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[noobfisher]

http://www.tractorsu...-40-gal-2229846
will this work for my biofilter i know nothing about lpde plastic is it strong enough or should i get one of the other ones on this page http://www.tractorsu...=&ip_perPage=20

[koiguy1969]

well rubber mades are tried and tested and perform well.. the biggest difference i know of is the rubbermades have the shelves molded in for setting your grids on. the other ones dont but thats an easy problem to solve.and the rubbermades seem to be a little thicker(sturdier) walled..but even my rubbermade i drain and lid it for the winter.

[noobfisher]

Went to Tractor supply company today they had a 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank for 69.99 and had 4 or 5 in stock. i have a 10% off coupon too so it will be around 62 dollars I cannot wait for the snow to leave and start working on my pond. BTW i got a stock tank de-icer from there at the beginning of winter and it is a thermostatically controlled one it was 25 dollars and i have not had any ice at all on my pond and we had a few really cold and windy days

[koiguy1969]

good deal !!!! are you gonna build it with a waterfall weir, and have it at ponds edge or locate it remotely & pipe it back to the pond?

[noobfisher]

it is going to be my waterfall ha I am going to build it up and set up on some cinder blocks and wrap the liner around the pvc exit/overflow pipe then build it up with rocks. Now i have to find a bunch of rocks

[koiguy1969]

thats the way i did mine but i made a waterfall weir instead of pipe outlet.. if it helps heres a couple pix and you can checkout
http://www.gardenpon...index.php?n=175
http://www.gardenpon...index.php?n=174
and in the DIY section i have a thread on my filters construction :
http://www.gardenpon...lter-t3083.html
without top stone on weir.. check out page 11 down the page a ways...
http://www.gardenpon...r-t3083p11.html
hope this helps

Edited by koiguy1969, 06 February 2010 - 09:51 PM.

[noobfisher]

i was going to stack rocks up and have a 2 1/2 " pvc pipe coming out to a pvc pipe with many small and several large holes drilled in it to split the water as it will be going into a stream and i wanted it to diffuse, but i do like the way you did yours have any pictures of how you made the WEIR portion of the outlet

[noobfisher]

nevermind i found the photo's and i like the idea dunno what im gonna do now one of the two ways both should work great