I've just been watching a backlog of a lot of your work, im a koi pond enthusiast, and I must say how Insperarional and brilliant your builds or referbs are...just absolutely brilliant 👍👍
That's a lot of fish, beautiful pond. You were saying they could have extended the rotating screen element. I was looking at the rig while you were servicing it and was wondering why the assembly wasn't made a little longer and a slot made at the end of the tub housing which would allow for a collector box to mount outside the housing and keep the expelled sludge out side the filter housing assembly.
Hi Ed, brilliant water quality before you did your bit, some stunning Koi in there they all looked well and a decent size, l need to get my water back to that kind of clarity before even thinking of getting a Sturgeon l would never see it in my pond, great video again as always.
Thanks Norman, indeed this pond is 6ft (or a fraction under) at its deepest and you can always see right to the bottom very clearly! Thanks as ever for watching and commenting, Best, Ed
Hi Ed, I'm having the same issue with my ScreenMatic 90000 - the motor works, but the screen doesn't rotate. I already disassembled that screen assembly unit to find a culprit and to repair / replace the broken part, but I couldn't figure it out, what exactly needed to be replaced. Now I see that the whole assembly needs to be replaced, which is such a waste of plastic. Shame. Not to mention that the screen itself last a few months only, the holes appear very quickly. But thank you for the video, it really helped me!
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting and glad you found the video useful! I agree it seems silly to have to replace the entire assembly for such a small part-especially so considering the price…. In my experience however thankfully I’ve only had to do so on a couple of occasions. Likewise the fabric filter screen I’ve found durable and have only had to renew one due to holes appearing so far on many units I service! Best regards, Ed
Hi I have the screenmatic 90000 I've had it running for 12 weeks now on my new pond,only recently power is not reaching the sensor bar(no green light) Oase have sent me a new transformer a new motor and a new sensor bar and still isn't working 🤷♂️ I've tested it on a plug and onto a switch board and it is definitely wired properly and tested to show that there is power running through the cable,have you ever experienced this on one of your units,I'm at my wits end and getting desperate for any kind of solution,I'm still waiting for a response from oase. Many thanks any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I really didn't want to send it back because its all piped up and running through the cycle.
Hi Mark, very strange…. Despite all the new parts are you saying that the sensor bar is still currently not showing an illuminated light next to the manual screen rotation button (either green or red)? Or that the screen isn’t turning? Best, Ed
Ok-so if you’re saying that you neither have the sensor bar light illuminated (either red or green) or the screen working (even when pressing the manual clean button on the sensor bar) you almost certainly have a power supply issue-is the transformer for the filter plugged directly into an exterior plug socket? If so check/replace the fuse in the 3 pin plug. If it’s wired into an external switch box check wiring in the box to ensure nothing is loose. Also check the fuse within the switch box. Please make sure power to the switch box is OFF when you play around with this!! Some switch boxes have independently fused switches so check the fuse related to the corresponding switch that powers the filter AND the master fuse if there is both. Fuses inside pond switch boxes differ from a regular 3 pin plug fuse and are clear glass. If they have blackening/smudges inside they’ve blown. If all fine check the two pin adaptor that plugs into the sensor bar and the transformer is located fully into the transformer and the screen motor cable that connects to the sensor bar is located fully into the sensor bar. If all of the above is present and correct you either have a faulty transformer and cable (check for physical damage to the flex like chewing) or another faulty sensor bar. As you’ve had all replaced I’d be absolutely amazed if these are faulty also. I’ve had a sensor bar fail, but only after a couple of years of use. Of course it is possible it was faulty but to have two not working is highly unlikely. Presumably the screen and sensor light were working when you first installed the unit?
Hey Ed @CrystalClearAquatics Awesone!! How you explain the maintenance and repair of the Filter Equipment❤ Would ya recommend only Oase? The Underwater shortfilm.was realky exciting. Which camera did you use, i would love to film such quality movie pics in my pond 😊 Thx for any suggestion!
