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Hi All -
I have a close friend who just purchased a house on Long Island with an existing pond. The size is 23' x 11' x 18" depth averaging about 15" ... Tough to estimate but probably 1700 - 2000 gallons.
So it has one of the tiny clogged Tetra filters with a worthless Tetra UV low voltage. The pond is soup and the fish are thriving. Testing the water, all parameters are amazing good with no pH buffer.
SOOO - She can't afford to do my setup with GcTek Alpha One bio filter, pre-fillter, maindrain and so on ... So I told her I build something more cost effective. I'm using a poly 55 gallon drum with a removable cover, 3 bulkheads, 1-1/2" input with a gravity fed 2" return. All the piping, various media and 2 Matala cut filters are no brainers but here's the QUESTION:
She wants to spend $'s on a good UV so I am using an Aqua UV 50 watt with 2" input and output. I run the same on my system. I swear by them.
Being the UV naturally always goes at the end return to the pond and this is gravity fed, can the UV go before the 55 gallon drum or do you think being it's 2" going back to the pond, it will easily gravity feed through the UV at the end ???
T H A N K S SO M U C H !!!! >>>
I have a close friend who just purchased a house on Long Island with an existing pond. The size is 23' x 11' x 18" depth averaging about 15" ... Tough to estimate but probably 1700 - 2000 gallons.
So it has one of the tiny clogged Tetra filters with a worthless Tetra UV low voltage. The pond is soup and the fish are thriving. Testing the water, all parameters are amazing good with no pH buffer.
SOOO - She can't afford to do my setup with GcTek Alpha One bio filter, pre-fillter, maindrain and so on ... So I told her I build something more cost effective. I'm using a poly 55 gallon drum with a removable cover, 3 bulkheads, 1-1/2" input with a gravity fed 2" return. All the piping, various media and 2 Matala cut filters are no brainers but here's the QUESTION:
She wants to spend $'s on a good UV so I am using an Aqua UV 50 watt with 2" input and output. I run the same on my system. I swear by them.
Being the UV naturally always goes at the end return to the pond and this is gravity fed, can the UV go before the 55 gallon drum or do you think being it's 2" going back to the pond, it will easily gravity feed through the UV at the end ???
T H A N K S SO M U C H !!!! >>>