Fish Pond Filter Material Replacement Considerations

Fish pond filtration system in the common filter materials such as: filter cotton, ceramic ring, coral stone, biological ball, nano-bacteria cultivation ring, far-infrared ray suction house and other porous materials you use, etc., conducive to the nitrifying bacteria attachment, parasitism, reproduction, and efficiently purify the water, and to maintain the ecological balance of the water body.

High-quality, environmentally friendly filter media is a gathering place for millions of bacteria in your fish pond water.

So be careful when replacing the filter material in your fish pond filtration system that you don't destroy the environment they depend on.

Some fish lovers feedback, fish pond filtration system after running for a period of time, the flow rate of the filtration pond outlet will be reduced, this is due to the filtration system due to debris or other tiny particles buildup (such as food scraps, feces, etc.) caused by the blockage.

At this point, it is recommended that the filter tank be cleaned to remove clogs and other dirt that cannot be biochemicalized and to ensure that there is ample room for biochemistry. Replace the fish tank filter material if necessary to ensure the flow of the filter tank and ensure the effectiveness of filtration.

The same goes for semi-automatic fish pond filtration equipment, which requires regular cleaning of the internal filter media. Of course, if you use a fully automatic fish pond filtration system, there is no such problem. Intelligent identification of solid-liquid separation, automatic backwashing, sewage, no manual care at all!

When replacing the fish pond filtration material, do not replace all of them at once, but keep a part of them at intervals or a small number of times each time to ensure the microbial ecological balance in the water body and the stability of water quality.

If there are two filtration tanks or filters in the fish pond, completely replace the filter media in one half of the tank and wait 2 to 3 weeks before replacing the other half.

If you are only using a single filter tank or filter, you should gently clean the fish pond filter material with stale water from the filter tank and then place the cleaned filter material back into the overfilter tank or filter in a sensible manner.

If the water quality has been very good, the feeding density is not high, the filter cotton or biochemical felt slight overflow simply do not have to pay attention to, there is no need for frequent cleaning, even more old fish friends simply do not clean, the principle of replacement is rotten, can not be used again.

Most of the common fish keeping filter media, which are ceramic rings, bacteria houses, biochemical balls and the like, don't have any deterioration per se to speak of. The most that can happen is that the clogging is so bad that it can't be cleaned, so then, it can only be abandoned or replaced.

Why is it not recommended to replace all the filter material at once?

In this way, millions of beneficial bacteria are also discarded, so you have put your koi at risk, and only a small fraction of the remaining beneficial bacteria can carry out nitrification, while the number of fish remains unchanged. In this case, the nitrifying bacteria must repopulate and grow until they can re-bear the ecosystem balance of the entire water body and ensure the normal survival of all the koi fish.

This situation is likely to eventually lead to the development of "new pond symptoms". It takes a long time to return to normal and is a serious survival test for koi fish.

So, the key points for replacing filter media are summarized below:

First, coral stone, ceramic ring, activated carbon, bacteria-absorbing house, volcanic stone, Maifan stone and other fish pond biochemical filtration materials, it is recommended that every three months in batches to clean; every two years or so to replace;

Second, the fish pool filter material replacement, not all at once, need to be divided into two batches, two batches of interval time for 2 ~ 3 months;

Third, brush, filter cotton, biochemical felt, etc. It is recommended to clean once every 3 to 6 months; replace them in batches once every 2 to 4 years;

Fourth, the service life of all germicidal lamps are 8000 hours (international standards), but after 3000 hours of use, sterilization will weaken, it is recommended to replace;

Fifth, circulating pumps of good quality can be used for more than 5 years, if the water flow becomes small for a long time, take out and clean the impeller can be used (non-professionals, please do not dismantle yourself);

The above is our 19 years of experience in the research and development, production and construction of fish pond filtration system summarized, I hope to help you. For more details, please contact us: 020-82686289.