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    Quote Originally Posted by andikoi View Post
    At the moment my water in nexus is about 1cm above inlet tray bit so very low.yes k1 is coming back from bio and into centre pipe bit through flow holes.andi
    My guess, and it’s a guess, is that some of the K1 is getting caught by the air and pushed back through and up the pipe. I don’t think there is a grate or similar between the centre core in the easy and the outer chamber.

    I’ve had a few bits in there when I’ve cleaned my Nexus, turned everything back on and forgot to take the centre cleaning pipe out so emptied the outer chamber nearly!!! Oops.

    I’d guess (guess again!) that when the water level is higher you’ll probably not see that issue anymore.

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    Cheers Fred and Scamp, I’ll get some Hel-X and more K1 ordered and start topping the old girl up!

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    Quote Originally Posted by andikoi View Post
    my returns are split after pump,but as pump inlets and outlets are 1 1/2" i used rubber reducers before and after 4"-1 1/2 before then 1"-2" after,but then split using 2" Y connectors then a 2" ball valves on each of those 4 lines,each pump then either sends over shower or underwater all using 2" including the inlets in pond,will wait to see if gray likes the jeboa before i buy a couple,i think they have 2" inlet/outlets so that should help the flow a bit,andi
    Yes mate, 2” on both ends on the Jebao 20k.

    I’ll defo let you know how it performs. I’m hoping it works a treat Nexus pipework
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    Quote Originally Posted by andikoi View Post
    At the moment my water in nexus is about 1cm above inlet tray bit so very low.yes k1 is coming back from bio and into centre pipe bit through flow holes.andi
    With the water level that low, all the K1 is bunched round the slots coming through. In Normal operation with water full in bio and air boiling it, plus flow of water from easy to Bio prevent the K1 from getting through, apart from the odd one now and again..not really much you can do unless you can get it up and running..honestly at this time of year with low temps, not sure whether you are able to keep the bacteria alive on K1 with so little water and changing the water over a couple times a week..but I might be wrong..cheers

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    as im pulling from skimmer with it scamp its getting bits of food and surface contaminants so still getting fed,i still have to clean once a week but then im still feeding 4 times a day unheated lol,,i think your right though,i drained it right down and can feel the gaps that go between bio and center to let the water flow into outer chamber from easy,,i was just mentioning it really as i wondered if the guys filling theirs with more K1 suffered with any coming back due to more being lower in the bio chamber,really need to get nexus and drums placement are swapped over as drums are on a shelf with room underneath and nexus is on an area of filter floor thats the same height as drum shelf,so by swapping it means nexus will sit lower and drums will be same height as now just in different places,also means that bd to drum pipework wont have as many bends which is a bonus,its just too flaming cold to be messing around with water lol,pic is how is now they just need swapping round,simples hahahaandi
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    Quote Originally Posted by andikoi View Post
    as im pulling from skimmer with it scamp its getting bits of food and surface contaminants so still getting fed,i still have to clean once a week but then im still feeding 4 times a day unheated lol,,i think your right though,i drained it right down and can feel the gaps that go between bio and center to let the water flow into outer chamber from easy,,i was just mentioning it really as i wondered if the guys filling theirs with more K1 suffered with any coming back due to more being lower in the bio chamber,really need to get nexus and drums placement are swapped over as drums are on a shelf with room underneath and nexus is on an area of filter floor thats the same height as drum shelf,so by swapping it means nexus will sit lower and drums will be same height as now just in different places,also means that bd to drum pipework wont have as many bends which is a bonus,its just too flaming cold to be messing around with water lol,pic is how is now they just need swapping round,simples hahahaandi
    Aah sorry Andy my mistake that skimmer is flowing through. No issue for me regards K1 coming through with 300litres and a 150 litre air pump, so hopefully you will be spot on when you get it all sorted, looks like you'll have your hands full when you move your filters around, I agree its too bloo@dy cold to get wet at the moment, it was -1 again last night here.. Cheers

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    I don t have any k1 or helx coming through to the centre chamber andi.
    I also have micro in there as well.
    The micro k1 that came with the nexus.

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    Forgot to add. I also have six airstones on the bottom of the nexus 320. As to much crap and
    K1 was settled on the bottom.
    In the 320 nexus. I feel the air ring is set to high.
    So added these of a 6 way manifold
    And still boil out the ring. Plus six airstones


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    Mines just due to water level u think freddy. When i rebuilt this time i wasnt planning on keeping nexus,but then i didnt have a filter for skimmer so our lass said as we wont get money back i might aswel use nexus on there.i was planning on using the stainless ea nexus filter thing but couldnt figure how to implement it seeing as supposed to have an answer in middle.will wait until water weather warms up a bit.will only take a few hours but not at these temps lol.andi

