Cleaning the 30" Micro K1 Bead filter for the first time!! Plus pond update!!

[@craigvickers874]

Finally, a video demonstration of micro K1 cleaning process. Thanks Tim 👍

[@TimWaddington]

Yours should be running now?

[@craigvickers874]

Should be....... But isn't. Lol The filter house is all done but I've been messed about by the digger blokes. So it isn't dug out yet mate.

[@TimWaddington]

Craig Vickers kick some backside mate! I need some more ponds to film 😂

[@craigvickers874]

Believe me , I have been doing. 2 different guys now. The 1st guy didn't turn up for 5 weeks to have a look, the second didn't turn up at all.

[@TimWaddington]

Craig Vickers no good pal.

[@scottcumby9960]

wish I had a few thousand to get to this kind of set up. beautifully done though, so inspiring.

[@garethjones4688]

I have never run either the backwash or rinse for that long. Glad I’ve seen the cleaning process in action now.👍

[@TimWaddington]

You should have got instructions from where you bought it from!!! 🤣🤣

[@garethjones4688]

Quality Nishikigoi 😂🤣

[@garethjones1647]

Quality Nishikigoi to be fair instructions say ‘After a short while’ I underestimated that when I saw the amount of water gushing to waste. At the moment my water meter & electricity meter think they are having a race against each other. They have both doubled!🙈

[@TimWaddington]

Gareth Jones maybe check some stuff, it will certainly go up if you have the heater on but the pumps and UV on yours can’t be much more than 500 watts.

[@MrWiskin]

Very informative, but smile more you have a lovely smile !

[@shaunleonard8146]

Nice update, Thanks Tim

[@TimWaddington]

Thanks mate

[@tomc6003]

I have an econobead 100 on my pond. It worked well with beads, swapped to K1micro and have much better flow and it works much better. The biological filtration of the econobead is now far increased, with beads it seemed to just be a mechanical filter more than anything. When I first swapped the water lost a little clarity and there were fines visible, now the k1 micro is mature the water is much cleaner than with the beads.

[@TimWaddington]

Thank you, it’s good to hear because we only deal with the micro K1 beads so it’s good to know if anyone asks us about that model. 👍

[@kenwynfoster1891]

Looks like an immense faff to me. I use an oase drum at 26 microns followed by a home made k1 micro bio chamber then kintama balls for nitrate removal and finally a 1 gram ozone unit bubbling in a 260 ltr chamber at 3600 lph. Cristal clear at 9 feet deep 25ppm nitrate.

[@TimWaddington]

Oh… okay. I’ll stick to what I have thanks.

[@kenwynfoster1891]

Didnt mean to insult you tim. Just that it seems an over complicated system when drum filters can filter to such fine particles now. Unless the beed also deals with the anaerobic filtration for nitrate ???

[@TimWaddington]

@@kenwynfoster1891 sparsholt college did a paper on filters which they tested for 2 years. Drums, chambers filters and many others including the Advanced filter from EA. They concluded that it’s factual that the advanced filter will take out down to 1 micron. The advanced filter was the best they tested by a ‘country mile’ when they release the paper I’ll do a video.

[@kenwynfoster1891]

I would be very interested to see that research tim. I do have to admit that even though i altered the oase 30 micron sieves to 26 micron i was still seeing superfines in the water. So i went old school and made a 3000 ltr settlement chamber before the bio and kintama balls. Im on 64440 ltrs in the pond the double width oase drum with 16 seives and two oase aquamax 36000 pumps. Ozone is magic for keeping the water that lovley blue colour but it mesns checking for peroxide production occasionally. Any way ill look out for that studdy on the bead filter.

[@TimWaddington]

@@kenwynfoster1891 it’s all about the amount of times the waste passes through. I have asked for the paper so hopefully will get it soon. Anything with a screen will macerate waste into fines, it just has to catch them on the following passes. Same with waste smashing over a shower, it just breaks up. Settlement is still the best way of getting waste out, it’s just the room they take out.

[@CBersPond]

Nice video. Fish looking great as well.

[@TimWaddington]

CBers they are happy, and hungry!

[@cuongnguyen-ys4ud]

Is That the only drum filter you use there no additional bio filter?

[@mrgadget28]

Hi heard you say when you start a nexus new the water can be cloudy.Is this a common thing as my easy pod has done that.

