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The Pond Doc's Own Biological Pond Bead Filter Bead Filters with Advanced Engineering that Stand Up to the Rigorous Demands of Koi and Goldfish Ponds and Water Gardens. The new Anti-Clogging Multi-Bead Feature gives rapid biological seeding, removes fish waste and converts ammonia and nitrites to harmless nitrates. |
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The ProBead's new and totally unique Anti-Clogging Multi-Bead Feature along with the advanced design of the lateral system increases flow while preventing bead caking and clogging. The ProBead™ is the only choice for the pond owner who wants true low-maintenance operation, superior mechanical filtration and the best biological filtration available in a bead filter. |
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Own the Best for Less!
The ProBead™ starts at only $599 which makes it the best bead
filter value
on the market!
Buy Direct from the Manufacturer and
Save Money! The ProBead™ is not sold
through a middleman and that helps us keep our prices down. The
savings are passed along to our customers, the pond owners. Several sizes of ProBead™ Biological Pond Filters are available for smaller ponds as well as large koi and goldfish ponds. |
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| for ponds 500 to 1300 gallons... | for ponds 1200 to 2500 gallons... | for ponds 2000 to 4500 gallons... | for ponds 2400 to 5500 gallons... |
| ProBead™65 | ProBead™120 | ProBead™180 | ProBead™250 |
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| for ponds up to 8500 gallons... | SAVE! Discontinued Model | ProBead™ Parts Department | |
| ProBead™360 | ProBead™210 | ||
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For More Information on Pond Doc's ProBead Biological Bead Filters Read the Following Articles:
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History of the Pond Doc's Own ProBead™ Biological Pond Bead Filter
Several years ago, in 1998, Cecil Ferguson (aka the Pond Doc) developed his own biological bead filter intended for use on holding tanks, goldfish ponds and koi ponds at his Alpharetta, Georgia water garden center. Bead filters on the market at that time contained flaws that the Doc knew he could correct. He took the best qualities of the different models of bead filters available and combined them into one bead filter that he tested at his store until he was satisfied with its design. People liked the water quality they saw and soon Cecil was marketing and selling his bead filter to local customers for use on their personal koi ponds and water gardens. Within a year he was marketing them nationally through the website. He chose not to sell the ProBead™ through distributors and only direct to the customer so that he could charge the lowest price possible on an excellent quality biological bead filter. During the past years the Pond Doc has made modifications to the ProBead™ and what he has ended up with is a bead filter that out-performs best-selling, name-brand competitors' models and costs less.
Anti-Clogging
Multi-Bead Feature
The Anti-Clogging Multi-Bead Feature consists of four styles of plastic
floating beads. There are two sizes of small pellet-like beads and two
sizes of hollow, tubular beads. The small pellet-like beads are used for
fine-filtering. The smaller of the two small beads has been used in bead
filters since conception. They trap even
the most minute pieces of debris, giving the bead filter it's mechanical
filtration superiority. When using only these small beads it's in
its nature to increase the likeliness of the filter to clog. Having two
sizes of these smaller beads improves anti-clogging but does not completely cure
the clogging problem. It's the introduction of the hollow, tubular beads
that really does the trick. The Pond Doc has added two sizes of hollow
tubular beads to the mix.
These hollow beads have proven to help prevent clogging while
increasing the amount of biological filtration.
Because they are two sizes the tubular beads resist "stacking" while breaking up the clumps of tiny beads that algae and sticky muck create - similar to the way stones break up sand. Because there is less clogging and pond water circulates through the media instead of around it the media is oxygenated better. That encourages the growth of nitrifying bacteria. The surface area of these tubular beads is so much more than that of the small beads and that gives more housing area for nitrifying bacteria to thrive. The result is an environment that encourages healthy biological filtration -- a HUGE IMPROVEMENT over the standard bead filter.
Another advantage the Anti-Clogging Multi-Bead Feature gives is that a blower option is not necessary on smaller bead filters for most situations. Blowers are designed to break up the compacted beads before backwashing for a more thorough cleaning and to prevent clogging. With the anti-clogging properties the bead mix provides a blower is just not necessary and something the budget-conscience consumer can do without.
