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building an inline filter system. where can I buy the bits from?
Hi, I am thinking of getting a new filter system so could I use my current ecocell 2200 filter with no media in it but use it as a settlement chamber by removing the internal piping so water is pumped into the top and then also flows out at the top into another filter so sediment falls to the bottom. Would this work? Failing this I might attempts ot build a vortex chamber but I cannot find anywhere online which sells "bulkheads" and normal black tanks which i can use to make filters out of. Where can I buy these from or has anyone got one I can buy? Thanks, Daniel -- Daniel Finn |
I am thinking of getting a new filter system so could I use my current
ecocell 2200 filter with no media in it but use it as a settlement chamber by removing the internal piping so water is pumped into the top and then also flows out at the top into another filter so sediment falls to the bottom. Would this work? Failing this I might attempts ot build a vortex chamber but I cannot find anywhere online which sells "bulkheads" and normal black tanks which i can use to make filters out of. Where can I buy these from or has anyone got one I can buy? Daniel Bulkheads: www.aquaticeco.com ecocell as pre-filter, have water piped down to bottom, flow up to top thru loose screening (plastic window screen) to hold sediment at bottom. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: www.jjspond.us ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
Jan is certainly right about the benefit of bottom to top flow through
screen or some other easy-to-clean filter material. Sideways would also work. Top to top would have to allow settlement time somehow between entrance and exit. Jim ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: I am thinking of getting a new filter system so could I use my current ecocell 2200 filter with no media in it but use it as a settlement chamber by removing the internal piping so water is pumped into the top and then also flows out at the top into another filter so sediment falls to the bottom. Would this work? Failing this I might attempts ot build a vortex chamber but I cannot find anywhere online which sells "bulkheads" and normal black tanks which i can use to make filters out of. Where can I buy these from or has anyone got one I can buy? Daniel Bulkheads: www.aquaticeco.com ecocell as pre-filter, have water piped down to bottom, flow up to top thru loose screening (plastic window screen) to hold sediment at bottom. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: www.jjspond.us ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
Daniel Finn Wrote: Hi, I am thinking of getting a new filter system so could I use my current ecocell 2200 filter with no media in it but use it as a settlement chamber by removing the internal piping so water is pumped into the top and then also flows out at the top into another filter so sediment falls to the bottom. Would this work? Failing this I might attempts ot build a vortex chamber but I cannot find anywhere online which sells "bulkheads" and normal black tanks which i can use to make filters out of. Where can I buy these from or has anyone got one I can buy? Thanks, Daniel Check out uniseals and pipe boots. Thats' how we do it cheaper in the US. Happy ponding. -- Koitoy |
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