I think that the Advantage and the Aquadyne are so similar that they should
be considered the same. Both have blowers to help clean the beads and blow
the dirty water out as part of the backwash. This conserves a lot of water.
A pure water backwash on those types of filters is not very effective. For
the bubblebead, I put a bypass pipe in that allows me to run water backward
through it during backwash and this helps to clean it. It is designed for
air backwash and some people have taken old vacuum cleaners and put them in
the blow position and used that to clean the beads.

The Aquadyne gets all the talk, but I think the difference is very small. I
just had a better price for the Advantage. My pond lady sells hers for
list, but it comes installed with all the plumbing.
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"noahsnana" wrote in message
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But which do you recommend?
"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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On the 4000 galloon pond I have two bead filters. The first was a 2
cubic
foot bubblebead. Last year I added a 6 cubic foot Advantage from
Sacramento
Koi. This year I have gotten a 4 cubic foot Aquadyne for the 2500
gallon
pond but haven't gotten the vortex so it has not been plumbed in yet.
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RichToyBox
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"noahsnana" wrote in message
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LOL Rich which bead do you have? Is that on the 4000 gal pond?
"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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I have bead filters. They are older than the Nexus system and I am
quite
pleased with them. I think the bead filter is an excellent
mechanical
filter removing fine debris in addition to being a good bio filter.
The
Nexus appears to be a great biofilter, but I don't think it has the
mechanical filtration capability of the bead filter. On the other
hand,
it
has a very high oxygen environment that is far superior to the bead
filter.
What you need is one of each.
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"blade" wrote in message
s.com...
Hi Guys,

Need some advice, I'm upgrading my multi bay filter but cannot
decide
on a Nexus or a bead filter.

I need advice on which one is best. I have heard positive reports
on
both, but they do cost an arm and a leg so I want to get this
right
before I invest.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Blade
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blade


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