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Old 02-24-2005   #6 (permalink)
greg
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: England.
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Not to enflame to discussion,

I would never use any of the modern gimmicks on my pond unless i had very little space for a filter footprint. The cost of these things is phenomenal and not justified in my persoal opinon.

I have a 6000 gallon pond (inc filters) and my filtration is traditional. If it ain't broke don't fix it as they say.

Here goes,

12ft x 2.5ft x 3ft settlement chamber - 2ft x 2.5ft x 3ft brushes chamber - 3ft x 1.5ft x 3ft Kaldness K1 chamber (fluidised) - and finally 3ft x 1.5ft x 3ft chamber of Jap Matting. 2 x sequence 10,000 return via over the wall returns.

Pond vac the settlement one a month and rinse the brushes in pond water - JOB DONE. Takes about half hour.

Guess i am lucky to have the space to block build my own filters. They work a treat and are pretty much maintenance free. Parameters are excellant and water is GIN clear.
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