RichToyBox wrote:
All of the bead filters, converted sand filters, use polyethylene bead=
s.
The specific gravity is just less than 1.00 and as such they float and=
the
water flowing up through them is filtered nicely. Being near the same=

specific gravity as water, they are easily backwashed, with the tumbli=
ng
action getting all of the material filtered sent to waste. Someone on=
here
was looking for a source several months ago.

I found a company in the UK are willing to supply just the beads,
http://www.aquajac.co.uk can supply at =9C60 per cubic foot (+ carriage)=
..
They can also supply stainless steel mesh and other fittings and are
going to add these to their website. Meanwhile anyone in the UK who are
interested can use the contact page and get more information.

I've put just under a half a cubic foot of them in the Fishmate
Pressurised filter and for the first time ever it's filtering properly.
It backflushes with about 25 litres and I'm having to do that night and
morning at the moment but with even tadpoles getting through previously
it's got a bit of catching up to do :-)

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Regards - Rodney Pont
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