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    Quote Originally Posted by andikoi View Post
    Mines just due to water level u think freddy. When i rebuilt this time i wasnt planning on keeping nexus,but then i didnt have a filter for skimmer so our lass said as we wont get money back i might aswel use nexus on there.i was planning on using the stainless ea nexus filter thing but couldnt figure how to implement it seeing as supposed to have an answer in middle.will wait until water weather warms up a bit.will only take a few hours but not at these temps lol.andi
    Here's my water level with the draco
    Bare in mind. My levels are set with draco waste tray. And not the nexus.
    When you add the drum. The nexus water height settings go out the window mate.
    Heres a couple of photos.
    1 photo above pipe over flow.
    2 photo outer chamber water hieght
    3 photo entry to the nexus

    My waste tray is set to my skimmer
    Height. For water levels.
    Also when drum wash the water level will be a tad higher
    Fred


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    Yeah andi thats the only thing i can think of.
    Your water levels maybe affecting it
    Fred

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    [QUOTE=freddyboy;284406]Forgot to add. I also have six airstones on the bottom of the nexus 320. As to much crap and
    K1 was settled on the bottom.
    In the 320 nexus. I feel the air ring is set to high.
    So added these of a 6 way manifold
    And still boil out the ring. Plus six airstones

    Me too Fred, 6 x half can airstones in mine via manifold..took my Nexus air ring out though. I've got hard water here, and the air ring blocked in no time, with the stones its good, and replace them when needed easily. Cheers

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    [QUOTE=Scamp;284412]
    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    Forgot to add. I also have six airstones on the bottom of the nexus 320. As to much crap and
    K1 was settled on the bottom.
    In the 320 nexus. I feel the air ring is set to high.
    So added these of a 6 way manifold
    And still boil out the ring. Plus six airstones

    Me too Fred, 6 x half can airstones in mine via manifold..took my Nexus air ring out though. I've got hard water here, and the air ring blocked in no time, with the stones its good, and replace them when needed easily. Cheers
    Touch wood my air ring is still working.
    But there was to many dead spots of the ring alone. Bad design in my opinion
    How the hell did you get into that tight long void to remove the outer ing on a 320.
    The Centers easyer as larger gap.
    A fat little so and so like me. Aint got a chance.
    I would have to bring my 6 foot two son in. With his long arms to get at my 320 oiter air ring lol haha

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    Ha LOL, it wasn't easy, ha ha...had to hang upside down to get in there...next time I need to get to the bottom I'll hang my son in their by his ankles!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scamp View Post
    Ha LOL, it wasn't easy, ha ha...had to hang upside down to get in there...next time I need to get to the bottom I'll hang my son in their by his ankles!
    Haha ha love it.

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    i meant to put mines due to water levels "I" think but fat fingers caught the "u" instead lol,yep once they all get swapped over will be sorted,my drums are about the same size as a draco but only supposed to pull 10k through them,i looked at draco but then got bought 1 drum cheap and then 2nd one was even cheaper haha,only reason i got 2,just wanrt weather to warm up so i can get in and swap over and finish the part thats going to be indoor seating,already got 2 seater leather recliner and matching leather recliner chair to go in,,just walls to insulate and cover and some lino or laminate to sort for floor,andi

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    as for the nexus air ring mine was wrong way round,they work well and dont get blocked as easy if you have holes at bottom,this also pulls crap from bottom aswel,andi

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    Nexus pipework

    The Jebao 20k arrived today. I have to say the build quality is looking good. Solid outer and very well built internals. 187w on the box for 20k/hr so I’m really interested to see:

    a) what it actually pushes re volume

    b) what it likes to eat re electric.

    If it turns out as per spec it’ll run at ~half the cost of my Sequence. Nexus pipework





    The pump controller is a pretty deep unit. My 7,000 pumps have quite slim depth on the controller. Maybe 15mm. This one is coming near to 40mm!

    Will report back with an update on performance.

    Should I start a new thread for this? I feel the OP’s thread has been hijacked a bit with my pump chatter?!?!
    Last edited by Gray; 11-01-2019 at 09:42 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray View Post
    The Jebao 20k arrived today. I have to say the build quality is looking good. Solid outer and very well built internals. 187w on the box for 20k/hr so I’m really interested to see:

    a) what it actually pushes re volume

    b) what it likes to eat re electric.

    If it turns out as per spec it’ll run at ~half the cost of my Sequence. Nexus pipework





    The pump controller is a pretty deep unit. My 7,000 pumps have quite slim depth on the controller. Maybe 15mm. This one is coming near to 40mm!

    Will report back with an update on performance.

    Should I start a new thread for this? I feel the OP’s thread has been hijacked a bit with pump chatter?!?!
    Sorry gray. About chatter. Yeah mate start a new thread.
    That pump looks the business mate.
    Looks well made and solid.

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    Very nice, interested to see how it works out, nothing like a new piece of kit arriving!

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