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting. Camera equipment used is a GoPro hero 8 and a GoPro hero 9. Can be fully submersed without any additional casing/protection. As for pond equipment-I’m biased-I’m a fan of most of Oases kit, more importantly of them as a company-customer support is excellent and advice and spare parts readily available. You pay a premium for this though- cheaper kit is available from other manufacturers! But you gets what you pays for….. Best, Ed
For such an expensive machine it does seem to have its flaws such as the motor connection, it looks a bit chatty. Ed could you do some DIY and use a sheet of plastic to adjust the flow of water from the blue entrance inlet? Cheers as always for the interesting video.
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting. In terms of overall price for these units I tend to agree- materials used and construction can seem flimsy/a little cheap, although in reality it’s perfectly fit for purpose. I’d considered a diy approach to extending the water inlet tray- a simple pice of acrylic cut to size and glued down would do it- however although this would be effective at projecting the water further into the unit it wouldn’t prevent the water from flowing back down a blocked screen and falling into the wrong section of filter-which is the main issue… Best, Ed
Hi Ed Just caught up with this video, after watching you remove the part in question I was wondering why considering the price of these units they didn't make the screen out of stainless steel perhaps someone has already mentioned this already. Always watch your content particularly the pond builds some of the locations are stunning.
Hi there Martyn, Oase did infact use a stainless mesh construction for the first generation of these filters (called the Oase screenex) however although it seems like a good idea in reality the screen (which was a static one) would block very quickly and should it require replacement was rather expensive. In comparison this flexible nylon (I think) screen is much easier to clean and is much cheaper to replace when required. Overall a big improvement from the early days of the original screenex! Thanks for watching and commenting, Best, Ed
The positive of the water over flowing is that you’re more likely to notice your filter is not performing correctly and deal with the problem early. I wonder if the part is failing because the filter is not being maintained regularly enough by the user?
Thanks for watching and commenting! Thankfully I’ve only encountered a couple of instances where this part has failed so hopefully not a part prone to failure-however it’s not due to lack of servicing. This is one of my monthly clients and the filters are comprehensively worked on every visit! Best, Ed
Hey, do you know anything about the oase bios art screenex? I’ve acquired one but it has no documentation and I can’t find many details about it. Seems like the same design as a screenmatic but the sieve doesn’t move on a conveyor it’s just static.
@@8G0m4n hi there! Thanks for watching and commenting-I still service an old Oase screen ex system, essentially the forerunner of the current screenmatic systems-is there anything in particular you’re unsure of? The metal sieve has a tendency to clog very quickly-keep a stiff brush besides the filter so you can regularly lift the lid and give the sieve a brush down. If you pull out the metal sieve there is an insert of filter matting (a bit like wire mesh) that you can remove and clean periodically. The sieve section is hinged and can be lifted out of the way to access the filter foams beneath-these should be regularly compressed (you should have a compression hand tool with the filter but if not you can purchase a new one) to perform basic clean at least monthly and the filter tank drained using the slide valve located at the base of the filter at one end. The foams can be removed entirely by removing the black plastic plates that hold the foams in place. Perhaps annually manually clean the foams and inspect them for damage (eventually they’ll start to break up) and think to replace them as and when required. They should last a few years. Hope this helps but if you have any queries feel free to ask! Best, Ed
@ thanks Ed, really useful! I’ve contacted oase who are going to see if they have a paper copy of the instructions for me which would be brilliant. I haven’t inspected the foams properly yet, will certainly give it a good clean but in case of replacement it would be really useful to know which to buy. The actual pond is a preform thing that’s not very big, certainly compared to most of the builds you do so hopefully it should be more than up to the job. Thanks again and can’t wait for this year’s videos!
