On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:09:58 CST, "Gareee©"
wrote:

Cool.. that explanation lets me kno wit' snot just me, but the filters were
so thick with muck, that it just took longer here. Might pick up some of
that vinyl door screening. it's pretty cheap if I recall.. do you have it
stretched on a frame of some kind?

Just wadded up in crinkled folds. I have to use some hardware cloth to hold
it down so it doesn't float into the bulkheads.

Today I just enjoyed what visibility I had, and fed the fish,, they are
eating like monsters now!

That is WONDERFUL, well... the visibility, I'm a little worried about your
monster-like fish appetites. ;-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

"~ jan" wrote in message
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Cool.. that explanation lets me kno wit' snot just me, but the filters
were
so thick with muck, that it just took longer here. Might pick up some of
that vinyl door screening. it's pretty cheap if I recall.. do you have it
stretched on a frame of some kind?

Just wadded up in crinkled folds. I have to use some hardware cloth to
hold
it down so it doesn't float into the bulkheads.

I'm suspecting it's finer, so catches smaller particles?

Today I just enjoyed what visibility I had, and fed the fish,, they are
eating like monsters now!

That is WONDERFUL, well... the visibility, I'm a little worried about your
monster-like fish appetites. ;-) ~ jan

They are eating like a full 16 oz cup of food daily.. course there are about
40-50 of them now, and if I don't feed them, they just hack away at the
plants.

We still need to cull the 5 or 10 biggest out, and take them down to the
local aquarium for credit. We've kind of lost interest in the inside
aquarium, so not sure what we'll do with the credit there. Might look into
converting our indoor tank into salt water, so we can have seahorses....


--
Gareee
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

For the winter shut down I turn off flow to the veggie filter, pry the
plants out, then use a wet dry vac to suck the muck out.
with the bucket filter I pull the bunched green mosquito screening,
the stiff filter material, the polyester blanket out.
I empty the contents of the bucket on plantings.
fill the bucket, plunge various filters in the bucket, empty onto
plantings. drape filters over one of those expanded metal mesh
outdoor chairs and turn the hose on them. I am not too fussy about
getting em that clean.
Ingrid

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:35:13 CST, "Gareee©"
wrote:
Out of curiosity, what procedure does everyone use to
clean out their filters?

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:51:05 CST, "Gareee©"
wrote:

I'm suspecting it's finer, so catches smaller particles?

Just like bug screening, mainly used in my case to catch the big solids,
the fines get caught by the bio-filter and break down.

They are eating like a full 16 oz cup of food daily.. course there are about
40-50 of them now, and if I don't feed them, they just hack away at the
plants.

Wow, plant hacking good indication. Don't forget peas.

converting our indoor tank into salt water, so we can have seahorses....

Now that would be cool. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us