Tech TalksHelpful hints, charts and tricks of the trade backed by the real-world experience of our very own technicians. Pentair AES Tech Talks cover a variety of important aquatic topics that can be confusing, and we make sure to explain them in depth and in layman's terms.
AActivated Carbon in Aquaculture
Aeration Devices
Aeration Energy Consumption
Aeration Requirements for Bait Tanks
Aerator Selection
AES Numbers
Airlift Notes
Air Pump/Compressor Comparison
Algae Control in Garden Ponds
Algae Culture
Alum Lake Treatments
Ammonia Removers and Ozone
Anesthetizing with Carbon Dioxide
Aquaculture, Getting Started
Artemia Decapsulation
Artificial Seawater, Mixing
Aspirators vs Agitators
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BBackup Blower Set-up
Bacteria Notes
Bait Counts Per Pound
Barley Straw
Biofilter Performance Standards
Biofilter Sizing
Biological Filters
Biological Filtration Basics
Blower Buying and Operating Tips
Blowers, Air Pumps or Compressors
Blue-Green Algae
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CCage Culture Suggestions
Calculation of Pond and Tank Volume
Carbon Vane Replacement
Chiller Installation and Sizing
Compost Tea
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Diffuser Cleaning
Diffuser Comparison Chart
Diffuser Maintenance
Dissolved Oxygen in Aquaculture
Dissolved Oxygen Meters and Probes
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Feeding Larval Fish and Shrimp
Feeding, Hand or Automatic
Filtration Spectrum
Fish Food
Fish Metabolism
Float Switches
Flocculation
Flow Meters
Fluidized Sand Biofilters
Fountains, Floating
Friction Loss in Plumbing
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GGenerator Selection
Grading Fish
Growing Aquatic Plants
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Hauling Tanks
Heater Service Life
Heater Sizing
Heating Garden Ponds
Hydroponics vs Aquaponics
Hydroponics vs Soil
Hypolimnetic Aeration
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IInlet Strainers
Iron Removal
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LLake Aeration
Lake Aeration Diffusers
Lake Destratification System Evaluation
Liners, Repairing
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M-NMechanical Filtration and Biofiltration
Motor Too Hot?
Native Aquatic Plants
Non-Self-Priming Pumps
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OOxygen or Aeration
Oxygen vs Diffused Air
Ozone Notes
Ozone Sizing
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PpH Probe Care and Storage
Pipe Sizing, Air
Pipe Sizing, Water
Protein Skimmers
Pump Selection
Pump Sizing for Waterfalls
PVC, How to Glue
PVC Pipe—Schedule 40 vs 80
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RRemoving Carbon Dioxide
Reverse Osmosis
Rotifer Culture
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SSalinity Measuring
Saltwater Mixing
Sand Filters
Sedimentation
Shipping Live Fish
Sponge Filters
Supersaturation
System Flowrate
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T-UTagging Fish
Ultraviolet (UV) Sterilizers
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VVane Compressor Maintenance
Venturis
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WWater Flow and Turnover Rates in Bubble Plume Aeration Systems
Water Pollution
Water Pump Definitions
Water Pump Efficiency
Water Pump Working Too Hard?
Water Quality Guide
Why Watts?
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