| like to jump in before the bon fire get too hot.
I used BB in my second pond, the pond was very lightly stocked and it did not work (I was lazy then). When I rebuilt my pond, I gave that BB to my contractor. I thought my settling/mechanical/bio filter combo would be the killer application, and was I wrong. The average length of my kois more than double in 14 months, and the filters are not up to the task.
Luckily, I have a water and slow, meadering stream in my settling. Water creeps down my water water thru layers of large rock, into the stream and slowly into my pond. I have many large and rugged rocks in my stream. Now my waterfall and stream is my main filter. Water is clean with a very slight green tone. Many koi nerd said that is good.
So, I will say put any filter to your pond, BUT put a good
waterfall and long meandering stream into your pond, and get as lazy as you want when come to cleaning your commercial filters.
Koi-ichis, please don't kill me, I know most of you consider waterfall and stream being 'water feature' that has no role in koi appreciation.
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