High Surface Area, Easy to Clean Filter Media
- Superior water polishing characteristics
- Easy to clean
- Low pressure rinsing keeps bio film alive and un-harmed during routine backwashing
- Lowers cost of filter ownership
- Resistant to channeling (with regular rinsing/backwashing)
- Engineered for Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filters
Filter Media Features:
- Standard media in all Hydro Vortex™ Waterfall Filters
- 61 SSA per square foot
- 1.85 cubic feet per bag
- 366 SSA per cubic foot
- 677.10 SSA per bag
- Black color
- HDPE High Density Polyethylene thermoplastic netting
- 90% open space, or void
- Rinses with LOW pressure
- Conforms to, and completely fills the filter’s media chamber
- Neutrally buoyant
- Filters down to 100 microns
- Bio absorption down to 5 microns
Benefits of Hydro FilterSilk™ Filter Media
Hydro FilterSilk™ is designed to be used in “bulk” and fill bio media chambers. In bulk it has more surface area than filter pads, but contains 90% open space. Open space within filter media allows for oxygenated water to easily pass through. Oxygen is the lifeblood of the beneficial bacteria inside a biological filter.
Being much less dense than filter pads, Hydro FilterSilk™ can be rinsed with low pressure water.
Rinsing filter media with low pressure water preserves the beneficial bacteria living on the filter media.