Meyer Jordan
Tadpole
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2014
- Messages
- 7,177
- Reaction score
- 5,675
- Location
- Pensacola, Florida
- Hardiness Zone
- 9a
- Country
Tell us more about the pond itself. Capacity (gallons)? Number, type and size of fish.? Plants?
New to forum
- Thread starter Kevin Koloff
- Start date
16x20x2, approx 3500 gallons. Comet goldfish, roughley 3 dozen, 2 dozen put in 4 months ago.I have water lettuce now, and some water hycinths. This is it's third summer. I net it in the fall.
Sorry - no help. We don't have a biofilter or a skimmer on our pond. But Meyer will walk you through it!
Meyer Jordan
Tadpole
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2014
- Messages
- 7,177
- Reaction score
- 5,675
- Location
- Pensacola, Florida
- Hardiness Zone
- 9a
- Country
You say that this pond is at an elementary school. Does anyone at the school perform periodic inspection of the filter mat and skimmer basket and empty and/or clean when needed or is this done only when there is a problem?
Sorry for all of the questions but I am trying to get a general idea of the complete picture surrounding the operation of this pond.
Sorry for all of the questions but I am trying to get a general idea of the complete picture surrounding the operation of this pond.
I take care of it.
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2012
- Messages
- 7,046
- Reaction score
- 7,240
- Location
- Water Valley, Alberta
- Showcase(s):
- 1
- Hardiness Zone
- 2a
- Country
If you increased the pump gph by 30%, perhaps it's a combination of an out of level waterfall filter and/or waterfall filter that can't handle that water volume.
Try removing all the filter material and see if it still overflows.
.
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2011
- Messages
- 7,257
- Reaction score
- 4,819
- Location
- near Effingham, Illinois
- Hardiness Zone
- 5b
Is there any way (easily) that you can lift the back part of your waterfall filter contraption, so the water HAS to go out the front, vs running out the back? Is it possible that the waterfall unit has sunk some in the back, thus causing the water to have more of a chance to drain out that direction? If not, maybe you can make some type of "runoff" area, that when/if it goes out the back, it runs into something (piece of liner, etc.) that will direct the runoff back to the front and into the pond.