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    pictures of my filter

    Hi All,
    thought it would be easier to show some pics of the filter,

    pic 1 shows skimmer and re entry point
    pic 2 drum and spray bar
    pic 3 pipe into filter
    pic 4 bd and skimmer
    pic 5 air
    pic 6 20k pump
    pic 7 shows the spray bar pipework and soleniod and underneath is where the waste chute leaves the drum to the drain is as you can see its covered
    pic8 to the left of the drum is the electrical box for the drum
    pic 9 bio
    pic 10 pump electrics and drum control
    pic11 small 10k pump on other end of filter
    pic12 drum with pumps off and water lkevel


    Last edited by smartin; 19-03-2020 at 08:58 PM.

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    Like the food storage haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    Hi All,
    thought it would be easier to show some pics of the filter,

    pic 1 shows skimmer and re entry point
    pic 2 drum and spray bar
    pic 3 pipe into filter
    pic 4 bd and skimmer
    pic 5 air
    pic 6 20k pump
    pic 7 shows the spray bar pipework and soleniod and underneath is where the waste chute leaves the drum to the drain is as you can see its covered
    pic8 to the left of the drum is the electrical box for the drum
    pic 9 bio
    pic 10 pump electrics and drum control
    pic11 small 10k pump on other end of filter
    pic12 drum with pumps off and water lkevel
    Very neat and tidy I like !


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    Senior Member Rank = Mature Champion smartin's Avatar
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    i thought it would be easier to show why i cannot get to the pellets inside the drum as you can see the waste chute is fully enclosed, you can also see from pic 12 with the pumps off the water level does not go high enough to flood the waste chute in order to eject the pellets down the chute..... i cannot increase the water level any higher due to the overflow on the skimmer box (i could block it off) but there is an electrical box as shown in picture 8 which i obviously cannot submerge in water.... guess i will just poke up with pellets lol.... cheers Steve.

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    Mate you got a whole tub of pellets in your bio wouldn't be worried about a couple in the drum

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Mate you got a whole tub of pellets in your bio wouldn't be worried about a couple in the drum

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    Lol I think that’s a tub of bio gel balls pictures of my filter


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    that's my secret stash

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    that's my secret stash
    Funny how you store them there, as I store mine in the Nexus bio section.

    My thinking is that the bacteria should be acclimatised to the pond temp ready for when I need to use the balls (which is now actually) in case a big temp shock kills the bacteria.... Probably rubbish but I do it anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    Funny how you store them there, as I store mine in the Nexus bio section.

    My thinking is that the bacteria should be acclimatised to the pond temp ready for when I need to use the balls (which is now actually) in case a big temp shock kills the bacteria.... Probably rubbish but I do it anyway.
    I don t bother with them anymore. I just let the pond do it's own thing.
    Tested this morning all my water parameters. Bob on. That's the first time I have tested for about 3 months.
    Test twice a week now. With feeding more
    As in twice a day now instead of once.
    And a slice of bread.
    Love it now the temps are up. And covers off.
    Get in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    Hi All,
    thought it would be easier to show some pics of the filter,

    pic 1 shows skimmer and re entry point
    pic 2 drum and spray bar
    pic 3 pipe into filter
    pic 4 bd and skimmer
    pic 5 air
    pic 6 20k pump
    pic 7 shows the spray bar pipework and soleniod and underneath is where the waste chute leaves the drum to the drain is as you can see its covered
    pic8 to the left of the drum is the electrical box for the drum
    pic 9 bio
    pic 10 pump electrics and drum control
    pic11 small 10k pump on other end of filter
    pic12 drum with pumps off and water lkevel
    Hi Steve, in pic 2 it looks to me your spray bars are not cleaning well,you can see a line of dirt between two of the jets maybe need adjusting.
    My spray overlaps each other so a good clean.
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Hi Steve, in pic 2 it looks to me your spray bars are not cleaning well,you can see a line of dirt between two of the jets maybe need adjusting.
    My spray overlaps each other so a good clean.
    Hi John,
    are you referring to the two nozzles furthest to the right between the two nozzles, yes looking at the picture i can see what you have seen, the screen is clean the marks you can see is on the metal bars between the mesh, its where i had poor pressure in the past and had bad dirt lines between all nozzles, this has now been rectified with a new solenoid, it does look like they all need to go over to the left a fraction looking at the picture, i am unsure if the nozzles can be moved physically i will have a look tomorrow, cheers John, all the best Steve.

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    Nice and neat pictures of my filterpictures of my filter good job


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    Had a long chat with Gary yesterday afternoon (Bigcarpchaser) who helped me out no end explaining how the gravity set ups work and associated pipework / pumps etc, really nice guy, cheers for your time and help mate, much appreciated......
    cheers Gary.

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    No worries Steve, I’m over the shock of seeing you live on my phone now lol
    Glad I could help pictures of my filter
    Stay I touch mate


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