"jammer" wrote in message
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snips
I dont want any critters sucked in the bottom so i sat the pump in a
plastic bucket
and covered the bottom with screen. But i know think i need filtering
material if i dont want to pull it up and unclog it all the time, am i
right?

Hi,
If you don't want to keep taking it out to clean don't put anything in the
bucket with holes smaller than the particles the pump can pass. A layer of
river rock is cheap and will keep critters out of the pump. This can be
heavy so don't fill the bucket. You essentially will be drawing water at the
height of the bucket so the water should have less particulate. No filter is
permanent so it will have to be removed and rinsed occasionally.
hth -_- how

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