Here's a suggestion, you can buy a pool pump and connect an inline leaf
strainer, that will pick up fine debris. Put the intake hose into the pool,
the leaf strainer will be located in between the intake hose and the pool
pump. After this done have the output of the pump feed back into the pool.
This is not going to cost you a bundle.
"Lara Hart" wrote in message
...
I'm not a pool expert, but I have been maintaining my own 27,000 gallon
pool
on my own--including purchasing and installing a new filter system for my
pool.

I would suggest a spa cartridge filter. They aren't as expensive as the
others, i.e., d.e. and sand, and probably small enough to use your
existing
pump. What horsepower does your current pump have?

Lara

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...
I figger we're all geeks about large masses of water and filters, so
it'd
be
OK to ask you guys...

Last year we got one of those inflatable 15 foot Wallmart pools. I
chuckled
about it at first, until I realized they are perfect. Set up in the
summer,
take down in the fall. Shallow enough for my 3 year old to feel
comforttable, and perfect for me to sit with my above the water line.
The
problem with this thing is that the little paper filter system does not
work. I am thinking of buying a "real" pool filter to keep it clean. I
realize the filter will probably cost as much as the pool did, but if it
save maintenance time, that is fine with me.

Any ideas on how big of a system I would need?

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com