Went to Mystic Koi . . .

[KoiCop]

and bought a Cetus sieve.

Mystic is located in Upland, San Bernardino Co., CA -- it's located a ways east of LA at the base of Mount Baldy, the highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains. It was a pleasant 45 minute drive (in 80+ degree weather) up there from our home along the central coast of Orange Co.

I hadn't been there before -- and I'd never seen a Cetus sieve -- so I took plenty of pics.


.Half way there

.Getting close

.One block to go

.I've arrived

.The 'main' pond

.Ditto

.One of many smaller ponds

.Tiki Hut

.Smaller tanks

.Another one

(to be continued)

[gspotmc]

Don,
Did you enjoy the trip? How's the big girls up there?

[KoiCop]

.The engine that drives the main pond

.Big girls sense an opportunity to be fed

.Hey, fella: Toss me some food would ya? We're starving in here!

.A real sweetheart

.A beautiful GR showa

.29" shiro

.Worth another pic

.Another lovely pond

.Shawn working the counter

.The one and only Bill D.

(to be continued)

[KoiCop]

Quote: Originally Posted by gspotmc Don, Did you enjoy the trip? How's the big girls up there?

Nice trip and the girls were Looking Good, Michael. Real good.

[KoiCop]

Here's the reason for the trip: EA's Cetus Pond Sieve.

Approximate Dimensions: 21" wide, 32" deep and 37 1/2" tall

From Mystic's website:

The Cetus sieve is a totally new, bow screen pre-filter, made using the latest rotational molding technology. With all of its benefits and build quality, it is undoubtedly the best of its kind on the market today in terms of quality and performance! It is designed to efficiently and effectively remove large amounts of mechanical waste from a pond. It can be set-up gravity or pump fed and has many benefits over the original bow screen technology.

This Cetus has a variable inlet height using the unique patented Pondflow regulation system – for use when gravity fed. This allows water levels within the pond to drop without causing the circulating pump to be starved of water. The Cetus will allow a skimmer or a bottom drain to accept vast amounts of waste without excessive cleaning needed to be carried out. The water must then be pumped to either a normal filter above pond level (Nexus Eazy/Eazy Pod) or to a pressurized filter.

If pump fed, the sieve is placed above pond water level and then the exit water is gravity dropped into your main filter.

It is advised that all pressurized filters be pre-filtered using a Cetus to reduce excessive backwashing and maintenance due to heavy solids.

Can be gravity or pump fed
Perfect fit screen so no waste can bypass
Totally reliable and simple to install
Plug and Play – comes with flexible boots to connect to pipe work
Greatly reduced backwashing / maintenance of pressurised filters
Robust one piece mould –no welded joints – no leaks!
Large waste collection area which slopes to sump outlet
Ideal for mechanically filtering skimmer lines
Patented float that gives constant flow for gravity-fed level fluctuations
Maximum flow rate 18,000 litres per hour
Tri-slot 300 micron wedge wire screen in 316L stainless steel on 100% of surface area
Increased levels of oxygen

Once the unit was home, I took some pix:


.Our unit is the gravity fed model; here's the 4" pipe boot for incoming water.


.Side view shows 3" pipe boot (to waste) and 1 1/2" output (to filter)


.Ditto (viewed straight on)


.Interior showing floating weir and screen in place


.Side view of screen (removed)


.Interior view showing floating weir, bottom reservoir and the opening for the waste line

[RookieKoiGuy]

Quote: Originally Posted by gspotmc Don, Did you enjoy the trip? How's the big girls up there?

I went to Mystic and Don was there........
The big girls are doing much better Michael.
I'm still waiting for you to send me pics of the Gin Rin Showa

[farne230]

A very nice facility, wish you were near us in SA, Tx. I appreciate the photo's and I love your big yamabuki ogon.
Bob

[MysticKoi]

Don... thanks for the visit!

Bob... There is a good size yamabuki in that pond, but I think your looking at the chagoi?

Kind Regards,
Bill

[KoiCop]

Quote: Originally Posted by MysticKoi There is a good size yamabuki in that pond, but I think your looking at the chagoi?

Yup, it was a big chagoi I took pix of -- the same one as your avatar, if I'm not mistaken?

[MysticKoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCop Yup, it was a big chagoi I took pix of -- the same one as your avatar, if I'm not mistaken?

Right, the very same. She is, of course, the most curious and friendly koi in the pond. Sort of interesting when you think about it... you find behaviour traits in line bred dogs, but I find it difficult to believe that this may be true for koi varieties?

Kind Regards,
Bill