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It will filter them all out. The biggest difference between the sand filter and the cartridge filter is how often you need to clean it and how much dirt/debris it will hold between cleanings. When I had my cartridge filter "the 1500 gph", I would literally vacuum 1/4 of the pool and have to...

Heck, u could trim a piece of window screen to the height of the cartridge filter and wrap it around the filter a couple of times and use some zip ties to lightly hold it in place if u wanted a pre filter. Or :-) u could get a sand filter. We get flies and june bugs and my sand filter eats em...

And even if the screen clogged, there are some plastic flaps on the bottom of the skimmer that allow water to get sucked into the skimmer thru the bottom in the event that the basket clogs, to keep ur pump from runnin dry.

The screen that I was referring to will be on the gray fitting that is in the wall of your pool that the blue adapter screws onto. You could also try getting a piece of window screen and cutting it the same diameter as the bottom of the skimmer basket and setting it in there. Thatdd trap lot...

Chewbubba. I have the same skimmer and I was having a similar problem. Id clean my filer but there was very little water coming out the return. When u clean the skimmer. Unscrew the blue adapter that the skimmer plugs into from the wall fitting. There's a plastic screen in there and the holes...

Its been about 3 weeks and no leaks, and the water is crystal clear :-)

Oh btw do not use teflon tape on the fittings. Only liquid pipe dope. Otherwise it will leak

No adapters or hose parts needed. A standard 2 inch slip to threaded fitting fits perfectly on every port on the sand filter, well mine is the 2650gph but I'm pretty sure the 1600 is the same. Here's some links to my hard pipe project with pics of how I did the filter...

What kind of cartridge filter are you using? Are you using an intex filter with intex filter cartridges? I was having the same problem with intex cartridges. The rubber areas on the top and bottom of the cartridge where it goes onto the return pipe inside the filter itself and where the cap for...

Intermatic timer all the way. Good construction, very reliable clock assembly. I've never had an issue with em.

Re: New Intex 16ft Ultra - Questions on Custom Plumbing, Sol U can use a big salad bown held from the inside in order to cut new holes.. A 1 hp should do the trick I just did a complete replumb and relocated my filter here... intex-18x48-filter-plumbing-upgrade-relocation-project-t65490.html...

Well. This weekend I finished up pretty much everything else left. I plumbed, ran, and buried a 2 inch backwash line all the way from the backyard, under the fence, and out to my front yard. That way I won't have to fiddle with those horrible backwash hoses.I had to backwash the filter a few...

No worries buddy, I know how much it sucks sometimes. I have pretty much the exact same pool. Here's a link to how I did my setup. intex-18x48-filter-plumbing-upgrade-relocation-project-t65490.html I just added a sand filter and hard plumbed it and wow what a difference. Even before I did the...

It does sound like something may be broken inside the filter as was stated. Mine was doing that a lil bit when I first set it up. Try doing a backwash and after the backwash make sure to run it on rinse for at least 30 seconds to make sure the sand settles back down properly. Also, make sure...

Re: Pool filter for 18x33 I have seen it posted before, but it mostly tends to pertain to sand and de filters in order to have an efficient backwash process. I have even seen it on those cartridge filters that take de. I forget what the classification is called for those types of filters. It is...