laurabeth
Laura
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Tea Colored / Brown Cloudy Water / general questions on if I'm doing things right
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laurabeth
Laura
Another Question - how far away can the filter be from the pond?
koiguy1969
GIGGETY-GIGGETY!!
depends on what pump your using, or gonna use...the further away the more head added. the higher and further away the more flow you lose.
laurabeth
Laura
OK great thanks. So basically I could play around with it and see what works and what doesn't.
laurabeth
Laura
OK. so. got the barrel. made a list. in the store buying everything and it seems like it's all adding up... so yeah, just went to a local water garden place. talked to the guy. bought a biological / mechanical filter thing for 150 bucks. saved ourselves time and energy and the supplies were costing more than 1/2 that.
Then we took some advice from the store (and this site) and got a better pump. 1,200gph. It is meant to be run 24/7 unlike the craftamn subpump we had been using. plus the waterfall has a crazy good flow now. Hello aeration!
I know the biological part of the filter will take some time, but the water is clearer than ever jsut from maybe the circulation we have now.
Also our previous pump was pretty much right under the waterfall, we moved the new one to the opposite end as suggested by the store and i think this site.
He also sold us water lettuce and some plants, Gave us a lot of tips for the plants we already have as well on how to get flowers to bloom etc.
He had a ton of ponds in the store and on the property with fish and they were all crystal clear so I trust the guy.
Thanks so much!!!
Then we took some advice from the store (and this site) and got a better pump. 1,200gph. It is meant to be run 24/7 unlike the craftamn subpump we had been using. plus the waterfall has a crazy good flow now. Hello aeration!
I know the biological part of the filter will take some time, but the water is clearer than ever jsut from maybe the circulation we have now.
Also our previous pump was pretty much right under the waterfall, we moved the new one to the opposite end as suggested by the store and i think this site.
He also sold us water lettuce and some plants, Gave us a lot of tips for the plants we already have as well on how to get flowers to bloom etc.
He had a ton of ponds in the store and on the property with fish and they were all crystal clear so I trust the guy.
Thanks so much!!!
koiguy1969
GIGGETY-GIGGETY!!
good luck with that... i can only say that i dont think theres any $150.00 store bought filter that will do any wheres near as good a job as one of the 55 gal or stocktank DIY designs...
laurabeth
Laura
haha i'm sure it's not as good! :bouncycig: I wasn't all too confident that I could handle the diy design anyway. But I have the barrel anyway now, and there's the whole winter to try to get that working for next year if I'm not happy with the results.