Sand Filter Media That's Better Than DE!

[@CMurder9611zzz]

Used glass media on a new filter install 3 years ago and couldn't be happier with the results. Also good to know the really fine stuff coming out while backwashing isn’t abnormal.

[@TheGSoutherland]

Tottally agree with your comment. I have a sand filter with glass media that was just replaced and the fine stuff still gets through. I have to vacuum to waste to get it off the floor

[@KevW-z7z]

​@TheGSoutherland does it stick into your feet from the bottom of the pool? And does it pump out into your yard? I just ordered my above ground pool today

[@wagnerj01]

I had a sand filter for 17 years at former house. Got into this house now with DE and have had nothing but problems. DE are terrible. Thanks for the info. I am now probably going to switch.

[@PoolSchooler]

If you’ve seen my video on DE filters and why you shouldn’t have one you’ll know that I am not a fan of them at all. Especially when there is a sand filter Media substitute like activate that works as good as the without any of the hassles. Plus, it’s guaranteed for the life of the sand filter. So you never have to replace the activate Media

[@TheGSoutherland]

Love the sand filter content. Just fixed mine(I have the exact one in this video) and I'm using glass media now as of two weeks ago! I still get the fine dirt but I just overfill barley and vacuum to waste. I wish I would have seen this weeks ago my pool guy replaced it with trivitio glass media. That pool looks WAY better then mine.

[@PoolSchooler]

Oh man, I'm sorry I didn't get it out in time for you to hear about this product. Yeah, I've seen an array of "sand substitutes" and none of them have been that fantastic. But this stuff is really REALLY the real deal and I'm really impressed with it's performance.

[@capt.lennymiller6524]

Great video as always but you didn't cover how to use the "enhance summer" portion of the product.

[@PoolSchooler]

That's because I don't use that product and didn't use that product. The Activate doesn't need "enhance summer" to be effective. My understanding of that product is that it is used instead of CYA and uses enzymes to achieve it's results. I believe there are lots of enzyme based products that do the same. The product that stands out is the Activate for how great it works.

[@TheStarcraftlover]

New subscriber here -Love your videos. Have you ever thought about filming your pool routes and how you clean the various different pools and add chemicals ? That would be cool!

[@PoolSchooler]

That would be a very time-consuming thing to do so I probably won’t do something like that because there’s so many different variables with pools and set ups and configurations and pumps and motors and filters, etc.. It would be a very difficult task to do. I appreciate the suggestion. But I’m not sure if I can pull that off.

[@polskifacet]

Great video thanks for the info Kenny!

[@PoolSchooler]

Welcome thank you for your comment. Thanks for watching. Hope you’ll subscribe to my channel and share it with others.

[@BobsPoolService]

Interesting products but I would definitely encourage consumers to purchase fiberglass tank filters if they're going this route. Thermoplastic blow molded filters often only last a few years, especially with larger pumps and once you have coarse and fine inside the same filter I doubt the media could be saved and re-used. Also curious about disposal of glass media when the filter does fail.

[@jodimcgowan7169]

Should I have any problems using Dr. Drydens with a Pool Rx capsule in my above ground pool? I know opinions are mixed on the Pool Rx, but I love it.

[@PoolSchooler]

I'm pretty sure the Pool Rx shouldn't be an issue. I can't be certain UNLESS the Pool Rx or Activate manufactures say to not use with the other's product. Check their "warnings" to be sure.

[@MrDeuce1956]

I recently switched to Dr. Dryden's glass media, but used 4 bags of the coarse grade in my 250# tank bc the prescribed 2 bags didn't cover my laterals. I was worried about the fine grade getting into the slits of the laterals. A local pool store that sells another glass media only sells their coarse grade for that same reason.

[@PoolSchooler]

Good to know.

[@capt.lennymiller6524]

My filter currently has Zeosand in it (3 years old), how often do I need to change it? Dang, this Dr Drydens is expensive!

[@PoolSchooler]

@@capt.lennymiller6524 I honestly don’t know how often you should change the Zeosand. I’d suggest looking at the manufacturers website and they should have something about that there As far as the doctor Dryden, yes it’s about three or four times more expensive than sand, but given that it’s warranty for the life of the filter best time to put it in is when you put in a brand new sand filter and then load it with the dr. Dryden‘s activate and then it’s good for the life of the filter. So in the long run, it’s about a wash, depending on how often a person changes the sand in their sand filter.

[@LowBuckPools]

When figuring out how much Dr.Dryden to add do you include the weight of the pea gravel? Example 450 pounds of #20 sand to addition of 150 pounds of pea gravel. How much would i need? Thanks for your help

[@PoolSchooler]

I believe I say it in this video that there are two grade (a course and fine) and the instructions on their website and the bag will tell you how much of each you need for the size of your filter. If you go to this link and scroll down there's a chart that should help you: www.eztestpools.com/blog/dr-drydens-activate-glass-filter-media/ Or you can go to the video and skip to 2:54 where I show the chart: www.eztestpools.com/blog/dr-drydens-activate-glass-filter-media/

[@capt.lennymiller6524]

So, if you have to put the required amounts of coarse on the bottom and fine on the top, what happens when you backwash? don't they mix together? I'll be doing this conversion this fall. Thanks

[@PoolSchooler]

According to the manufacturer the answer is "no". Also I have three clients who have this and it's never been an issue. But you may want to contact the manufacturer and ask them for your own peace of mind since I'm not a dealer or distributor of their product. I only did a product review on it.

[@logang16]

Hey Kenny do you know if Vitroclean is just as good of a glass media? Seems like it could be just as effective but significantly cheaper.

[@PoolSchooler]

Unfortunately I don't have any experience with that product. Sorry.

[@maubunky1]

I've had poor results with a Pentair TR60 in getting rid of the very fine silt dust I'm plagued with on a 30K gallon pool, it's finer than an aquabot fine filter bag can even get. I've tried both Mystic White II sand one time, and glass media as well, and I also tried deep cleaning the sand every year. I wish I could just drop (replace) in a Pentair 520 sq ft cartridge filter (or maybe even a DE filter), but it appears the inlets and the outlets are swapped between the sand and the cartridge filter (On the sand filter the output is the bottom, but on the Cartridge types or DE types, the output is on the top). My PVC pipes would end up looking like a rat's nest with lots of 90 degree bends that are going to lose me some water flow performance, AND the distance off the ground to the first pipe is 8 inches on the cartridge or DEs, and is about 13 5/8 inches on the TR60. I wish there was a standard design on these things that would allow us to switch more easily.

[@PoolSchooler]

Yup they don't make it easy to switch out. However if you haven't tried the Dr. Dreydens Activate Class Filter Substitute then you may want to. It out performs all other glass filter substitutes that I've come across. Better than glass "beads".

[@natethetoe386]

Is that a single main drain in that pool? Must be old?

[@PoolSchooler]

The pool is actually not about old it’s just that whoever built it did a less than great job and probably cut a few corners. I find that’s somewhat common at least in my area of Arizona.

[@grassthief1280]

Hi Kenny I’ve been using Dr , Dryden now for 3 seasons I didn’t hear you talk about the RPM to run Dryden glass most important part of using ?

[@PoolSchooler]

Not that I know of. Shouldn't matter at all.

[@IndestructibleTurtle]

is zeolite any good compared to glass?

[@PoolSchooler]

Actually, I am not a fan of zeolite at all. I put it in my mom‘s pool years ago because she had a sand filter and it was terrible. No it’s not anything like the glass filter Media.

[@IndestructibleTurtle]

thank you for the help! @@PoolSchooler

[@defaultHandle1110]

Is this an upgrade from cartridge filter ?

[@PoolSchooler]

As far as how small a particle it filters out, yes. If you use the Activate glass filter media substitute in a SAND filter it will filter better than a cartridge filter.

[@jefferymyers4881]

I'm in Ohio and my three local pool stores do not carry it. Trying to figure out how to get it

[@PoolSchooler]

You can try contacting the company that distributes it. Here is their website address: www.maytronics.com/en-us/water-care.html Contact them and you should get some help on that.

[@jefferymyers4881]

Thanks for your reply appreciate it!

[@PoolSchooler]

@@jefferymyers4881 You're welcome Hope you’ll subscribe to and share my channel.

[@kiabass8798]

Try aquarian pools and spas

[@erd675]

How do you feel about the chlrohine genie unit??

[@PoolSchooler]

I don’t have any experience with it, so it would be most difficult for me to comment on it either way. Sorry.

[@erd675]

@@PoolSchooler its cool man I work as hotel maintenance tech and we have one. Its a salt unit that uses two cells break down the salt to chlorhine. Basically the cells use electricrty to make chlorhine from the salt. It not like your regular salt system.

[@erd675]

@@PoolSchooler anyway your videos help alot as a maintenance is required to do tge pool

[@PoolSchooler]

@@erd675 Sounds pretty cool. Typically most salt generators use a single cell electrically charged to convert the salt to chlorine so it sounds like the Chlorine Genie is a commercial salt generator that uses double the cells (2 instead of 1). Good to know.

[@PoolSchooler]

@@erd675 Glad they are helpful. Hope you’ll subscribe to and share my channel.

[@charliegrate2308]

What is a DE filter?

[@PoolSchooler]

Diatomaceous Earth. This video will help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Goknl3e5qUmtEfeature=shared