Evening back wash turns in to pulling the pump

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Evening back wash turns in to pulling the pump and opening the impeller to remove a bead from the impeller. Back together and back in service in under 30 mins. Assembling the tool kit took half of that. Love ha oh good equipment. #goldfishofinstagram #fancygoldfish #Aquaculture #Fish #goldfishunion #goldfishbreeder #goldfishkeepers #goldfish #goldfishcommunity

Aquabead 4 cubic foot bead filter

Craig's list score! Like new. Delivered from Pasco Washington. Took two months to arrange. The housing and about one cubic foot of beads had slight signs of use but the multiport valvle and blower are brand new.

Freak Snow Storm Damages Hatchery Tank Filtration

On March 23 we got our first and last snow of the year. http://www.kval.com/news/local/A-truly-historic-spring-snowstorm-for-Eugene--143698986.html
No one was really expecting the snow but 7.5 inches fell at the airport and closer to 10 here in the hills. A Douglas Fir limb landed on the hatchery tank system's zapp pure uv breaking the clear union threads that attach and draining the system. This caused two tanks to completely drain. It was last years Bristol Shubunkin (Parker strain) and the late summer Matuyama x Itoh that had been raised and over wintered out side. They were high and dry for possible a day. Good thing they were cold as most revived but are now succumbing to their injuries. The Ranchu were moved inside with the bristols soon to follow.

Fortunately the system was out together with ferncos. A few twists of a nut driver and a scrap price of two ich pipe the zapp pure was bypassed.

Hatchery Tanks from the Shed Roof

Trimming trees from the shed roof. A new angle on the newly install hatchery tanks.

Aquabead 6 cubic foot installation part 5

Aquabead 6 cubic foot installation part 4 UV

Cutting a glued fitting off a proprietary UV fitting.  Risky and rarely works.

Sometimes things just work out.

Replacing the bulb in the Zapp Pure Stainless UV.

A close up for future reference.

Love it when things line up.  Just one more fitting.

Aquabead 6 cubic foot installation part 3

1/4 hp Wave pump with integrated leaf trap.

Fitting the system back together.  It was a year ago that I went and got this filter.  Thankfully I took a video of the system before I cut it up.

Reusing pipe can be cost effective but at times very frustrating.

Plumbing the midnight oil.

How does it go?

Aquabead 6 cubic foot installation part 2

The equipment pad.  The system was originally on two of these and I'm fitting in onto one.

The multiport valve.

Loctite silicone lubricant for the o-rings.

Multiport valve O-ring.

Mounted.

Aquabead 6 cubic foot installation part 1

Removed the top to check the strainers and beads.

6 cubic feet of beads.  Each cubic foot is rated for 50 pounds of fish.

A scoop of beads.

About to wrestle it into place between the tank and the shed.

A look at the sludge valve.

Alpha One Aquabead pond filter stystems

It took me two years to buy these filters. I first email the seller through craig's list early may 2009 an it's almost may 2011. Drove 6 hours round trip to pick them up. The larger system will fill the bed of my Tacoma. Renting an enclosed trailer from uhual.  They are completely turn key plug and play.

6 cubic foot Alpha One system.  Rated for 17,000 gallons and 300 pounds of fish.

Another angle. 

2.5 Cubic foot Alpha One system good for 5,000 gallons or 125 pounds of fish.

Side View.

Aquabead system

6 cubic food bead filter.

It filled the cart.

Multiport valve and air blower.

Zapp pure 20 / 3300

GPH793T5L/4P NORMAN 37W GERMICIDAL U.V. LAMP

4PIN SINGLE ENDED 10,000 HR. LONG LIFE FILAMENTS MOL: 31.22 inches

Great design with all weather power switch and built in presure switch to turn it off if flow stops.

Stainless steel prefilter.


1/4 hp high efficiency pump with integrated leaf trap.

200 feet of 2 inch pipe for good measure.