I have the fallow application:
Pyrolox / sand filter with 2000 mm tank diameter. I fill the tank with 420 kg of quartz 2-4 mm on base. After that I put, in the succesive layer, 2360 kg of quartz 0.8-2 mm and 2120 kg pyrolox 8x20.
Work condition is: filtering flow is 40 mc/h, backwash flow is 192...