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A manifold t do exactly what? Remember it is only for occasional use and you don't want to run one of these continuously. They would clog anyway.

A diatom filter will not strip any nutrients, it only removes particles, nothing dissolved.

It seems I am going for another back procedure so I can stop walking like a blue lagged hermit crab. They are going to knock me out again to make a few small holes in my to inject my sacroiliac joint on both sides. I am not sure why they have to knock me out for this but I think it's...

I just ordered parts for a half size diatom filter but this one has a one micron cartridge and it doesn't work with powder. It should work perfect for people concerned about parasites (I am not). I can't find a one micron pleated cartridge to use with powder. I want to see how this one works and...

I just ordered parts for a half size diatom filter but this one has a one micron cartridge and it doesn't work with powder. It should work perfect for people concerned about parasites (I am not). I can't find a one micron pleated cartridge to use with powder. I want to see how this one works...

I am building another one half the size just for fun and it will run with the 0ne micron filter cartridge. I am curious to see how well it works. :)

What he said......I would imagine. But that housing is $55.00 for just the housing. The housing I used is only $23.00

OK the thing is finished This is the base of the pump and the 4" PVC Pipe end cap screwed to the plastic board. These plastic boards are from Home Depot and it's 1 X 6 used for outdoor moldings. I tapped the end cap for 1/4" X 20 screws to keep the filter housing in sturdy. If you can't do...

I may build another one of these diatom filters but half the size that uses one micron filter element with no powder. The smaller pump is almost the same price and pumps 250GPH instead of 500GPH. I already have the half size filter housing and am looking for something to build but it will...

I don't remember either. Maybe I bought the thing, I don't remember. :confused:

I know, that picture was my last house and I don't know why I had so many. I know the two smaller ones were part of my electrician tools and one or two look like antiques. The rest are anybody's guess. Here in my workshop now I have 3 of them. :)

I have about 5 of them

Good Morning Dave. Amazon has the cartridges for a little more than two bucks each if you buy like 30 of them. I am sure the one micron cartridge would work as well as using the powder for most cases. I know on these forums many people worry about parasites and the one micron filter should...

I just turned off the filter and removed it. The water is so clear that I didn't think the pumps were on. I love diatom filters. :)

MadReefer. That cap is only for the prototype but I will replace it with plastic or rubber as as soon as I go to Home Depot. It is just a "cup" that holds the canister to the base and there are 4 stainless steel sheet metal screws in it to hold it in. A member on another forum (I am not sure...

The 5 micron cartridge seems to work very well, "So Far in a test". I put diatom powder in a container with water and had the filter suck it up. It coated the cartridge and completely cleared up the water of powder. The only "issue" of starting it like this is that it would be difficult to...

Redfishbluefish, I usually don't measure the powder and dump in about a cup or a little more. But that was in a normal Vortex Diatom filter. This one is anyone's guess but some experimentation and a lot of wasted powder should tell me the amount. That pool filter certainly doesn't look like it...

I can't find any cartridge smaller than 30 microns for the smaller one but I am still looking.

If the 5 micron cartridge does not coat with diatom powder like I hope it will I designed another modification but it will be a little tricky to build into this device so some people may have difficulty with it. I will see soon as the 5 micron filter is supposed to arrive today. Right now with...

There is no need for this with or without ozone. Ozone has nothing to do with this. Ozone purifies water, may kill some parasites and bacteria and this device removes particles. It will also remove parasites but I have no need to remove parasites. I realize many people do not like parasites...