Introduction to Beadfilters

Beadfilters are closed (pressure) vessels filled with millions of small plastic beads. These beads float and therefore provide a means of mechanical filtration and the enormous surface of these beads provides the biological filtration.

Mechanical filtration: the beads float in a closed vessel and are packed very close to each other. The pressure of the pump makes the water flow upward through the beads. The small dirt particles will stick in the bead pack. The longer the filter is active, the more bio film there will be around the beads and therefore smaller particles can be filtered.

Biological filtration: the specific surface of the beads is about 1600m2 per m3(6 times more than a blue Japanese Mat), so the bio film layer around the beads extremely useful for nitrifying bacteria that consume vast amounts of ammonia and nitrites.

Introducing The Ultra Bead Filter

A vortex with filter brushes, the the Turbo Vortex, the Ultrasieve, Compact Sieve, Pond Sieve or other systems that can keep out the larger solids.

How The UltraBead Works

Water enters into the tank under pressure from the pump. This water, by means of the unique design of the UltraBead, spins separating the heavier solids and forcing them to the centre of the tank. The solids are collecting in the centre of the filter, waiting to be hydraulically purged out under pressure from the pump. All you have to do is open the swirl separation valve with the pump running and the filter in it’s normal filtration mode and the heavier solids are evacuated in just a couple of seconds. What does all of this mean? The most unique, efficient filter of its kind. An efficient filter doesn’t hold solids, it gets rid of them!

Now that the water is in the tank it is forced slowly upward in the vessel through zillions of beads about the size of BBs. On these beads are billions of nitrifying bacteria and these hungry bacteria are consuming vast amounts of ammonia, nitrites, etc. and performing what is known as nitrification. This is how we actually have clean, healthy water is due to the work these minute organisms are performing. Water continues to flow upward through the beads and exits out of the vessel via the top spray bar. This water then continues into the multi port valve and depending on the setting on the multi port (FILTER), the water continues then to the pond.

The UltraBead® series have another unique feature: the UltraTrust Blower . This blower is mounted on a special air check valve. It is important that the valve be in the rinse position for the blower agitation of the beads. When the blower is active the beads and debris are dispersed throughout the interior of the filter. This breaks up the beads and releases the trapped particles. This debris then can easily be backwashed out to waste through the spray bar .

After the RINSE cycle with air we perform a backwash in which the water enters at C en leaves the filter through A. After the backwash there will be another RINSE cycle but with water instead of air. This takes any remaining debris and sends it to waste , instead of sending a cloud of dirt back to the pond.

EconoBead Beadfilter

EconoBead Beadfilter

The economical answer to imitation filters, made by the Beadfilter experts!

The EconoBead Beadfilters have a strong quality polypropylene vessel and are standard equipped with:

• A drain valve to remove the sludge from the bottom of the Econobead

• A  6 way valve

• A very reliable blower!

• The blower is also equipped with a silencer.

The EconoBead Beadfilter is available in 3 sizes for ponds up to 2000 , 3500 and 6000 Gallons. Comes with a big lid for easy access.

• All models are standard equipped with a 2” multi-port valve, a transparent access cap and a powerful blower.
• UltraBead® filters are constructed from high quality fibreglass conforming drink water standards so they are completely save for your fish.
• There is a warranty period of 5 years on the pipe- and fitting system.
• There is a warranty period of 10 years on the fibreglass vessel and beads.

THE MULTIPORT VALVE

“FILTER” : water enters the Beadfilter and goes upward through the beads and exits out of the vessel via the top spray bar to return to the pond.

“RECIRCULATE” : With the “RECIRCULATE” feature you can bypass your filter and flow the water from pond to pump to multiport and back to pond. This comes in handy when you are treating the pond.

“WASTE”: allows the water to bypass the filter and go directly to waste, such as when you are performing a backwash cycle. You can also use the waste setting to vacuum out your pond without the garbage going into your filter, it bypasses the filter via the multiport and goes out to waste.

“RINSE”: The first time we use the RINSE feature to wash the beads with the blower which forces huge amounts of air into the vessel and since air rises in water, the beads are broken apart by this action, making a thorough backwash easy to accomplish. After the backwash function we use the RINSE feature again but now with water instead of air. It is impossible to get every little bit of debris out of a filter and this causes these minute particles to exit in the waste line instead of going back into the pond.

“BACKWASH”: In this position we let the pump run until the water in sight glass is clear (normally 1 to 2 minutes). The water enters the filter from the top spray bar (C) and exits the vessel at (A) and goes out to waste.