Anyone out there using an aquadyne bead filter? Do you like it? I'm
thinking about upgrading to a 1.1b model (with blower)

Mike

One of my three bead filters is the Aquadyne 4.4. I have it on a pond of
about 2500 - 3000 gallons. Look for one with the air blower for cleaning.
When I clean mine, I blow in the rinse position until it starts sounding
like popcorn popping, and then blow on backwash to drain the dirty water.
Then rinse a little in backwash mode, then in rinse mode before placing back
in filter mode. It takes about 100 gallons to do the backwash. Without the
blower, It would take much longer to clean, and I have heard some say,
proper cleaning cannot be done without the blower.
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"Mike" wrote in message
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Anyone out there using an aquadyne bead filter? Do you like it? I'm
thinking about upgrading to a 1.1b model (with blower)

Mike

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:47:48 -0500, RichToyBox wrote:

One of my three bead filters is the Aquadyne 4.4. I have it on a pond of
about 2500 - 3000 gallons. Look for one with the air blower for cleaning.
When I clean mine, I blow in the rinse position until it starts sounding
like popcorn popping, and then blow on backwash to drain the dirty water.
Then rinse a little in backwash mode, then in rinse mode before placing back
in filter mode. It takes about 100 gallons to do the backwash. Without the
blower, It would take much longer to clean, and I have heard some say,
proper cleaning cannot be done without the blower.

You could try one of these http://www.bubblebeadfilters.co.uk/

They don't need a blower for cleaning but do tumble the beads in an air
stream and you can get automatic models that clean themselves simply by
putting the pump on a timer and shutting it off for 15 minutes.

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