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cleaned my filter pads
« on: April 16, 2011, 02:26:22 PM »
It must be close to 2 years. What an ugly mess.  I use the commercial floor scrubbing pads.

I think I got the shower dirty! {nono}
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2011, 11:42:19 AM »
Looks like mine.  I flushed them with pond water, filled it up 10 times and flushed the edges with the hose.
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2011, 08:42:07 PM »
Cindy, I really don't know if there is a right way.  I lay the scrubbers on a wire rack and use a hi pressure nozzle on them
Drain the tank first. Use the hose in the tank as well.  Flush the drains!
I then re open the knife valve and turn on the pump.  in a few minutes it's filled and the waterfall is flowing!

Oh yeah a shower quickly!  Yuk!
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2011, 07:11:18 AM »
I should be cleaning my bio filter too.  Cleaning the filter pads in a large bucket of pond water.  Shake shake shake!
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2011, 08:50:28 AM »
Can you come clean mine please maybe pull a few weeds too {:-P;; {:-P;; {:-P;;
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2011, 10:03:15 AM »
I'm slow getting to the pond clean up because of weeds in my garden  >:(- >:(- >:(-  still no end to it!  :P
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 05:01:24 PM »
For lack of mother nature likeing us this year, it's still way to cold to mess around in the water or even near the water. >:(-
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2011, 05:41:04 PM »
sand and gravel homemade here with an air system. Just hit it with air then open a valve to drain the floating junk. Do this 3 or four times and done (10 minutes). Never take anything out and never use tap water.
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2011, 06:29:46 PM »
Dad I do it once a year. This time it was closer to 2 years!
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Re: cleaned my filter pads
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2011, 08:10:36 AM »
I ended up pulling each pad out and rinsing. My air pump (2 air stones) quit, have a new one ordered.  Extra air makes the good bacteria happy.
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