- Apr 23, 2008
- 342
Hey folks,
I currently have the Hayward EC-65 DE Filter. As some of you may know, I'm redoing my whole patio area. In the past, when I went to go change the DE out of the filter, I just let the water flow out of the filter...DE and all...all over that area of the patio. But now that it's a new Patio, I won't want to do that because it creates a mess.
So, the 2 options I have that I'm aware of is:
1) Buy a DE Separation Tank
2) Replace my DE filter with a sand filter.
Both options cost about the same, however I'm leaning towards option number 2 since my filter is kind of old anyway and I've had minor leaking issues coming from the top of it (due to hairline cracks) when it's under very high pressure (like if I have only 1 return on and not both).
Before I go this path, I wanted to hear what others thought. I understand that Sand isn't quite as good as DE as far as cleaning the smallest microbes is concerned, but will I really notice a difference? I hear you can add DE to it to help out anyway. Is there an option 3 that I'm not aware of? What would you guys do?
Thanks!
I currently have the Hayward EC-65 DE Filter. As some of you may know, I'm redoing my whole patio area. In the past, when I went to go change the DE out of the filter, I just let the water flow out of the filter...DE and all...all over that area of the patio. But now that it's a new Patio, I won't want to do that because it creates a mess.
So, the 2 options I have that I'm aware of is:
1) Buy a DE Separation Tank
2) Replace my DE filter with a sand filter.
Both options cost about the same, however I'm leaning towards option number 2 since my filter is kind of old anyway and I've had minor leaking issues coming from the top of it (due to hairline cracks) when it's under very high pressure (like if I have only 1 return on and not both).
Before I go this path, I wanted to hear what others thought. I understand that Sand isn't quite as good as DE as far as cleaning the smallest microbes is concerned, but will I really notice a difference? I hear you can add DE to it to help out anyway. Is there an option 3 that I'm not aware of? What would you guys do?
Thanks!