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I had put a screen wire pillow in the stocktank waterfall to provide
some extra home to the bacteria and when the algae all crapped out last week i put some of the old filter mat in to try to filter out the old dead algae found out the screen was working backwards (?) it sits on a wire frame about a foot off the bottom of the tank but all the muck was on top of the screen for those using this method is ths the way it normaly works? -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 17:04:21 -0600, John Rutz
wrote: I had put a screen wire pillow in the stocktank waterfall to provide some extra home to the bacteria and when the algae all crapped out last week i put some of the old filter mat in to try to filter out the old dead algae found out the screen was working backwards (?) it sits on a wire frame about a foot off the bottom of the tank but all the muck was on top of the screen for those using this method is ths the way it normaly works? Is this an upflow filter? How much muck is below the screen? How long a time goes between cleanings? In my filter at home the muck is below the screen with fines mixed in amongst the screen. In the Demo Pond, due to channeling there was muck on top, but most was below the screening. Both pre-filter of which I speak are upflow. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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What is a screen wire pillow?
-- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "John Rutz" wrote in message ... I had put a screen wire pillow in the stocktank waterfall to provide some extra home to the bacteria and when the algae all crapped out last week i put some of the old filter mat in to try to filter out the old dead algae found out the screen was working backwards (?) it sits on a wire frame about a foot off the bottom of the tank but all the muck was on top of the screen for those using this method is ths the way it normaly works? -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 17:04:21 -0600, John Rutz wrote: Is this an upflow filter? How much muck is below the screen? How long a time goes between cleanings? In my filter at home the muck is below the screen with fines mixed in amongst the screen. In the Demo Pond, due to channeling there was muck on top, but most was below the screening. Both pre-filter of which I speak are upflow. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website -- sorry Jan I shoulda specified it was upflow there was some dietrus under the pillow but most of the "black Mud" was on top was wondering if maybe I plumbedd the outflow into the tank wrong to cause the "reversal" of deposit the pillow had been in the filter for I think three weeks, I only noticed the buildup as I had partialy drained it to install the fine filter mat to catch the dead phyloalgae it wasn't clogged by any means so I Just thought, if maybe Im pushing the water through it too fast and it doesnt have time to settle and is being forced throuh the pillow ( I'm using a 3600 gph mag drive on this )and its a 150 g stock tank and is settling on top as that is wher the water is slower John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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sorry Jan I shoulda specified it was upflow there was some dietrus
under the pillow but most of the "black Mud" was on top was wondering if maybe I plumbedd the outflow into the tank wrong to cause the "reversal" of deposit the pillow had been in the filter for I think three weeks, I only noticed the buildup as I had partialy drained it to install the fine filter mat to catch the dead phyloalgae it wasn't clogged by any means so I Just thought, if maybe Im pushing the water through it too fast and it doesnt have time to settle and is being forced throuh the pillow ( I'm using a 3600 gph mag drive on this )and its a 150 g stock tank and is settling on top as that is wher the water is slower John R Yup, that's probably what is going on. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: sorry Jan I shoulda specified it was upflow there was some dietrus under the pillow but most of the "black Mud" was on top was wondering if maybe I plumbedd the outflow into the tank wrong to cause the "reversal" of deposit the pillow had been in the filter for I think three weeks, I only noticed the buildup as I had partialy drained it to install the fine filter mat to catch the dead phyloalgae it wasn't clogged by any means so I Just thought, if maybe Im pushing the water through it too fast and it doesnt have time to settle and is being forced throuh the pillow ( I'm using a 3600 gph mag drive on this )and its a 150 g stock tank and is settling on top as that is wher the water is slower John R Yup, that's probably what is going on. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website -- thanks Jan Makes me feel somewhat better with everything that has been going on wierd in my pond and life this month Im begining to think I cant get anything right ;-) guess its time to build another pond :-) John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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