Hi everyone,
I’ve been going over my pond design and trying to work out a Filtration and return plan and have come up with the attached. Those who followed my first thread will notice a change in the design, this was to make the pond more formal and aesthetically pleasing.
A quick breakdown of the picture is as follows
Each BD, filter system and type of return is colour coded and will run independently of the other.
Red – BD 3 x200 Ltr Drum Filter system 2 x TPR
Blue – BD 3 x 200 Ltr Drum Filter system 2 x water walls (see attached picture)
Each individual filter system will comprise of a settlement drum to a bio filter drum to a fines/polishing filter drum back into the pond.
My Questions are:
Is 2 BD’s overkill or should I settle on one centralised BD and point TPR’s towards it and still run the 6 drums as 1 complete filtering system?
Will 2 TPR’s, one in each direction suffice or should I add a second making a total of 4 TPR’s?
Will the water walls add enough air to the water or will I need to add some via some form of aeration?
Also as I live in Victoria, Australia where Koi (carp)are classed as a noxious animal and therefore illegal to own, so it will be only goldfish can I reduce the depth to 80cm (approx 32in) or should I keep it at 1 meter (approx 40in)
Thanks
John
I’ve been going over my pond design and trying to work out a Filtration and return plan and have come up with the attached. Those who followed my first thread will notice a change in the design, this was to make the pond more formal and aesthetically pleasing.
A quick breakdown of the picture is as follows
Each BD, filter system and type of return is colour coded and will run independently of the other.
Red – BD 3 x200 Ltr Drum Filter system 2 x TPR
Blue – BD 3 x 200 Ltr Drum Filter system 2 x water walls (see attached picture)
Each individual filter system will comprise of a settlement drum to a bio filter drum to a fines/polishing filter drum back into the pond.
My Questions are:
Is 2 BD’s overkill or should I settle on one centralised BD and point TPR’s towards it and still run the 6 drums as 1 complete filtering system?
Will 2 TPR’s, one in each direction suffice or should I add a second making a total of 4 TPR’s?
Will the water walls add enough air to the water or will I need to add some via some form of aeration?
Also as I live in Victoria, Australia where Koi (carp)are classed as a noxious animal and therefore illegal to own, so it will be only goldfish can I reduce the depth to 80cm (approx 32in) or should I keep it at 1 meter (approx 40in)
Thanks
John