HBV-21 HydroBead Vortex™ Filter
Features:
- Dimensions: 21" wide x 28" tall.
- For ponds up to 5,000 gallons.
- Flow rates up to 3,500 gph
(58 gpm).
- 1½" Multiport Valve.
- 1½" Inlet Vortex Lateral.
- 1½" Vertical Outlet Lateral.
- Heavy Duty Spun-wound Fiberglass Tank.
- Up-Flow Design with Internal Vortex.
- 1½" Union Inlet, Return, and Waste.
- Green Color to Blend into the Landscape.
Efficient,
Easy to Clean Bead Filter.
All Media Included.
Complete, Efficient Backwash.
- Filtration down to 100 microns.
- Bio absorption down to 5 microns.
- Vortex solids separator.
- Settling cone for debris capture.
- Screened vortex drain at bottom of Settlement Area.
- Floating media above Vortex & Settling Cone.
- Vertical Outlet/Backwash Lateral.
- Complete, and Efficient Backwash.

High Surface Area Media.
Superior Water Polishing.
- 2.5 cubic feet of HydroFoam™ Bead bio media.
- 2,211,840 beads (@ +/- 884,736 bead per cubic foot).
- 1,130.50 Total Specific Surface Area (SSA).
- Stainless Steel hardware.
- Removable Access Lid.
- Backwash Viewing Port.
- 1" screened vortex Drain Valve.
- Metabolizes up to 22,610 mg ammonia per day.
- Metabolizes up to 226.08 g fish waste per day.
- Supports up to 1,017.36 g total fish weight in 5,000 gallons of water.