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Originally Posted by
gcuss 
For your skimmer circuit I would suggest possibly an easy pod. I've been really impressed with mine. Quite affordable, and they seem to be great at removing fines. My water cleared dramatically once I started running it. Cleaning is a breeze as well. I believe they handle up to 2500 GPH. The only problem I see is with the circulation you desire. I believe you're right about the 1 1/2 not being able to gravity feed any real flow, so you'll have to pump to the easy pods and then gravity flow back to the pond.
Hi Grant, yeah, I don't think that the 1.5" pipes will be enough to gravity feed enough flow to make an impact with my TPRs. I think that this why I am leaning towards an Ultima II 4,000 pressurized filter.
Perhaps if you aerate your bottom drains your circulation would improve from that, and you could get away with a gravity feed back to the pond from your skimmer circuit?
Grant, do you think that I need additional aeration by aerating the two BDs or can I get by with the aeration from the two Nexuses?
It would be real easy to add air to your drains.
Anyway, one solution.
Grant