Turbo Vortex
Pre-Filter

Dimension: 18"W x 32"D x 47"H
Plumbing: 2"
Weight: 30 lbs.


How does the Turbovortex work?

Think of the Turbovortex Solids Separator as a very large strainer basket with much more surface area for solids capture than a pump strainer basket. The Turbovortex is a suction vessel, just as the strainer basket of the pump. Water enters at the base of the filter and move up through a thick layer of bio-balls. As pond water enters the vessel, any large solids that are carried into the vessel will settle out on a settling plate at the base of the filter. From here they will be easily backwashed out. The smaller lighter weight solids will float up and be trapped in the layer of bio-balls before passing on to the pump strainer basket or the filter. On backwash the flow is reversed and the vessel becomes a pressurized rather than a suction vessel. Now the water enters the top of the vessel through the vortex cap that accerates the water in a circular motion. As the water enters the main vessel spinning, it breaks up the bio-balls that have trapped solids, releasing the solids to be carried out the base of the filter.