I am in the planning stages of a pond I hope to start building in the spring. At the moment the pond will be in my front yard, right of my the paver walkway going to my front door. I have the space to add a 10 x 15 pond with a small water feature. The yard is level so i dont want to build it up too much and thinking just a small drop into the pond. I will be adding various plants, lillies and probably starting with comets to see how they do from a predator standpoint. I will be adding shelves and rock to completely hide the liner.
Due to wanting to keep it somewhat confined to a "smaller area" I have been looking at the skimmer box / waterfall filter box combos. I totally get the importance of the skimmer to remove large debri and some mechanical filtration, before it can decompose on the pond bottom. Where I am getting hung up is the need for the large water fall filter boxes that seem to have the primary purpose of bio-filtration. Most likely I will need to bury one of these units at least halfaway below the surface in order for a more natural look.
In a pond with tons of rock and not just the bare liner isnt there plenty of surface area for nitrifying bacteria to colonize? What is the purpose of needing additonal biological filtration in the waterfall filter or "Bio Falls" as on manufacturer calls it? Or, is it really just an additional mechanical filtration based upon the media you add to it?
I really like the idea of the intake bay/zero edge and bog filtration just dont know if i want to dedicate the space these need to function properly.
Due to wanting to keep it somewhat confined to a "smaller area" I have been looking at the skimmer box / waterfall filter box combos. I totally get the importance of the skimmer to remove large debri and some mechanical filtration, before it can decompose on the pond bottom. Where I am getting hung up is the need for the large water fall filter boxes that seem to have the primary purpose of bio-filtration. Most likely I will need to bury one of these units at least halfaway below the surface in order for a more natural look.
In a pond with tons of rock and not just the bare liner isnt there plenty of surface area for nitrifying bacteria to colonize? What is the purpose of needing additonal biological filtration in the waterfall filter or "Bio Falls" as on manufacturer calls it? Or, is it really just an additional mechanical filtration based upon the media you add to it?
I really like the idea of the intake bay/zero edge and bog filtration just dont know if i want to dedicate the space these need to function properly.