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Filtration?
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Destroyallx
2004-05-15 04:11:22 UTC
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hey everyone. i have been constantly researching and working on my new
outdoor pond. its 13x13 round and about 16-18 inches deep. There is no
natural shade to my pond, so im adding lots of lilly pads and other plants
to help that.
ok, as of right now... the pond is a green/brown color and doesnt seem to
be clearing what so ever. Whats the best way to fiter a pond.
right now i have 2 pretty strong pumps pushing water up into a large
container lined with filter material with a large hole in the side to allow
the filtered water to exit the container into my river/waterfall.
is there a better way, without buying a system, to filer my water? or is
this just a matter of time?
thanx!!
Tumbleweed
2004-05-15 23:57:44 UTC
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Post by Destroyallx
hey everyone. i have been constantly researching and working on my new
outdoor pond. its 13x13 round and about 16-18 inches deep. There is no
natural shade to my pond, so im adding lots of lilly pads and other plants
to help that.
ok, as of right now... the pond is a green/brown color and doesnt seem to
be clearing what so ever. Whats the best way to fiter a pond.
right now i have 2 pretty strong pumps pushing water up into a large
container lined with filter material with a large hole in the side to allow
the filtered water to exit the container into my river/waterfall.
is there a better way, without buying a system, to filer my water? or is
this just a matter of time?
thanx!!
Until you have shade you are likely to get a green pond the algae is very
small and goes through filters.
UV light definitely works to reduce it though (causes it to clump together
so the filter catches it).
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Oxymel_of_Squill
2004-05-16 15:52:15 UTC
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Post by Tumbleweed
Until you have shade you are likely to get a green pond the algae is very
small and goes through filters.
UV light definitely works to reduce it though (causes it to clump together
so the filter catches it).
and barley straw, I have pads of it on the waterfall so all the water gets
filtered through it. It's such good stuff that the EU is rumoured to be
attempting to ban it, not because it doesn't work or because anyone has died
of it but because no one knows how it works.
Jon

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