I have a pond that I inherited when I bought a house 8 years ago. I think I have finally fixed the water loss problem left by the prior owner (I was having to run a full hose for 20 minutes every 2 days to keep it full). Now that I don’t have to do that, I’d like to consider fish. The prior owner didn’t have fish.
My pond has an external pump about 30 feet away from the skimmer box with underground pipes and cycles it to an upper “bucket” from underneath that produces the first waterfall when it overflows. Inside the waterfall bucket are 4 flat horsehair-type filters stacked on top of each other. These were there from the prior owner. I think they provide a biological function that help support a natural environment. The water flows about 25 feet to the large, main pond which is 4-5 feet deep depending on location. There are no other filters other than a plastic basket in the primer pot and a plastic filter on the end of the pipe in the skimmer box to prevent leaves. Can I succeed with fish without any other filtration?…UV, etc? I wouldn’t know how to add this to my system if necessary. Thank you.
My pond has an external pump about 30 feet away from the skimmer box with underground pipes and cycles it to an upper “bucket” from underneath that produces the first waterfall when it overflows. Inside the waterfall bucket are 4 flat horsehair-type filters stacked on top of each other. These were there from the prior owner. I think they provide a biological function that help support a natural environment. The water flows about 25 feet to the large, main pond which is 4-5 feet deep depending on location. There are no other filters other than a plastic basket in the primer pot and a plastic filter on the end of the pipe in the skimmer box to prevent leaves. Can I succeed with fish without any other filtration?…UV, etc? I wouldn’t know how to add this to my system if necessary. Thank you.
