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What gallonage of pool.
What sort of fish?
My neighbour has a pond of about 400 gallons with goldfish. He has an impressive waterfall and 6000lph pump which passes through something similar. But there is a foam filter in it. You can turn off the pump close the inlet and outlet and open a drain cock. Then a push-down handle compresses the foam and forces the crud out through a pipe into a garden border. You can repeat the process a few times. It also has a UV in it.
It can be dismantled (the top comes off) for more thorough cleaning.
It works quite well, but I'd suggest it's only good for small pools. It's more work than there is maintaining my 2500 gall koi pool.
What gallonage of pool.
What sort of fish?
My neighbour has a pond of about 400 gallons with goldfish. He has an impressive waterfall and 6000lph pump which passes through something similar. But there is a foam filter in it. You can turn off the pump close the inlet and outlet and open a drain cock. Then a push-down handle compresses the foam and forces the crud out through a pipe into a garden border. You can repeat the process a few times. It also has a UV in it.
It can be dismantled (the top comes off) for more thorough cleaning.
It works quite well, but I'd suggest it's only good for small pools. It's more work than there is maintaining my 2500 gall koi pool.
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never had luck with those type filters .Maybe if you only have 1 or 2 fish it may work .I had to flush the ones I had with built in uv 4 or 5 times a day and they had sponges and bio balls .They smelled like a sewer when I opened them they smelled like a sewer and I had them going to a regular filter I built for the pond
The advice I'd give anyone before building a pond. Is to build a concrete collar first, before you dig it out. For most small pools six inches wide by 4" deep will be enough. In this way you can get it perfectly level. You'll also make less mess when you're digging it out and you won't be treading down the edges. You can choose what you edge it with later. Even a few flat bit of paving just placed over the edge of a liner trapped between them and the collar will be enough, you won't even have to cement them down.
But finish the edge high enough to make sure any runoff from an adjacent lawn can't run into the pool. In case you've used some moss kill or whatever on it and it's then rained.
You should also construct an overflow, a small length of pipe at the top of the collar, with a bit of hosepipe connected leading to a border. Or in the case of my kooi pool a 1.5" pipe leading to a house drain.
This means you can trickle change the water in the pool overnight if it ever goes a bit murky.
But finish the edge high enough to make sure any runoff from an adjacent lawn can't run into the pool. In case you've used some moss kill or whatever on it and it's then rained.
You should also construct an overflow, a small length of pipe at the top of the collar, with a bit of hosepipe connected leading to a border. Or in the case of my kooi pool a 1.5" pipe leading to a house drain.
This means you can trickle change the water in the pool overnight if it ever goes a bit murky.
I wasn't going to mention this in case it puts anyone off. But I had to go and sort it for him earlier this year, as he'd dismantled it for cleaning and it leaked when he put the top back on. The spring catch wasn't holding as the "O" ring was knackered. I sealed it with some silicone.
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yep another problem is it can rack also .Put mine back in the box and they have been in the box now for 6 years I think .They were really cheap on sale but not worth even that price .Plus I built my pond way bigger since .Koi get huge really huge and if I had known that back in 2004 I would have not gotten them .Lucky they were dirt cheap at only a couple of dollars each
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they have babies and that is where over stocking comes from a lot of the times .You start with 3 this year and next year you may have 23 fish
What type of filter do you have?
Don't take this the wrong way, but do you not trust the person who's installing your pond? I'm just curious why you're second guessing his advice and asking a bunch of people on the internet that you don't know at all.
WOW! When you get to be my age you tend to question what people try to sell you or give you advice.Every Pond Co. uses what they can buy at a good price. By asking strangers on this forum who have or had the items i am asking about, it's like getting a Review. So if you can't give any help-full advise then you shouldn't reply.
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If you are seeking an all in one, low maintenance filter, I think this one is fine. Lots of folks begin with something similar and may upgrade over time as their fish or pond grow.
Only a suggestion, but I'd start with gold fish ( shebunkin and comets ) until you get the hang of things, they create less waste then koi....so the filter will require less maintenance,
Only a suggestion, but I'd start with gold fish ( shebunkin and comets ) until you get the hang of things, they create less waste then koi....so the filter will require less maintenance,