I want to make sure nothing big gets sucked into the pump. I did this
originally to catch the big stuff so it would not get sucked into the pond.
The problem is it has to be cleaned to often. I want a big prefilter and
would not even need the ptrap at that point.
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Ponding is not exactly rocket science.

Why do you have a P-trap in the setup?





On Thu, 29 May 2003 19:51:18 -0500, "Chris" wrote:

This is my setup. An above ground 3000 gallon pond with a bottom drain
and
Oase 200 skimmer feeding a Sequence 3800 pump. Then the water is being
pumped into two one hundred gallon skippy filters back into the pond.
The
problem is the p-trap keeps getting clogged I have to unscrew and clean
twice a day. There is stuff that gets though the skimmer and sucked
through
the bottom drain into the ptrap basket and clogs it. The daily cleaning
doesn't bother me but makes it almost impossible to go on vacation. I am
thinknig of putting two bulkhead adapters into the side of the pond one
for
the skimmer and one for the bottom drain. Then running these lines into a
55
gallon drum towards the top. Keeping the water line a few inches below
the
top of the drum. Then hanging a 5 foot long mesh bag over each line so
the
bags will catch anything that comes in. The bags can be purchased down to
a
micron of my choice I think around 40 would be good maybe smaller if they
don't clog to fast. Then plumbing a two inch line to the ptrap of the
pump.
With bags this size I think I would not have to worry about the bags
clogging and I think they would provide adequate flow. Not to mention
they
are easy to clean. I could have a couple of spares on hand and change
them
and clean the dirty ones as needed. Does anyone see a prblem with this
idea?