[@juniorlovell2833]

Pinching my pennies to get a similar set up at least from the pump to filter set up 😊 great job with the layout and job bud

[@TimWaddington]

Would only say, even if you have to wait longer, so it right 👍

[@juniorlovell2833]

Yeah I'm building a staging pond in the backyard but I might get back into breeding again my friend keeps asking me if I miss it and I do lol but not the start up expense in the beginning😉 as you know goes from 4-40 k really quick

[@TimWaddington]

Junior Lovell it certainly does mate! If we can help let us know 👍

[@juniorlovell2833]

Will do thanks for the quality vids

[@garyneo2259]

another great video tim I am so happy with my nexus and micro k1 and trickle filter and that Japanese stuff water is gin clear will be interesting to see how I go when I start feeding heavy cheers m8

[@TimWaddington]

gary smith Paul had been away for 2 weeks on holiday and hadn’t seen it with fish in. He couldn’t believe the clarity yesterday, it’s like glass.

[@sharonhagan8117]

why do you not put none return valve on air blower line

[@andrewdunlap5130]

I was wondering the same thing? Why not protect the blower with a check valve? They’re not cheap, but should be less expensive once than replacing a blower several times.

[@eddierobinson8834]

New to koi. Do you prefer bead gilters to the likes of nexus? Looking at a new build pond next year and want fo start collecting the filtration as and when funds allow

[@TimWaddington]

My favourite system is Nexus on the drain and Advanced filter on the Skimmer lines

[@stevealdridge8918]

Why do you need a blower if you’ve got back wash? Thanks

[@JAYJAYW75]

Hi Kev could you tell me what the black plastic is you use around the top of pond please and where i can get it thankyou loving the vids

[@TimWaddington]

It’s window sill mate

[@Interp66]

You have a awesome filtration system!

[@TimWaddington]

We hope so!

[@Interp66]

Quality Nishikigoi keep us updated!

[@TimWaddington]

Interp66 will do 👍

[@yanbbrox]

Not too shabby for a kid that used to play DOOM, keep up the good work and videos

[@TimWaddington]

Still do!

[@ashleykinsey3065]

I run the same bead with a cetus sieve on the bottom drain line and spotless water and paras all year round regardless of feeding levels... Awesome kit and minimal maintenance 👍

[@TimWaddington]

That’s great to know mate!

[@gospelofgrace6320]

Amazing info

[@donaldfishvibes]

Are there any risk of an explosion if to much air pressure builds up in that system? It seems a bit scary....

[@TimWaddington]

No, not with the amount of Air we put in. Please remember, there are millions of these units all over the world.

[@donaldfishvibes]

Quality Nishikigoi trying to ascertain if it was possible. Not if it can happen to you...

[@TimWaddington]

donaldfishvibes I think the blowers a they supply make it impossible for it to happen. No doubt if you used a bigger blower it could.

[@donaldfishvibes]

Quality Nishikigoi thanks a lot

[@tndo500]

For a 5000g pond with a 4 inch drain. Would you go with a nexus 220 or a K1 microbead ? Will be running the drain to a cetus.

[@TimWaddington]

Nexus 320. Cetus on skimmer

[@BaconKongen]

what brand is that blower ?

[@rich81090]

Have you thought about putting a bypass system on the bead, would reduce the back pressure on pump during normal operation and increase flow overall

[@TimWaddington]

I did think about it but I wanted to test it as it is. On this pond, I really don’t need to increase. To be honest last week I turned the flow down on the bead.

[@kevinkershaw1435]

hello on the bead filter why dont you put a check valve on the compressor line/blower

[@TimWaddington]

They come with the Valve. They did use a NRV but they were never reliable

[@davidrevitt7470]

Hey up tim,as i have a nexus and bead, how often would you suggest i clean the bead,cheers

[@TimWaddington]

We have another 4000 gallon pond running a Nexus 320 and a 24” K1 Micro bead from the skimmer. The Nexus cleans every 3 days and we do the bead every 10 days to 2 weeks right now. In the summer once a week.

[@waynebrown5852]

Hi Tim does the the micro k1 not move when running , i have 2 × 24" sand filters that I converted years ago to run K1 as a moving bed.

[@TimWaddington]

Wayne Brown no, on these units it does not move while running.

[@chrisjackson1530]

Interesting video, how do you know when the bead needs cleaning?

[@TimWaddington]

Good question...I don’t! However I am finding it once a week is working well.

[@henrikkristensen3217]

How much water do you estimate going to waste on a cleaning cycle like that ?

[@TimWaddington]

I would say… 300 gallons. It’s cleaned once a week.