Had to replace 2 transformers . 1 motor and one sensor set over the 7 units we look after .. we had a huge problem with them freezing solid . Because it was 8 degrees one night next night -4 caught us off guard . But overall they been great
Hi there! Blimey, that’s a few replacements! Fortunately on the many units I’ve installed and/or serviced I’ve only had a couple of issues that require replacement parts. The issue of potentially freezing is an important one to consider however-in general our winters here (in Surrey) aren’t too severe, although last winter I did encounter a unit which had a frozen screen. When you pressed the clean button the motor would fire up but the screen had such a thick build up of rime ice it wouldn’t rotate-possibly this would cause a breakage somewhere. In such extreme cold either insulating the unit or switching off the belt would probably be worthwhile. Thanks for watching and commenting! Best, Ed
Any reason why you don't just build bog / wetland filters on the ponds you work on? I have bog filters on all my ponds and the water is crystal clear, and of course very cheap as it's just the cost of some gravel and plumbing, nature does the rest :)
Hi there, good question and a very interesting one- I’ll admit wetland filtration is something I’d like to work with in a future build. However for most builds space is a premium and the addition of a good sized bog filter near to the pond is often impractical. Additionally in my experience with filtering naturally it takes while for the natural processes (removal of nutrients etc) to occur, versus the almost instant filtration process of installing equipment. The other important consideration is that at some stage a wetland filtration system will require a drain and clean- sediment accumulation is going to build up-and cleaning of such a system, although obviously much less frequent- will be more labour intensive and harder for the average client of mine to perform themselves. However I’m all for natural systems so watch this space….! Best, Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Cheers Ed - my first bog filter was just a large plant pot filled with gravel of various grades (inspiration from @ozponds), turned a pea soup green pond to crystal clear in about 7 days... this was in the middle of summer mind so the bacteria probably had a bit of a kickstart
Hi there, a quick scan online shows the current price in £sterling of approx £1900 for the 140000 unit and £2300 for the updated 145000 model. Hope that helps and thanks for watching! Best, Ed
Hi I'm an elderly lady with a small koi pond only 5 koi have to maintain it myself, all i can say is wow what a wonderful video and the job you do is amazing but i wouldn't like to think i had got to deal with anything that size anyone know a good DIY guy only kidding 😅😅🧓
Thanks! Your videos helped me through a rough go at Covid once again. Say hello to Dave for me.
Thanks so much for your kind tip and your kind words! Hope you’re over the worst of it now…
Best regards,
Ed
Coffee on me, thanks for the tips
Mines a flat white, two sugars please😉Thanks so much Luke, really kind of you!!
Best,
Ed
I've just been watching a backlog of a lot of your work, im a koi pond enthusiast, and I must say how Insperarional and brilliant your builds or referbs are...just absolutely brilliant 👍👍
Hi Rob, thanks so much for your kind words!
Best,
Ed
That's a lot of fish, beautiful pond. You were saying they could have extended the rotating screen element. I was looking at the rig while you were servicing it and was wondering why the assembly wasn't made a little longer and a slot made at the end of the tub housing which would allow for a collector box to mount outside the housing and keep the expelled sludge out side the filter housing assembly.
Thanks Tony and an interesting suggestion re the collection of waste material!
Best,
Ed
Hi Ed, brilliant water quality before you did your bit, some stunning Koi in there they all looked well and a decent size, l need to get my water back to that kind of clarity before even thinking of getting a Sturgeon l would never see it in my pond, great video again as always.
Thanks Norman, indeed this pond is 6ft (or a fraction under) at its deepest and you can always see right to the bottom very clearly!
Thanks as ever for watching and commenting,
Best,
Ed
Hi Ed, I'm having the same issue with my ScreenMatic 90000 - the motor works, but the screen doesn't rotate. I already disassembled that screen assembly unit to find a culprit and to repair / replace the broken part, but I couldn't figure it out, what exactly needed to be replaced. Now I see that the whole assembly needs to be replaced, which is such a waste of plastic. Shame. Not to mention that the screen itself last a few months only, the holes appear very quickly. But thank you for the video, it really helped me!
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting and glad you found the video useful! I agree it seems silly to have to replace the entire assembly for such a small part-especially so considering the price…. In my experience however thankfully I’ve only had to do so on a couple of occasions. Likewise the fabric filter screen I’ve found durable and have only had to renew one due to holes appearing so far on many units I service!
Best regards,
Ed
Hi
I have the screenmatic 90000 I've had it running for 12 weeks now on my new pond,only recently power is not reaching the sensor bar(no green light)
Oase have sent me a new transformer a new motor and a new sensor bar and still isn't working 🤷♂️
I've tested it on a plug and onto a switch board and it is definitely wired properly and tested to show that there is power running through the cable,have you ever experienced this on one of your units,I'm at my wits end and getting desperate for any kind of solution,I'm still waiting for a response from oase.
Many thanks any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I really didn't want to send it back because its all piped up and running through the cycle.
