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So I love really polished water. When I used a chemical flocullant, it was AMAZING. I'm not sure I want to use this regularly, so thinking of filtration.
I have two filtration systems, one bog, one "commercial" (but not pressurized). The bog system is fantastic. I installed it first, water chemistry is perfect. It's a safe, clean pool, albeit with tannins and imperfect water.
Bog system is fed from skimmer. Commercial system is fed from Bottom Drain.
When I added the commercial system, it was a game changer. They run in parallel. But I am looking for even cleaner water. Commercial system:
Bottom Drain -> Settlement Chamber -> Oase Biosmart 1600 -> Aquascape Pond Urn Filter
The Biosmart is great. Takes 30 seconds to clean the sponges, it's fantastic. The Pond Urn filter is probably where I have room for improvement.
I have a variety of ceramic bio material in bags. It flows into a mechanical filter that came with the urn. Then it goes through a small bag of activated carbon before the spillover.
I am thinking of reducing the bio material to make more room.
I was looking at: a Koi "fine" filter:
I am also looking at the Ultra High Density Matala filters:
Thought it to have teh water flow through a smaller biofiltration material bag, then through large activated carbon bag, then into the mechanical filtration: coarse pad -> medium pad -> find pad. Then it will flow into the water. My thoughts are that the Oase 1600 does most of the filtration, this is just bonus and polishing.
Any thoughts?
To the all-bog people, I get it, it's so amazingly low maintenance. It actually makes me happy I can use my second system entirely for vanity.
I have two filtration systems, one bog, one "commercial" (but not pressurized). The bog system is fantastic. I installed it first, water chemistry is perfect. It's a safe, clean pool, albeit with tannins and imperfect water.
Bog system is fed from skimmer. Commercial system is fed from Bottom Drain.
When I added the commercial system, it was a game changer. They run in parallel. But I am looking for even cleaner water. Commercial system:
Bottom Drain -> Settlement Chamber -> Oase Biosmart 1600 -> Aquascape Pond Urn Filter
The Biosmart is great. Takes 30 seconds to clean the sponges, it's fantastic. The Pond Urn filter is probably where I have room for improvement.
I have a variety of ceramic bio material in bags. It flows into a mechanical filter that came with the urn. Then it goes through a small bag of activated carbon before the spillover.
I am thinking of reducing the bio material to make more room.
I was looking at: a Koi "fine" filter:
I am also looking at the Ultra High Density Matala filters:
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Thought it to have teh water flow through a smaller biofiltration material bag, then through large activated carbon bag, then into the mechanical filtration: coarse pad -> medium pad -> find pad. Then it will flow into the water. My thoughts are that the Oase 1600 does most of the filtration, this is just bonus and polishing.
Any thoughts?
To the all-bog people, I get it, it's so amazingly low maintenance. It actually makes me happy I can use my second system entirely for vanity.