It's not pumping oil' it's vapor with a very low oil concentration. with everyone's comments suggesting that is oil just pouring out out of the breather... how long would the bike run before it was out of oil? by the way, this bike has been run like this for YEARS and there isn't so much as evidence that any oil (in liquid form) has ever come out the other end. Maybe it's time for an update video...
the height where the outlet exits the drum can be anywhere below the internal drain. Keeping it low just offers you more flexibility to adjust the water level height internally.
Hi Jeff, hopefully you can help me as im at a dead end, so i did your same single drum system as per your first video, running a 1,700 gph pump and 3 cubic ft. Of K1 media, seems like my drum fills up too quickly and i find myself draining it too often, loosing so much water on my 500 gallon pond. I don't know if the drain back to the pond is too slow or what am i missing or doing wrong, please help. Thank you!
@@3jsoneb try lowering the shower drain inside the drum. The added water pressure above the drain will force it to flow faster. Also once the media colonizes with bacteria it will become neutrally buoyant and sit lower in the drum. When the media becomes dirty and clogged, it will rise up a bit in the drum letting you know to flush it. Let me know how it goes.
Hi Jeff, I built your three barrel design for a small duck pond I’m working on. The pump I had sitting around does 2600 gph. When I turned it on all the barrels started overflowing. I just ordered a 1600 gph pump to try and I’m going to put some more holes in the shower drain. Do you have any more suggestions?
I can not find that kind of shower drain anywhere. I found a 2” plastic collar with a flat metal grates top that I might have to drill holes in the collar and maybe a couple around the top of the 2” return pipe. IDK. Links to the supplies used would’ve been helpful and time saving, but I do appreciate the video nonetheless.
Question? Can I shorten the stand pipe on my return line? This would allow me to raise the return hole in the barrel and I wouldn’t have to raise the barrel as high. I’m planning to have my return fall through a rock water fall back into my pond. Thanks for the great videos.
Hi there, amazing videos! I’ve read through your comments and watched other videos. And my question is will this setup work for a raised pond? Considering the outflow returning to the pond is gravity fed. I plan on building the pond from ground level up 4ft high. I don’t think this set up will work unless I elevate the barrel above the pond or you have other great ideas. Thank you !
You can either pump into the drums and gravity return, or you can gravity flow to the drums and pump the return to the pond. For a raised pond you could recess the drums so they gravity feed, then pump FROM the last drum to return to your pond.
@@jeffakamax got it, that’s what I was thinking too. Also, I am setting up a 700g tank, so I was thinking maybe use a 15g or 30g container and put it on top of the pond? Like in the corner to gravity fed down to the pond. Do you think those size containers will be enough for a 700g pond? I’ll be stocking it with tilapia, around 50 or so, just curious as to fish and filter ratios. Thank you very much for your reply!
Now that mines built I have some words of wisdom. I substituted from your list and found I'm not happy with my results because of it. So to sum this up shortly follow everything to a T and keep your connections simple. The main issues so far is mine leaks. What I found is Uniseals are awesome IF you are using plastic drums. If you are using a brute trash can or equivalent they suck. I had a hard time finding drums available in my area and because of this I figured I could sneak by with a trash can instead. I was wrong. The walls aren't even thick enough to keep the pvc in place. Next issue I ran into is to insure the over flow is A 6" minimum from the top of the barrel... 3" isnt enough. Ask me how I know. That sucked to clean up. 🙄 Although this isn't an issue in my case it may be in yours. I purchased a Doheny 3700 gph pool pump / strainer on a great sale and put a ball valve to reduce pressure down to around that 1500 ish range. I still don't think this is a bad option but some people may not like the added complexity. The final words of wisdom are beware of amazon pool fittings if you decide to use a hose to conect it to your pond. They are not NPT and you will Just waist a buch of time any money. I wanted to be able to easily drain and move my filter because we are building our house and everything will eventually have to move. That indever alone probably cost $100 just getting the hose, clamps, adapters, bushings, etc. It worked but I think if I where to do it again I'd just hard pipe the entire thing and cut it when I wanted to move it.
Thank you for posting your tutorials. We have ducks and found one of your videos shared in a duck group. Your system has been the answer to one of the most challenging things we’ve experienced with duck ownership…keeping the pond clean. Thank you!
Does the cleaning process effect biological bacteria at all? What size pump do you recommend? What does water clarity look like with no using a floss media?
If flushing with pond water, no loss of beneficial bacteria. 2500 to 3000 gph seems to work well. Slower is always more effective than faster flow. The k1 media in my system is effective down to 50 micron which is incredible. I have a video testing this. Water clarity is excellent.
