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Aquadyne 8.8C Professional Pond Filters – Up to 30000 Gallons – AD30000

$6,298.00

Pond Size – Up to 32,000 Gallons
Fish Load – 660 Lbs.
Pump Size – 1000 to 8000 Gallons Per Hour
Plumbing Parts – 2 Inches
Plumbing Accessories – 3 ea. Self Sealing 2″ Unions Included
Head Pressure – 0 to 2 Psi at 4000 GPH on a clean cycled filter
Media Volume – 8.8 Cubic Feet
Media Weight – 320 Lbs.
Diameter x Height – 36-inches x 48-inches
Avg. Backwash – 90 Gal.

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Description

The Aquadyne AD30,000 – Model 8.8C filtration system is without doubt the most superior of all bead filters in its class. Boasting worry free maintenance on ponds up to 30,000 gallons.

Commercial fisheries presently run 600+ pounds of fish in a single living, growing system with generous feeding habits, yet they claim a most excellent water quality with regard to waste management. At such a heavy load, their practice is to take a few minutes and backwash the system every day to eliminate the mechanical waste from the heavy feeding that goes on in the commercial facility. Aquaponic facilities can easily run double and even triple the loading. The more field absorption you have with aquaponic rafting or planting systems you can greatly extend the filtration capacities.

In the average large pond installation, the sheer volume of the Model 30,000 can bless you with only having to backwash as little as once every 3 weeks. These farmers joke that you really can clean the filter with a cup of coffee in your hand.

The AD30,000 moves filtration well into the commercial category, supporting extremely high pond or fish run water capacities with very heavy fish loads. Commercially rated equipment in this category can run up to $9000 and $10,000. But the AD30,000 comes well under that price point, allowing high flow rates and exceptional solids removal at heavy loads.

Here also this model includes the Dynamax air assisted backwash which makes this model extremely efficient in all ranges of waste loading. This unit will efficiently filter 30,000 gallons of water with up to 660 pounds of fish or other aquatic inhabitants. Even under the heaviest of waste loading, the Dynamax will break up a loaded media bed with ease.

The AD30,000 is easily suited for applications where high volume ponds, research applications, or aquariums need to have exceptional performance under the most abusive aquatic circumstances without breaking the bank. The large media bed allows for an excessive accumulation of beneficial bacteria to consume very high amounts of ammonia and nitrite.
Backwashing:
Initially you will let your filter run for a period of several days up to two or three weeks depending on mechanical loading of removed solids. We recommend that you not backwash your new filter until it begins to load up with solids to the point of slowing your water flow down. This will allow naturally occurring bacteria including Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter to cycle and form a living colony inside your filter media. If your water flow slows due to solids being removed from the water then by all means backwash it. Otherwise, resist the temptation to backwash the filter and let it be. You may leave your pump running when performing backwashing operations with few exceptions. We suggests turning the pump off, but you are free
to choose. See installers instruction manual for more details.

Backwashing With Dynamax Air Assist: Turn the main pump off, and place the main control valve in the
RINSE position. Plug in the Dynamax air blower and open the blower control valve. The system will belch a wave of dirty water and compressed air. Allow blower to run approximately 2 to 3 minutes, then close valve and switch off blower. Reposition the main control valve to BACKWASH then turn the pump back on (high speed if you have a 2 speed motor). When the sight glass begins to run clear, return the control valve back to filter and reset your pump to low speed (if you are using a 2 speed pump) and you are finished. This process takes 5 minutes max.

Backwashing Without Dynamax Air Assist: With the pump off or on, reposition the top control handle to the BACKWASH position. At first you will see only clear water flow out of the waste line, then the dirt and waste will begin to exit the filter. Once the water runs clear, reposition the handle to the RINSE position to reload the media into the top of the tank and allow the water to run again until clear. Finally, reset the control handle to the FILTER position and you are finished. Note: Rotating the control handle back and forth several times between Backwash and Rinse positions and finally back to Backwash greatly improves debris removal on non-Dynamax systems.

After each backwash, open the sludge valve at the bottom of the filter for 3 to 5 seconds after your control head has been returned to the filter position. This will discharge any sediment that has settled in the bottom of the filter tank during the filtration or backwash cycle. You will probably notice that the discharge from the waste lines will have a very foul odor. This is good, and a sign that your beneficial bacteria are developed and healthy. And most important!, plan on spending most of your time ignoring your filter system, because you will be free from worrying about cleaning your filter and free to enjoy your pond and its friendly inhabitants.

Additional information

Manufacturer

Filtration Type

Filters Max Pond Size Range

Filter UV Option

No UV

Pond Product Type

Pond Filtration

Series

Professional

Filter Max Pond Size