mine came with a leafbasket which has holes of about 4to6mm but im
afraid ill whip up the solids with just that
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:33:35 GMT, "Pat"
wrote:

Thanks Bill and Phill for the feedback.

1200gph is a conservative guess, so I think the Laguna would work. I'm just
a little wary of the filtering needs. We would really like something
reasonably low maintenance since, with three kids to chase after, we keep
pretty busy! :^)

Our original thought was that a "solids pump" like the Aquamax or Titan
would best fit the "low maintenance" bill, but based on responses here its
sounds like a conventional pump with the right home-made filter could be
reasonably easy as well. If our original pump were still working, we would
definitely go this route, but since we're having to replace the pump, its a
little harder to decide. Even with a solids pumps, we'll still likely have
a filter "sock" or such at the outlet. But that should be easy to empty
every so often, assuming that's all we really need to keep the pond clean.

Thanks again for help. -Pat


bluegill phil wrote in message
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My strainer is a 4in frenchdrain grill glued into a 4in elbow which is
reduced to my pump inlet. The frenchdrain part which points down is in
a cheap small clothshamper with filter media packed around and under
the frenchdrain and the whole thing is wraped with the media. The
media I use is in the fabric section at walmart. Its something like
nylon black fine perforated kids costume material. It was very cheap
is a little to fine for my volume 6600gh but I still only have to
clean everyother week.My pump is below water level connected by
bulkhead to a foot or 2 straight pipe all joints glued but I didnt
glue the elbow to the straight pipe. I remove it to clean.