@jeffakamax awesome info. I'll be making this for my 1100 gallon cichlid pond. You just saved me lots of money I might just use that money to a prefilter box for my pump that has some course sponges in it. How often do you recommend flushing?
Thanks so much for your response. The water in the first two tanks is very green and am draining them daily. Should I i wait until it clears up a bit before adding the baking soda?
Thank you, thank you! For sharing all your knowledge, I appreciate you so much. I was able to put this system together because of you!! Not bad for a 75 year old bag of bones!
Hi Jeff! Finally got the system up and running with no leaks! I notice air bubbles coming from the third barrel returning to the pond. Is this okay? It is fluidized with one air pump and two disks. I think it needs more air as it’s not really churning much. I also see the third barrel filling about 2/3 rds full. I set the pump in the pond with a retrofit bottom drain attached to a leaf basket, per your design. Also did not split the pump to the waterfall; decided to use another pump in the skimmer box to run to another 1 barrel system and attach it to the waterfall eliminating the pressure filter will that work? Thanks again for advice!
Sounds like you have it pretty well sorted! Bubbles returning are fine and actually beneficial. The water level of all drums can be controlled with the overflow drain height, but having the last barrel a little low is safe. The single barrel eliminating the pressure filter will work just fine. Additional beneficial bacteria is always a good thing. Keep an eye on your water clsrity, you will know when your media starts colonizing. A bit of sodium bi carb (baking soda) will jump start your good bacteria... and buffer kH, which is always good.
I saw your barrel filter system and it looks great. If you add this sieve before the barrel system, would this help to clean the barrel less frequently? Just a thought
Im going to try this but with a windshield fluid pump. They are cheaper at junkyards and should have enough pressure. Just need to either use a 12v battery or reduce the voltage to 12 to 14 volts.
So I have 6 ducks. Would I want one barrel or two or more? I'm only flitering 300 gallons currently but we will shortly have a 1500 gallon pond. Also if i do get a multi barrel set up is it better to do it in stages ( k3, k2, k1)?
Id do 2 barrels if you can. The media size is not super critical but the larger media will help with not clogging as fast, especially with ducks that produce more solids than koi.
@@jeffakamaxThank you for the help! I'll make sure to keep that in mind when purchasing Media! Would you recommend the second barrel be static or active? Also I know you say in the video that the UV light in the pressure filter isn't a very good option. Is that all the way across the board or is that just in the undersized filters?
@@bradleybauder9043 just in undersized filters as you never get enough dwell time to make them affective. Uv in your static drum would be ok. For ducks id start with 1 static and 1 fluidized. If your solids is too much for 1 drum its easy to make the 2nd drum static til you get things under control.
congrats on weight loss thats not an easy journey - hope all is going well fo ya! love all your mods you have really set off my imagination and the bar for what these are capable of. could i get your print part stl's i might run some on my printer
Hey Jeff , awesome filters , I am building a static barrel to start same build as this , do you have heights for intake / output/ drain holes and length for how high to go up with the shower drain height once u add that 90 that work out well I don’t want to guess , thanks this would be a huge help! I plan on adding 3 cubic feet of k1 to a 55 gallon barrel, thanks again!
We've had a pond for 10+ years, my wife has always bitched about how dirty it is, her life was an eternal struggle for clarity. Her filter was a grey box, about 16x16x16 with 2 small trays of barbecue rocks which were always slimed over. I was pretty much detached from it. I randomly found this, I like to build stuff, and followed your instructions. The pond is about 12:1300 gallons. Overnight. Clear, overnight. She thinks I am Superman. Thanks Brother.
You can PUMP OUT to the waterfall if you have a GRAVITY IN FEED. Or PUMP IN and GRAVITY RETURN. Pumping in and out is impossible as you will never match both pumps exactly.
Hi Jeff. Finally finished putting together the three barrel system! Unfortunately, three uniseal a are leaking, all three are at the drains for the barrels. AAArgh, any suggestions? They seem to be leaking at the insertion point of the uniseals to the barrels, not where the Valterra shut off valves are inserted
Sure did... If it drips 1 drop every 200 miles that would be a lot. If these motors lost as much oil as everyone thinks, you would be adding a qt every ride.
is ithe jebao dct 15000 or what I cant find the pump you are using and would like to use the same one. If you could give me a link to your pump that would be great. Also what kind of remote are you using for your aerator a link for that would be great. Thanks
I have been running the Periha DC variable pumps for a few years now. VERY efficient! seasideaquatics.com/pond/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_11&products_id=30
@@jeffakamax Thanks for all the information you have a awesome pond. I'm build the 3 barrel system for my pond and using all the same things you did to your pond.
