Cetus and Clarity Install . . .

[Nancy M.]

Originally Posted by KoiCop

Hey, Nancy . . .

Is that a purse? Or a piece of the matching luggage you mentioned?

Oh Don,
you silly ole man, of course that is my purse, you know the one you bought me with all those pictures you posted..

Come on Don, I know you have more pics..

mamma wants a new pair of shoes

[Nancy M.]

Originally Posted by JanT

NowTHAT IS FUNNY, I don't care who ya are!! Good followup, Nancy.

I have really enjoyed this thread, Don, AND all the things your money can buy. LOL

Hi Jan
Did you see Don's last post, I think is is getting cheap on me... Making fun of my new purse, I guess I will have to go get the matching shoes, cause I need something to cover my toes when I put them where the good lord split Don...

[KoiCop]

Saturday: Install Clarity on existing circuit (no niche skimmer, 1/4 hp Artesian PP pump, Ultima 6K filter) by T'ing in a line before the pond return and installing ball valves to control flow. Paint SC walls with black rubberized paint. Continue stone work. With the bottom drains having been plugged for 5 days, there's plenty of DOCs to feed the Clarity. After tinkering with the Clarity unit for a bit, we got it foaming like a dog with rabies. The fish love the new spillway.


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[KoiCop]

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[Nancy M.]

Come on Don, I just talked to Frank and he said the job is now completed.... Show us some pics of everything working in harmony...

I hear I got cookies coming my way..... Thank You Brenda

[mndakota]

Thank you so much for your pictures and description of the Clarity foam factionator. I have two CL-10s which I will be installing in the coming weeks. When you say you tinkered with them a bit, what "tinkering" was needed? I imagine it had something to do with the angle that the unit was set....

Thanks again.

Karl

[luke frisbee]

got a pic of a bucket of spooge for us this evening?

[KoiCop]

Originally Posted by mndakota

When you say you tinkered with them a bit, what "tinkering" was needed? I imagine it had something to do with the angle that the unit was set....

Hello Karl . . .

Yup.

As best as I can remember (and put into words), starting with the leveled platform it was easy to put a level across the foam compartment and use the twin front set screws (screwed almost completely in) to get the unit dead level side to side.

With the water running, I used the single rear set screw to raise the unit's rear until the water entering the foam chamber was no longer touching that straight edge. Then I lowered the rear of the unit until the entering water was just being depressed by the straight edge (I guess that's the 1-2 mm the booklet talks about). At that point it began foaming pretty good.

I never paid any attention to measuring the depth of the water on the exiting edge.

Hope that helps.

[KoiCop]

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[KoiCop]

Monday:Install adjustable overflow standpipe with check valve. Prepare standpipes for bottom drains. Cut and remove temporary water uptake from pond; connect Cetus Pond Sieve to suction line. Remove air bladders and reset DIY drain covers. Adjust & balance the height of the two no niche skimmers. Fill the SC, fire up the Cetus and watch the debris stack up. Finish stone work. Have lunch. What a fun wonderful week. These upgrades should go a long way towards improving water quality.
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