Product Details
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Highly Efficient and Easy to Clean
Large Waterfall Filter
Hydro Vortex™ easy to clean waterfall filters feature an internal vortex for heavy solids removal, a bio filter stage for metabolizing dissolved organics, and Hydro FilterSilk™ media for superior water polishing. The Dolphin Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter lets you spend more time enjoying your pond or pondless waterfall and less time cleaning it! Patented design backwashes the bio media within the filter.
Features:
- Made in USA
- US Patent No. 7,425,268 B2 and US Patent No. 7,731,841 B1
- Dimensions: Dimensions: 32½” tall x 31″ wide x 30¼” front to back
- 25" wide waterfall opening
- Filtration for up to 4,000 gallon ponds
- Waterfalls up to 8,100 gph (135 gpm)
- 7.40 cubic feet of Hydro FilterSilk™ bio media
- 2,708 Total SSA (Specific Surface Area)
- Metabolizes up to 54,160 mg ammonia per 24 hours
- Supports up to 2,275 grams of fish weight in 4,000 gallons
- Can be used in multiples for unlimited pond filtering
- Can be used in multiples for unlimited waterfall widths and flow rates
- No blower or air pump required for backwashing
- Thick-walled heavy duty rotational molded HDPE construction
- Two Solid Brass 2" female threaded inlets
- Solid Brass 1½" female threaded backwash drain outlet
- Vortex Solids Separator
- Settling cone for debris capture
- Backwash drain at bottom of Settling Cone
- Media chamber above Vortex & Settling Cone
- Lower diffuser grate
- Upper diffuser grate
- Easy to install liner gasket flange with no hard-to-disguise plastic lip
- 316 Stainless Steel gasket flange hardware
- 10′ of 1½" heavy duty flex PVC drain pipe for clean out
- 1½" Stainless Steel Lever PVC shut-off valve
- Two 1½" PVC male pipe adapters
- Tube of fish safe 100% silicone sealant
Dolphin Hydro Vortex™ Large Waterfall Filter Advantages:
- Can be cleaned in as little as 2 minutes
- Disassembly NOT required for cleaning as with other waterfall filters
- Requires less installation time than other waterfall filters
- Installs with only a Phillips screw driver – no special tools required
- Becomes virtually invisible in the landscape
- Long lasting components
- Best in-class purchase value – Drain kit included and all bio media included – no additional media required
- Lowest cost of ownership – does not require media replacement like waterfall filters that use filter pads
- Unique Hydro FilterSilk™ media polishes the water far superior to filter pads and other filter media
- Lets you spend more time enjoying your pond or pondless waterfall and less time cleaning it!
