[{"id":368815689,"handle":"filter-media","title":"Filter Media for Hydro Vortex and HydroBead Vortex Bio Filter","updated_at":"2025-03-30T19:05:04-07:00","body_html":"\u003ch3 align=\"center\"\u003eHydro FilterSilk™ Filter Media for Waterfall Filters, and HydroBeads™ for Koi Pond Bead Filters\u003c\/h3\u003e","published_at":"2017-04-05T13:32:00-07:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"type","relation":"contains","condition":"Filter Media"}],"published_scope":"web","image":{"created_at":"2017-04-05T14:27:30-07:00","alt":"Biological filter media","width":750,"height":750,"src":"\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Filter-Media.jpg?v=1673379751"}},{"id":361544329,"handle":"koi-pond-filters","title":"Koi Pond Filters -Highly Efficient - Easy to Clean","updated_at":"2025-05-19T18:10:04-07:00","body_html":"\u003ch3 align=\"center\"\u003eKoi Pond Filters for Koi Ponds and fish holding tanks\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"center\"\u003eUnique Up-Flow Koi Pond Filter Design Efficiently Backwashes Without Requiring a Blower\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c!--split--\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1719\/2613\/files\/HBV-Diagram_756a54de-df55-4d80-bf21-6475f6cde521.jpg?v=1716318674\" alt=\"Diagram of how a HydroBead Vortex koi pond filter works\" style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; float: right;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1719\/2613\/files\/HBV-Diagram_756a54de-df55-4d80-bf21-6475f6cde521.jpg?v=1716318674\" data-mce-style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eHydroBead™ Vortex koi pond filters are designed and engineered with a similar concept to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/collections\/waterfall-filters\" title=\"Go to Hydro Vortex waterfall filter collection\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/collections\/waterfall-filters\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHydro Vortex™ waterfall filters\u003c\/a\u003e with an internal water whirling vortex. Water enters parallel to the radius of the heavy duty fiberglass tank and swirls into a vortex. Centrifugal water motion causes heavy solids settle to the bottom. The water and any suspended particulates then flow up through floating \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/products\/hydrofoam-beads\" title=\"Go to HydroFoam beads product page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStyrofoam HydroFoam™ beads\u003c\/a\u003e and out the upper lateral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eHydroBead™ Vortex koi pond filters perform two roles: The first role is performing as a biological filter to metabolize fish's metabolic byproducts and ammonia into nitrate and nitrogen. This is known as the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/products\/nitrification-cycle\" title=\"Go to Nitrification Cycle product page\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/products\/nitrification-cycle\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNitrification Cycle\u003c\/a\u003e and is performed by nitrifying bacteria living on the individual \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/products\/hydrofoam-beads\" title=\"To HydroFoam beads\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStyrofoam HydroFoam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/products\/hydrofoam-beads\" title=\"To HydroFoam beads\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e™\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/products\/hydrofoam-beads\" title=\"To HydroFoam beads\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e beads\u003c\/a\u003e. The second role is \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water_filter#Water_polishing\" title=\"Go to water polishing definition\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water_filter#Water_polishing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewater polishing\u003c\/a\u003e by way of micro-filtering. The highly buoyant Styrofoam HydroFoam™ beads micro-filter out suspended solids for clean, clear koi pond water. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eHydroBead™ Vortex koi pond filters feature the highest \u003ca title=\"Go to What is SSA? page\" href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/pages\/specific-surface-area-ssa\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/pages\/specific-surface-area-ssa\"\u003eSSA (Specific Surface Area)\u003c\/a\u003e in their class. The Styrofoam HydroFoam™ beads have much higher surface area than smooth beads. The beads vary in size and work together for superior polishing within the tank. As the water flows upward, the suspended particulates get trapped in the bottom section of the bead pack. When water is reversed in Backwash mode, the downward flow of the water agitates the beads that want to float - this releases all the trapped particulates down and out of the filter. No air blower required!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\" alt=\"Koi Pond Filter - HydroBead Vortex highly efficient koi pond filter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1719\/2613\/files\/HBV-21-500.jpg?v=1716319211\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1719\/2613\/files\/HBV-21-500.jpg?v=1716319211\" data-mce-style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe multi-port valve controls filtering, backwashing, and bypassing. In backwash mode, the water flow direction is reversed. Water flows out of the upper lateral into and through the Styrofoam Beads and out through the bottom drain and lower lateral. The beads are highly buoyant and stay floating while the water is forced downward through them. Due to the upward flow design, backwashing doesn't require an air blower like those found on down flow koi pond filter designs.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-02-23T20:58:00-07:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"type","relation":"contains","condition":"Koi Pond Filter"},{"column":"type","relation":"contains","condition":"Bead Filter Media"}],"published_scope":"web","image":{"created_at":"2017-02-24T14:46:20-07:00","alt":"Easy to Clean highly efficient Koi pond filters by Russell Watergardens","width":750,"height":750,"src":"\/\/russellwatergardens.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Group-HBV-Koi.jpg?v=1710876823"}}]
Extreme light weight and buoyancy eliminates the need for 2-speed pumps for backwashing
Lowers cost of filter ownership
Resistant to clumping (with regular rinsing/backwashing)
Engineered for HydroBead Vortex™ filters
Floating Biological Filter Media
Features:
HydroFoam™ Beads Floating Fluid Bed Bio Media provide high surface area for bio reaction down to 5 microns and superior water polishing down to 100 microns for clean and healthy water. 2.5 cubic feet per bag.
Easy to clean, buoyant, non-clogging bead media that creates a fluidized media bed. This high surface area bio media backwashes with low pressure water – so no air blower is required.
High Surface Area Bio Media
HydroFoam™ is made from food-grade Styrofoam beads in multiple sizes. The Styrofoam beads are lighter in weight than plastic or glass beads found in other beads filters. Being so lightweight, they actually float “on top” of the water creating a fluidized media bed.
The extreme buoyancy of HydroFoam™ beads means that they are easily backwashed with low pressure water. Backwashing with low pressure water is better for the beneficial bacteria living on the bio media. This eliminates the need for two-speed pumps and air blowers for backwashing.
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How the Original pondless waterfall took the country by storm.
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