• Amused
  • Angry
  • Annoyed
  • Awesome
  • Bemused
  • Cocky
  • Cool
  • Crazy
  • Crying
  • Depressed
  • Down
  • Drunk
  • Embarrased
  • Enraged
  • Friendly
  • Geeky
  • Godly
  • Happy
  • Hateful
  • Hungry
  • Innocent
  • Meh
  • Piratey
  • Poorly
  • Sad
  • Secret
  • Shy
  • Sneaky
  • Tired
  • Results 1 to 3 of 3

    Thread: Sanitizing Bead Filter

    1. #1
      DangerDave is offline Senior Member
      This user has no status.
       
      Feeling:
      ----
       
      Join Date
      Mar 2015
      Location
      Tampa, FL
      Posts
      688

      Sanitizing Bead Filter

      So I'm doing a complete cleaning of my SK Advantage 10 bead filter and want to give the beads a 100% cleaning. Obviously the bead filter is offline and no way connected to the pond. The volume of beads is probably about 20-25 gallons (my 30 gallon trash can is nearly full with beads, crap and water).

      So, what to use for this? PP? If so, how much for a 30 gallon trash can? How long would I "soak" it?

      Bleach?

      Salt?

      Anything else good for this sort of thing?

      • Remove Ads
        Advertising from Google
        Promoting Koi and Pond
        keeping since 2007

         

    2. #2
      UnkleTim's Avatar
      UnkleTim is offline Senior Member
      is most excellent
       
      Feeling:
      ----
       
      Join Date
      Sep 2005
      Location
      Brentwood, CA
      Posts
      3,900
      I never knew that folks cleaned the media

    3. #3
      MCAsan is offline Senior Member
      This user has no status.
       
      Feeling:
      ----
       
      Join Date
      Oct 2015
      Location
      Atlanta
      Posts
      1,489
      Define "clean" in regards to bead filter beads. If you want to kill anything alive, a good soaking in PP should do that very well. To clean off biofilm do something like repeatedly backwash the filter using a spa blower to agitate the crap outta (literally) off the beads so it can be rinsed away.

      • Remove Ads
        Advertising from Google
        Promoting Koi and Pond
        keeping since 2007

         

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •