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Standard Hydro Vortex™ Filter Diagram
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Russell Watergardens' Research & Development Team designed and created the Revolutionary Hydro Vortex™ family of Super Efficient, Easy to Clean waterfall filters with YOU, the water feature owner in mind.
Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filters with the HydroFlush™ Backwash System are the most efficient, easiest to clean waterfall filters on the planet. Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filters are the only waterfall filters that combine state of the art vortex centrifugal water motion technology with high surface area media and complete backwash ability.
Hydro Vortex™
Efficient.
Easy to Clean.
Easy to Install.
Beautiful Waterfalls.
Clean Water.™
Russell Watergardens is the inventor and manufacturer of the ultimate in Hi-Tech (Patent Pending) advancement in pond filtration systems - Hydro Vortex™ biological waterfall filters.
Hydro Vortex™ filters feature the highest filtration capabilities of any biological waterfall filter in each of its size categories, and is the ONLY biological waterfall filter that combines vortex technology with COMPLETE Backflushability! Hydro Vortex™ biological waterfall filters can be cleaned WITHOUT REMOVING THE MEDIA! See how easy to clean the Hydro Vortex™ filter is with the HydroFlush™ System!
What Does a Vortex Do?
A vortex inside your filter means that you'll have cleaner, healthier water than all the other brands of filters that don't have a vortex. Why? Because a vortex "spins" water, and spinning water causes particulate matter to settle in the center of the vortex. If the spinning water vortex is above a settling cone, the spinning water vortex will cause particulate matter to settle down into the bottom of the cone. If the settling cone has a drain at the bottom, then the sediment can be easily flushed out. That is the Hydro Vortex™ filter's design! Water enters the filter parallel to the radius. This uses the pump's force to cause water to "spin" into a vortex. A settling cone is below the spinning water vortex, and a drain is located at the bottom of the settling cone.
The following photos clearly show you what water does inside a Hydro Vortex™ filter. This is a newly installed Hydro Vortex™ filter to demonstrate what the filter does with dirty water.
Do a "Vortex Test" yourself!
Take an ordinary round 5 gallon bucket. Fill it with water. Go outside and grab a pinch or two of dirt. Sprinkle the dirt into the water that's inside the round 5 gallon bucket. Now stir the water in a circle with your hand or a stick. The following photos demonstrate what will happen:
See how the heavier particles settled into the bottom center of the bucket? You just witnessed the power of a vortex. Spinning water causes debris to move to the center of the vortex where gravity then drops it downward. Hydro Vortex™ filters are the only waterfall filters on the market designed with a true vortex concept. No other brand of waterfall "box" can compare. When looking at waterfall filter boxes, ask yourself: "Where does the dirt go.......and how do I clean it?". Only Hydro Vortex™ gives the answers to those questions.
The Hydro FilterSilk™ inside the Hydro Vortex™ filter will trap the free floating light weight debris that isn't heavy enough to settle downward into the settling cone. Both the settled debris, and the trapped debris, are easily backwashed out of the Hydro Vortex™ filter during a HydroFlush™ cycle.
The Hydro Vortex™ family of biological filters have the highest SSA available of any filter in their size ranges. A higher SSA means the Hydro Vortex™ filters support a higher number of fish in your pond than other brands of biological filters. The vortex inside the filter spins particulates out of the water into a settling cone for clearer water. The drain on the settling cone allows for simple, easy, quick, and complete back flushing of sediment and detritus from the filter. Unlike all other brands of biological waterfall filters, the Hydro Vortex™ filter allows you to clean it without having to remove the media from the filter!
Compare cleaning a Hydro Vortex™ filter with cleaning "Pad-&-Media-Bag" style waterfall filters.
Standard Hydro Vortex Waterfall Filter
The "Standard" version of the Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filter features one or more Inlet Vortex jets, a Vortex Chamber, a Settling Cone, a Bottom Drain with Clean Out Valve, Upper and Lower Diffuser Grates, a Media Chamber, Hydro FilterSilk™ media, and a waterfall outlet.
"Standard" Hydro Vortex™ filter are manually cleaned with pond water.
Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filter with HydroFlush™ Backwash System
The Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filter with the HydroFlush™ Backwash System has all the same components and features of the "Standard" Hydro Vortex™ filter but with the addition of a 3-Way HydroFlush™ Valve, a Froth Jet on top of the Upper Diffuser Grate and additional piping and fittings.
The Hydro Vortex™ filter in the diagram above is shown in "Filter" mode. The Hydro Vortex™ filter in the diagram below is shown in the "HydroFlush™" mode.
The Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filter backwashing itself with the HydroFlush™ Backwash System.
Simply turn the HydroFlush™ 3-Way Valve from the "Filter" position to the "Backwash" position and open the Bottom Drain Clean Out Valve.
The filter cleans itself with highly oxygenated pond water to gently rinse fish waste, mulm, detritus and sediment from the filter WITHOUT HARMING THE BIOFILM! The HydroFlush™ Backwash System is available on every Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filter model.
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