Hi Mark, very strange…. Despite all the new parts are you saying that the sensor bar is still currently not showing an illuminated light next to the manual screen rotation button (either green or red)? Or that the screen isn’t turning?
Best,
Ed
@CrystalClearAquatics nothing at all,completely dead 🤷♂️
Ok-so if you’re saying that you neither have the sensor bar light illuminated (either red or green) or the screen working (even when pressing the manual clean button on the sensor bar) you almost certainly have a power supply issue-is the transformer for the filter plugged directly into an exterior plug socket? If so check/replace the fuse in the 3 pin plug. If it’s wired into an external switch box check wiring in the box to ensure nothing is loose. Also check the fuse within the switch box. Please make sure power to the switch box is OFF when you play around with this!! Some switch boxes have independently fused switches so check the fuse related to the corresponding switch that powers the filter AND the master fuse if there is both. Fuses inside pond switch boxes differ from a regular 3 pin plug fuse and are clear glass. If they have blackening/smudges inside they’ve blown. If all fine check the two pin adaptor that plugs into the sensor bar and the transformer is located fully into the transformer and the screen motor cable that connects to the sensor bar is located fully into the sensor bar. If all of the above is present and correct you either have a faulty transformer and cable (check for physical damage to the flex like chewing) or another faulty sensor bar. As you’ve had all replaced I’d be absolutely amazed if these are faulty also. I’ve had a sensor bar fail, but only after a couple of years of use. Of course it is possible it was faulty but to have two not working is highly unlikely. Presumably the screen and sensor light were working when you first installed the unit?
Thanks!
Apologies Tony for the delay in thanking you, but as ever- massive thanks for your very generous tip!
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics No worries mate. Cheers
Hey Ed @CrystalClearAquatics Awesone!! How you explain the maintenance and repair of the Filter Equipment❤ Would ya recommend only Oase? The Underwater shortfilm.was realky exciting. Which camera did you use, i would love to film such quality movie pics in my pond 😊 Thx for any suggestion!
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting. Camera equipment used is a GoPro hero 8 and a GoPro hero 9. Can be fully submersed without any additional casing/protection. As for pond equipment-I’m biased-I’m a fan of most of Oases kit, more importantly of them as a company-customer support is excellent and advice and spare parts readily available. You pay a premium for this though- cheaper kit is available from other manufacturers! But you gets what you pays for…..
Best,
Ed
How much was the replacement part ?
Hi there,
Apologies for the slow response- the replacement assembly was Approx £100
Best,
Ed
That under water flim was brilliant
Thanks for saying so Roland!
Best,
Ed
For such an expensive machine it does seem to have its flaws such as the motor connection, it looks a bit chatty. Ed could you do some DIY and use a sheet of plastic to adjust the flow of water from the blue entrance inlet? Cheers as always for the interesting video.
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting. In terms of overall price for these units I tend to agree- materials used and construction can seem flimsy/a little cheap, although in reality it’s perfectly fit for purpose. I’d considered a diy approach to extending the water inlet tray- a simple pice of acrylic cut to size and glued down would do it- however although this would be effective at projecting the water further into the unit it wouldn’t prevent the water from flowing back down a blocked screen and falling into the wrong section of filter-which is the main issue…
Best,
Ed
Hi Ed Just caught up with this video, after watching you remove the part in question I was wondering why considering the price of these units they didn't make the screen out of stainless steel perhaps someone has already mentioned this already. Always watch your content particularly the pond builds some of the locations are stunning.
Hi there Martyn,
Oase did infact use a stainless mesh construction for the first generation of these filters (called the Oase screenex) however although it seems like a good idea in reality the screen (which was a static one) would block very quickly and should it require replacement was rather expensive. In comparison this flexible nylon (I think) screen is much easier to clean and is much cheaper to replace when required. Overall a big improvement from the early days of the original screenex!
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Best,
Ed
The positive of the water over flowing is that you’re more likely to notice your filter is not performing correctly and deal with the problem early. I wonder if the part is failing because the filter is not being maintained regularly enough by the user?