Bead Anti-Loss Bottom Drain Feature
The Bead Anti-Loss Drain has always been standard on all models of the ProBead™
biofilter. This simple design feature allows sediment that has settled in
the bottom of the filter's tank to be drained from the unit without losing the
beads! Annual bead filter maintenance is a must for a healthy pond.
This drain makes it easier to perform that type of maintenance and is essential
when using the power backwash feature.
2" High Flow 6-Way
Valve Upgrade
A bead filter needs to filter a lot of water in an hour’s time. During normal filtering
mode large amounts of water
flowing through the filter should flow through more slowly. Debris has
"time" to get trapped by the beads, making it filter
at its best performance. 2" plumbing helps create this scenario and 2"
plumbing throughout the bead filter is desirable. Many bead filters (but not the ProBead™)
reduce down to 1 1/2” piping inside the unit.
All models of the ProBead™ are manufactured with 2" plumbing throughout the whole unit and that increases to a 6" lateral to handle water entrance and exit flows. Elbows, notorious for reducing water flow, are non-existent inside the ProBead™. With this design the ProBead™ is equipped to provide the best performance regardless of whether the rest of the pond is plumbed with 1 1/2" or 2" pipe. The standard 6-way valve on bead filters (including the ProBead™) has 1 1/2” ports. That's fine for small ponds where high flow rates are not necessary. There's no need for the owner of the pond to pay more for a 2" valve.
A pond owner may opt for the 2" High Flow 6-Way Valve if he (or she) desires a high volume of water flow, regardless of the size of the pond. For example, a 1000-gallon pond normally doesn't require high water flows. If the pond has a large waterfall, though, it needs all the flow it can get so he certainly would not want to hinder the flow by using a 1 1/2" valve. Many ponds are constructed with 2" plumbing (and many should have been constructed with 2" plumbing - but that's another article). If the bead filter is equipped with a standard 1 1/2" 6-way valve on a pond with 2" plumbing the flow is restricted and the system is not living up to its potential. A rule of thumb to follow - if using 2" plumbing (or higher) on your pond, opt for the 2" Valve. A 2" High Flow 6-Way Valve is a simple upgrade. Most bead filters, including the ProBead™, have this upgrade available. The ProBead™ 180, 250 and 360 models all come standard with the 2" High Flow Valve.
Warning! There are ProBead™
imposters in our midst!
The latest
tidbit is that there is a ProBead bead filter on the market being sold by a
"reputable" and highly visible pond supply manufacturer. They have stolen
our name! Don't be fooled. We ARE the only
ones online and in the world who sell the true ProBead™
biofilter. Do not confuse an imposter with the original! Our ProBead™
has been around since 1998. Theirs since 2007.
Know what you are buying!
ProBead™
series biological bead filters are for pond and koi-keepers who are serious
with wanting clear and healthy water.
Watch Out:
Some manufacturers claim to be able to provide the same excellent cleansing
abilities as the ProBead and truly competitive master bead filter models for
a lot less $$$$. Yes. They look like the ProBead and other
high-quality bead filters and, yes, some may cost less. BUT ---
although they all look alike on the outside the inside is what matters.
Some manufactures simply add sinking tubes to a swimming pool filter so
their costs are much lower. This is NOT what we do with the ProBead.
We completely re-engineer the plumbing - from the 6-way valve to the laterals. This increases the filter's ability to sift out debris and return clean water. We use floating beads instead of sinking tubes that are small enough to trap dirt, unlike other "cheaper bead filters" that use large tubes that sink and do not trap as much of the particles from the water.
We do have a new line of filters called the SuperPro™ that we recommend to those who have water gardens and goldfish ponds and do not especially need the superb filtering abilities of the master bead filters such as ProBead™. The SuperPro™ proudly competes in price with the sinking tube closed system filters, like the Ultima II, that offer low-maintenance backwashable biological filtration. Click HERE to see the SuperPro™ biological pond filter.
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