"Bonnie" wrote in message
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BenignVanilla wrote:
This is probably a better question for alt.fishtanks, but I figure I
know
you people better, and I live it here...


My tank sits on a table of sorts and is 3 feet or so off the ground.
There
is a staircase behind it so building a filter above it, and letting it
gravity feed back into the tank could be problematic. Letting the tank
gravity feed down to the filter and then pump back up to the tank would
be
problematic (I think?) because then the tank can conceiveably drain.

So where do I go from here?

BV.
My indoor pond is 40 gallons. I use a slotted planting
basket set in a milkcrate. The pump in inside the milk
crate with a piece of pvc attached to the pump, it goes up
through the milk crate and then through a tower of lava
rock. The basket is filled with bioballs and surrounded
with blue furnace filter.
This is the second year I've used this setup and I'm happy
with the sound and the effectiveness. There are 2 large
fantails and 2 first year fantails in this pond. I do
weekly water changes. The only plant in the pond now is
a peace lily.
With you diy skills I'm sure you could dream up a nice
setup yourself.

So is this sitting IN your pond?

BV.