[@henrikkristensen3217]

@@TimWaddington Thanks, more than expected but still learning. So with a Nexus and a bead you might clean every week both, thats a lot of water you will refill to a smaller koi pond.

[@TimWaddington]

@@henrikkristensen3217 yes definitely on a smaller pond. The pond in the video is 4000 gallons so we leave a trickle on to make sure it gets more than a 10% water change. The smaller units need less water to clean.

[@geoffh1422]

hi, couple of questions.. i have a powerbead pb200 and i keep losing beads when backwashing. do any of the k1 escape when cleaning on this? would it be possible or would you recommend replacing the beads directly with k1 micro on my powerbead? thanks in advance

[@TimWaddington]

Geoff Head I have no experience of a power bead I’m sorry. I really don’t know

[@daelimborger6401]

I have an Ultrabead beadfilter 60 from Aqua Forte. I was wondering when I have to open the tap at the bottom of the beadfilter? After which step do I use it?

[@TimWaddington]

Dae Limbörger I’m really sorry, I have never used them so I don’t know.

[@hippo5346]

Thanks for another great video . Keep them coming ! What are the advantages of having the micro K1 in the filter rather than the conventional beads . I have a polybead 4 on my pond - just wondering if its worth swapping the media ??

[@TimWaddington]

I think it depends on the bead if you swap it. I know the K1 beads have insides to suit the K1. It won’t block which is the difference.

[@markash6749]

why was there k1 media in the overflow skimmer at the end

[@TimWaddington]

Sometimes a few smaller pieces come out of the bead.

[@philrobinson4278]

How do you rate this as a standalone filter vs a Nexus, Biologically and mechanically?

[@TimWaddington]

Yes I like it. The water quality is spot on, the next stage now is seeing how it deals with the blanket weed issue we are experiencing now. Also the tweaking we have made with the flow. Another 2 weeks I’ll know.

[@philrobinson4278]

@@TimWaddington that's good to know. It will be some test for it I reckon, blanket weed sucks haha. Do you think it will be a case of either add a Cetus before it or be prepared to manually remove it from the chamber weekly?

[@TimWaddington]

I don’t think so Phil. I think once I get on top of this weed, which we are doing it will be fine. Don’t forget I’ve got 5 ponds in the QT area and this one got the blanket weed only which is because it’s new I would imagine. I have a plan for something else on the skimmer line but I want to give this the time it needs first.

[@philrobinson4278]

Awesome, can't wait to see what you have planned mate! Definitely good to see one in action. Cheers buddy.

[@robertrutherford1979]

It’s great having new toys isn’t it 💪🏾😂

[@kevingravenell5941]

When you rinse and backwash where does all that dirty water go

[@TimWaddington]

Straight to waste 👍

[@kevingravenell5941]

@@TimWaddington which where mate cos surely you have to ran the waste then maybe I misunderstood it

[@phitran717]

I need some of that k1 where is the best place to buy them

[@TimWaddington]

Where are you based?

[@phitran717]

I live in USA it sale for so expensive here and wondering if other countries sell them at a lower cost.

[@TimWaddington]

Phi Tran give Fitz Fish ponds a call in New Jersey. They will do you a good deal, they are the USA distributors of EA products.

[@phitran717]

Thanks for the help love the videos.

[@Tom_Prendiville]

Another fantastic installment from one of Koi's good guys, thanks Tim. I'm looking forward to you reaching 3k subscribers as i could do with winning a 4" aerated bottom drain or indeed vouchers to purchase said item 👍🏻

[@TimWaddington]

Crikey! I was thinking a beanie hat 😂

[@Tom_Prendiville]

@@TimWaddington haha, deal 👍🏻

[@JAG1651]

Never used a bead before.....Where's the waste water going? I didn't see a waste valve opened or closed.....I know, I'm thick!! Lol

[@TimWaddington]

The multiport valve directs the waste when it cleans. So just to a drain.

[@JAG1651]

@@TimWaddington Ah right...so there's an integral valve already inside the multi-port, and waste line off it is there?

[@TimWaddington]

Yes, they are really easy. The valve has an inlet, outlet and waste

[@JAG1651]

@@TimWaddington Cheers...that makes sense now....food for thought for sure, particularly whether to use the Bead or Nexus. It will also be very interesting to see how your 4000 gallon quarantine keeps on top of things over the next couple of months and indeed, whether the 'bead only' trial is working well.....Thanks again!

[@TimWaddington]

It is running well, water quality wise, I’m not over the moon with clarity at the moment but I am hoping to fix that tomorrow