Small Waterfall Filter: Ahi Hydro Vortex™ with rock waterfall backdrop
Ahi Hydro Vortex™ easy to clean small waterfall filters with your choice of backwash options.
Small waterfall filter comes complete with all media, fittings, valve, drain pipe, and silicone.
Ahi Hydro Vortex™ easy to clean small waterfall filter with manual backwash.
Ahi Hydro Vortex™ easy to clean small waterfall filter HydroFlush™ self-cleaning backwash system.

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Small Waterfall Filter: Ahi Hydro Vortex™ with 16" Waterfall

Sale price$689.99
Choice of Backwash Options:Manual Backwash
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The Most Efficient and Easy to Clean
Small Waterfall Filter

Ahi Hydro Vortex small waterfall filter for all types of ponds and pondless waterfeatures


Hydro Vortex™ easy to clean waterfall filters feature an internal vortex for heavy solids removal, a bio filter stage for metabolizing dissolved organics, and Hydro FilterSilk™ media for superior water polishing. The Ahi Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter lets you spend more time enjoying your pond or pondless waterfall and less time cleaning it! Patented design backwashes the bio media within the filter.  

Features: 

  • Made in USA
  • US Patent No. 7,425,268 B2 and US Patent No. 7,731,841 B1
  • Dimensions: 21¾" tall x 19¾"  wide x 19¼" front to back
  • 16" wide waterfall opening
  • Filtration for up to 1,000 gallon ponds
  • Waterfalls up to 3,000 GPH (50 GPM)
  • 1.85 cubic feet of Hydro FilterSilk™ bio media No extra media required!
  • 677 Total SSA (Specific Surface Area)
  • Metabolizes up to 13,540 mg ammonia per 24 hours
  • Supports up to 446.82 grams of fish weight in 1,000 gallons
  • Can be used in multiples for unlimited pond filtering
  • Can be used in multiples for unlimited waterfall widths and flow rates
  • No blower or air pump required for backwashing
  • Thick-walled heavy duty rotational molded HDPE construction
  • Solid Brass 1½" female threaded inlet
  • Solid Brass 1½" female threaded backwash drain outlet
  • Vortex Solids Separator
  • Settling cone for debris capture
  • Backwash drain at bottom of Settling Cone
  • Media chamber above Vortex and Settling Cone
  • Lower diffuser grate
  • Upper diffuser grate
  • Easy to install liner gasket flange with no hard-to-disguise plastic lip
  • 316 Stainless Steel gasket flange hardware
  • 10′ of 1½" heavy duty flex PVC drain pipe for clean out
  • 1½" Stainless Steel Lever PVC shut-off valve
  • Two 1½" PVC male pipe adapters
  • Tube of fish safe 100% silicone sealant

Ahi Hydro Vortex™ Small Waterfall Filter Advantages

  • Can be cleaned in as little as 2 minutes
  • Disassembly NOT required for cleaning as with other waterfall filters
  • Requires less installation time than other waterfall  filters
  • Installs with only a Phillips screw driver – no special tools required
  • Becomes virtually invisible in the landscape
  • Long lasting components
  • Best in-class purchase value – Drain kit included and all bio media included – no additional media required
  • Lowest cost of ownership – does not require media replacement like waterfall filters that use filter pads
  • Unique Hydro FilterSilk™ media polishes the water far superior to filter pads and other filter media
  • Lets you spend more time enjoying your pond or pondless waterfall and less time cleaning it!

An excellent filter for all types of ponds and pondless waterfalls

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