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MikeM
Believe me, I don't disagree with your idea. I think it's a very good one. There is a caviat to all this though. For the same reason manufacturers don't make recommendations to combine say, pumps to match certain other manufacturer's make of filters is - LIABILITY!!
The hobby has had an explosion of products over the past ten years that has clouded what was once a rather simple equation. Now, with vortexes, pressurized filters, Trickle towers (which we know have been around for years and still one of the most effective means of degassing), shower units, combined box filters (which don't really work) and the list goes on and on. Most are nothing more than gimmicks. What's a new hobbyist to do. Where does he go to get proper information on building a true, quality "koi pond"? As you say, many simply wait til it's too late before finding these forum boards.
While I said above, I think it's a good idea, what pond builder is going to open themselves up to 20 different and contradictory methods of trying to achieve the same results? And who are going to provide any trade secrets they may have discovered along the way that make them successful to others for free? Remember the thread last year about the discussion of, dare I say it, far infrared and the claims about it by Momotaro on the Bakki Shower thread? I think the same thing would happen here, only worse. It is definitely a conundrum and one I wish could be solved easily, but I'm afraid it won't happen. I hope, like you, that it does. I'm just not going to hold my breath!
Mike
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