Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Just wondering if anyone has tried using a cyclonic filter from a Dyson type, bagless vacuum cleaner to remove solids in their AP?

I realise that the components might not be food grade but thinking that since they filter air quite well, that maybe they'd be a viable filter for suspended solids in water?

Hoping for people's thoughts on the idea.
And yeah, it is quite a Womble thing to do, I know.

Cheers.

You’re talking a swirl filter right?

Pretty much the same thing as a swirl filter, I think.

I think that I'd prefer to scratch build solids filtration but these are pretty efficient and was just wondering if it'd been tried before.

I'm sure that they'd only work with a particular water velocity and flow rate but suspect they might be a neat solution for people who have a tight space available.

Just pondering for the most part.

Plumbing one up might not be very straightforward though, I must admit.