New to ponds need a little advice

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Good morning everyone (Afternoon/Night for you folks not in my time zone)

Here is the deal, I am in the planning phase for building an above ground wooden pond. Interior dimension will be roughly 5' x 4' x 3' (water depth). That gives me a volume of about 450 gallons. The dimension will change by a few inches due to space requirements and I am guessing I will end up with a total filled volume of 300 to 350 gallons.

The design of the pond will be almost identical to this.

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Which came from this thread
https://www.gardenpondforum.com/my-basement-pond-project-t3120p2.html

Since I have been keeping various tanks for years (Salt, Fresh, Planted, turtle, etc...) I have a wide variety of random pumps available to me, I just need to get an idea of the GPH I should be pushing through my filter. The filter will be a 30 gallon scruby filter, would that be the right size for this?

Also, Would I need additional circulation pumps?

Thank you in advance for any assistance that you can provide.
 

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They like you to post your first post in the introduction thread so we can get to know you a bit before you post in other threads and give you a proper welcome. Then we will get right on to your questions, lickity split :cool:
 
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j.w said:
They like you to post your first post in the introduction thread so we can get to know you a bit before you post in other threads and give you a proper welcome. Then we will get right on to your questions, lickity split :cool:


Reposted in the introduction area, thank you
 

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That will be a neat pond when you get yours built
 
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addy1 said:
That will be a neat pond when you get yours built

Thank you. I am actually building for my Mom. She has always done large planters with a couple gold fish and plants in it. After talking with her I decided I would build her a pond, she told me where she wanted it and I starting planning.
 

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That is so great of you, bet your mom will be really happy
 

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Very nice of you to do that for mom, BGJ. You're a good kid :regular_waving_emot
 

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