Re: Re: [APD] System 1 filter - not working?

[sgreenville at provacom_com]

You Wrote:
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At 01:15 PM 3/22/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>I just bought a System 1 diatom filter with the hope that I could use it to
help fight a green water problem I am currently having.  But when I ran it
(for two hours) the filter made absolutely no difference in the green water! . . . . . . 

>
>Shirley
I use a Vortex diatom for green water and it clears it up in about
an hour. One trick - if you use new tapwater to recharge the filter
the outgassing puts small bubbles on the bag; no diatoms collect there;
as you run it they provide enough of a "hole" in the diatom media
that it can run for hours on a green water tank and do no good.

The fix is, use tank water not fresh tapwater to recharge your
diatom. Another thing I do to make sure the powder is evenly
distributed is when it's first charged, shut it off for a few
minutes then restart it. That seems to give you a more veen coating
of diatom powder.


Thanks for the tip! I did notice that there is a fairly large lump (half an inch or so)that sticks out from the brown media holder thing on the System 1 - that will not hold the DE powder - no matter how many times I shut the filter off and restart it. Maybe I need a new media holder. . . . 

Shirley

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