Thread: EA 30” k+ bead filter dual feed?

The above bead filter has a recommended flow rate of 18,000lph, my pond after revamp will be around 12,000ltrs, I’ve a 4” bottom drain and a 4” skimmer line both these will be pumped up to a shed above the pond that will house the bead filter, question is, if I go 2” pipe after the pump on both runs using two pumps one on each run, could I join the two pipe runs before they go into the filter and run each varipump at 8-9,000lph, would it work, I can’t see why it wouldn’t but I’m no expert, looking at possibly having some form of gravity fed sieve on the bd then pumping from there although I have seen plenty just reducing down to 2” and running the bd straight through a pump, pond will be covered with no plants etc actually in the pond.

Hello mate,

I’ve got the 24” k plus filter and think they’re pretty good.

Will you be running the bottom drain and skimmer gravity fed into the same sieve? That might help avoid the need for 2 pumps, and you can control the flow with ball valves.

I've got 2 gravity fed bottom drains feeding into one sieve. After that there is one pump which takes the water to the K plus filter. Dont forget to put a slide or ball valve in between the pump and advanced filter, as you need to close it when the blower is on.

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Was thinking more of using the two pumps I have, EA 10k varipump and a pondtec 11,500k varipump so I could turn off the skimmer in the depths of winter and just keep the pond turning over on the bottom drain.
Do you think a 30” would cope with no sieve before hand?

Originally Posted by Paul burt

Was thinking more of using the two pumps I have, EA 10k varipump and a pondtec 11,500k varipump so I could turn off the skimmer in the depths of winter and just keep the pond turning over on the bottom drain.
Do you think a 30” would cope with no sieve before hand?

Yes mate I would highly recommend having some sort of mechanical filter (sieve, drum) before pumping to the advanced filter, otherwise I think you’ll risk it getting blocked, particularly if it’s coming off the bottom drain line.


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Thanks for that,
there’s an ultra sieve lll with twin inlets on flea bay that’s not that far from me, think I’ll have a go at it, means buying a 20k pump but I spose mine will sell easy enough