down only another 21 to go.

    BTW I only let you borrow the bits to make the first 12 so I can have them back once you are finished making them lol

    Looking good though, keep up the good work

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    Lol, cat litter doesn’t go far mate


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    Quote Originally Posted by bigcarpchaser View Post
    Lol, cat litter doesn’t go far mate


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    Surely 30 litres did more than 3 baskets

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    Nope.
    When I’ve read what other people have used it’s about 3 per bag. There’s a lot of very fine particles that get rinsed out as waste. They’d end up in the pond otherwise.
    I’d already worked out I needed 6 bags at least.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bigcarpchaser View Post
    Nope.
    When I’ve read what other people have used it’s about 3 per bag. There’s a lot of very fine particles that get rinsed out as waste. They’d end up in the pond otherwise.
    I’d already worked out I needed 6 bags at least.


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    All the other amounts were OK for 12 baskets though weren't they?

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    Well, there were 12 baskets lol
    Aquabasis was ok. There’s 5kg in a bag.
    Pebbles prob only do 4 unless you place them particularly well by hand.
    I’ve grabbed some standard polished pebbles from Keber for the rest, cheap as chips. They just need a rinse off. Those turtle pebbles are well pricey.

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    Hey can you not just fill your baskets and the fill the chamber and flush it to waste. Be easier than washing it all.

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    I’ve no idea
    I’m not sure “how much” dust and fine particles is supposed to come out.
    I don’t particularly want a pond full of grey crappy water in a weeks time.
    I have the “dunk in big bucket method” to try on the next lot.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bigcarpchaser View Post
    I’ve no idea
    I’m not sure “how much” dust and fine particles is supposed to come out.
    I don’t particularly want a pond full of grey crappy water in a weeks time.
    I have the “dunk in big bucket method” to try on the next lot.


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    How solid are the bit of cat litter? Could you stick them in a colander and tip a couple of buckets of water over them and have a builders bucket below to catch the dirty water? That how I used to clean the bio home media on my protein skimmer.

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    Bigcarpchaser finally gets his bum into gear!

    That’s what I’ve effectively been doing.
    You end up with grey milky water and sludge lol



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    Maybe a strange question but does the cat litter float? I know it's a similar thing to laver rock and it's absorbant so must have air holes in it? So what happens if you chuck it in a a builders bucket and give it a good stir?

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    It’s doesn’t float mate


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    That's a shame. Looks like it's back to the drawing board then. That must be like a busman's holiday to you lol

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    Yeah I think you're right to want to rinse as much fine crap off it as possible, could be extremely annoying if it affected the pond clarity!

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    Maybe he could use the sludge that comes of the cat litter to strengthen the walls of the pond

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    Isn't it just like adding clay to the water, could help clump all the crap together and leave your pond super nice

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