Thanks for watching and commenting! Thankfully I’ve only encountered a couple of instances where this part has failed so hopefully not a part prone to failure-however it’s not due to lack of servicing. This is one of my monthly clients and the filters are comprehensively worked on every visit!
Best,
Ed
Hey, do you know anything about the oase bios art screenex? I’ve acquired one but it has no documentation and I can’t find many details about it. Seems like the same design as a screenmatic but the sieve doesn’t move on a conveyor it’s just static.
@@8G0m4n hi there! Thanks for watching and commenting-I still service an old Oase screen ex system, essentially the forerunner of the current screenmatic systems-is there anything in particular you’re unsure of? The metal sieve has a tendency to clog very quickly-keep a stiff brush besides the filter so you can regularly lift the lid and give the sieve a brush down. If you pull out the metal sieve there is an insert of filter matting (a bit like wire mesh) that you can remove and clean periodically.
The sieve section is hinged and can be lifted out of the way to access the filter foams beneath-these should be regularly compressed (you should have a compression hand tool with the filter but if not you can purchase a new one) to perform basic clean at least monthly and the filter tank drained using the slide valve located at the base of the filter at one end. The foams can be removed entirely by removing the black plastic plates that hold the foams in place. Perhaps annually manually clean the foams and inspect them for damage (eventually they’ll start to break up) and think to replace them as and when required. They should last a few years.
Hope this helps but if you have any queries feel free to ask!
Best,
Ed
@ thanks Ed, really useful! I’ve contacted oase who are going to see if they have a paper copy of the instructions for me which would be brilliant. I haven’t inspected the foams properly yet, will certainly give it a good clean but in case of replacement it would be really useful to know which to buy. The actual pond is a preform thing that’s not very big, certainly compared to most of the builds you do so hopefully it should be more than up to the job. Thanks again and can’t wait for this year’s videos!
Had to replace 2 transformers . 1 motor and one sensor set over the 7 units we look after .. we had a huge problem with them freezing solid . Because it was 8 degrees one night next night -4 caught us off guard . But overall they been great
Hi there! Blimey, that’s a few replacements! Fortunately on the many units I’ve installed and/or serviced I’ve only had a couple of issues that require replacement parts. The issue of potentially freezing is an important one to consider however-in general our winters here (in Surrey) aren’t too severe, although last winter I did encounter a unit which had a frozen screen. When you pressed the clean button the motor would fire up but the screen had such a thick build up of rime ice it wouldn’t rotate-possibly this would cause a breakage somewhere. In such extreme cold either insulating the unit or switching off the belt would probably be worthwhile.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics yeah we have insulated the lids to try and see if that helps overall really like the units make life so much easier
Any reason why you don't just build bog / wetland filters on the ponds you work on? I have bog filters on all my ponds and the water is crystal clear, and of course very cheap as it's just the cost of some gravel and plumbing, nature does the rest :)
Hi there, good question and a very interesting one- I’ll admit wetland filtration is something I’d like to work with in a future build. However for most builds space is a premium and the addition of a good sized bog filter near to the pond is often impractical. Additionally in my experience with filtering naturally it takes while for the natural processes (removal of nutrients etc) to occur, versus the almost instant filtration process of installing equipment. The other important consideration is that at some stage a wetland filtration system will require a drain and clean- sediment accumulation is going to build up-and cleaning of such a system, although obviously much less frequent- will be more labour intensive and harder for the average client of mine to perform themselves. However I’m all for natural systems so watch this space….!
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Cheers Ed - my first bog filter was just a large plant pot filled with gravel of various grades (inspiration from @ozponds), turned a pea soup green pond to crystal clear in about 7 days... this was in the middle of summer mind so the bacteria probably had a bit of a kickstart
hey what is the price for a screenmatic 140.000 in england ! pund to euro ...
Hi there, a quick scan online shows the current price in £sterling of approx £1900 for the 140000 unit and £2300 for the updated 145000 model.
Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Best,
Ed
Hi I'm an elderly lady with a small koi pond only 5 koi have to maintain it myself, all i can say is wow what a wonderful video and the job you do is amazing but i wouldn't like to think i had got to deal with anything that size anyone know a good DIY guy only kidding 😅😅🧓
Thanks very much for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
Thanks!
Thanks so much Anne-very kind of you!
Best,
Ed