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Fluidized Bed Filter Instructions
F D FARD BREAKDOWN urn 300 Item Quantity Description Part 1 3 4 MPT x 1 2 Barb Elbow 270248 u E IL U l DI 2 E D other frequently knocking off excess debris and providing a self cleaning function which allows 2 1 2 ID x 11 16 OD Valve Tubing 270247 3 Check Valve Assembly 270245 B E D E N L E R 4 O ring Check Valve amp Plugs 270228 l y INSTRUCTI ON SHEET 5 Tension Spring 270229 l F B 3 00 6 6 x 1 2 Screw 01045 7 Tension Retainer 270222 INTRODUCTION 8 Mounting Bracket 270242 Due to its unique shape the Lifegard Fluidized Bed Filter is an extremely efficient high capacity biological filter Aquatic organisms excrete toxic ammonia as a 9 Flow Control Valve 270220 metabolic waste product with additional ammonia produced as food and other FRESH OR SALTWATER AQUARIUMS p i A DE MEESARD organic matter breaks down and decomposes 0 ring Flow Control Valve 270227 Soe A This toxic ammonia NH3 is converted to Valve Retainer Screw 01086 CS CO Pa another toxic compound nitrite N02 by the N Nha Nitrosomonas species of bacteria The nitrite is Water Fall Assembly 270244 am ja then converted to a relatively non toxic compound called nitrate N03 by the Nitrobacter species of aNOz bacteria This process is known as nitrification A biological filter is a vessel where nitrification AOPA a T n Bi lt occurs and soluable waste is removed Beneficial bacteria attach to the media within the Lifegard Plug 2702 BARYER NOZ Fluidized Bed Filter creating a thin film around the sand grains Water is pumped up through the unit lifting the sand RQ Media 210241 4 O into a fluidized bed The beneficial bacteria attached to the Thread Seal Tape 175096 media draw in dissolved wastes ammonia and nitrite oxygen supplied by Rainbows ER 4 exclusive water fall device and other required nutrients from the passing water converting R Hose Clamp 1750 them to relatively harmless nitrate The sand grains are in continual free fall through the water en resulting in an excellent transfer capability between the liquid and the bacterial film on the A BACTERIA media The enormously high surface area combined with this excellent transfer capability a E creates the perfect habitat for bacterial growth In addition the sand grains bump into each E w new areas for bacterial growth The Lifegard Fluidized Bed Filter has been tested and prove NBACTERIA to supply the highest level of effluent water quality and will respond quickly and efficiently to 5 C severe changes in ammonia levels caused by over feeding or the addition of too many fish at one time To obtain highest water quality a Lifegard Fluidized Bed Filter should be part of the system WARRANTY LIFEGARD AQUATICS |
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