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How would I go about going with an AIO3? Is this something I can do with my current valve head or not? If not I would likely switch to it in the future, I don't really want to have to do this yearly, but its not the end of the world. If you have recommendations on the setups I could go with...

Yeah it's the diffuser I don't have the basket it's the one that sits inside. It was a slippery slimet mess. I know I for sure have bacteria from the test but you are probably right on the control valve. That iron was rock hard.

So took it apart today. The basket/diffuser at the top was caked on near 100% with iron/iron bacteria I didn't get a picture I forgot before I cleaned it off with a toothbrush and some iron out...It was really really blocked, almost nothing could get through it. It is brand new now. The other...

Oh I took that entire top part and screen and all the little pieces on there and washed them brand new. I blew threw them all and there was very little resistance and it seems to work fine The actual drain line if you mean from the tank works fine when I backwash with no problems. I guess it's...

Yeah this was the first thing I did last night and cleaned it really well didn't seem to help at all and I didn't see any plugs in it. It got worse after cleaning the media with bleach and iron out almost like I clogged something even more. Any other ideas?

Previous thread for reference: https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/katalox-backwash-how-high-lift.99907/ Here is my water test I never posted. I had the water at my tap tested and everything was essentially perfect except that the milky water bothers some people from the air being...

Oddly I'm still getting less than this, but I know I can't get more without losing media so its the best I can do.

Just replying to let you get an update. Just wanted to update on what I have changed/what happened. My initial setup was inadequate and I think it caused substantial damage/fouling out of the original media. Coupled with the fact that an outdoor hose is/was connected to the iron filter in the...

Here was my saga also from Michigan and similarish flow from the private well flow rate. https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/katalox-backwash-how-high-lift.99907/#post-718591 Keep in mind that the flow rate at the pump is not the same as the flow rate at the katalox filter which is...

I attached the 12 GPM DLFC and here are my results which don't match the graph from the first post, but maybe will over time if this breaks up from the original issue I was having, time will tell. Top to bottom: 12 GPM (9in) - 41% Lift 10 GPM (6.5in) - 29% lift 8ish GPM - Plastic DLFC with...

I was going to ask in my thread but I also have this issue. Is there anything wrong with the air bubbles? Typically when I fill a glass (even out of my 5 stage RO system) there are bubbles (small) that dissipate within idk 10-15 seconds however the water is very "cloudy" before this. It...

Final update, hopefully the iron will be fully filtered out by this but thought I would throw this out there (I may add .5 cu/ft of media later). I bought this like I said: https://www.softenerparts.com/fp60706.htm Installed it, getting between 8.5GPM - 10.5GPM depending on when pump is on/off...

As an update, tried this like we talked about. It got slightly more flow but after looking at the GPM button and the actual DLFC max flow with no button in it, I believe that the plastic DLFC is limited to just over 8 GPM with no button maybe 8.5 so I got almost no change in flow rate when I put...

So I'm still only getting like 20% lift maybe 25%-30% at peak with 8gpm. Hopefully the 9gpm pushes it to 30-50

Idk how much media in inches 1cuft is. It has gravel I'd have to look how much but it has gravel and it's way more even after breaking it up almost uniform around. It's only a spin down in front of it now I completely removed the cartridge filters when I moved to 1" pex.

I took everything out of service, took off the controller, took off the diffuser and spent about 6 hours with a broomstick and a light and laying on the floor breaking up all of the large pieces of media that I could. I really didn't want to pour it out unless I absolutely had to. Half of a...

Any recommendations to clean the media while I have the top open and can add a bleach solution before I put it back into service? If I do add bleach what concentration should I add? Thanks.

Yeah I don't have a top basket but I have a top dispersion net or whatever its called. Okay I will likely try to put it back into service and backwash it for an extended period of time and see if it will break up with water naturally with good 8-9gpm flow which based on reach4 should give me...

Any recommendations for a bleach solution to let it soak for a couple hours in to try to break up the chunks a little. After about 2 hours of breaking it up with a broomstick (I may do some tomorrow but I ripped half my nail off on the lip of the tank on accident), I think I have have gotten...

I will certainly try this route first, and try soaking and backwashing it a couple times. Does anyone have recommendations to try to break it up where it has hardened. Again it doesn't look too bad and frequent backwashing definitely has broken it up a little. It is hardened in the middle...