"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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Gareee© wrote:

"Roy" wrote in message
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AZ ponds has free
shipping on Mag Drives right now so they would be cheaper by far.

I'm looking there, but don't see the danners under internal or external
pond pumps. I'll keep checking.

Danner is the manufacturer, and it's not often clearly noted. Look for
"Supreme"

Will do.


Would it be better to use a splitter, and use the mag to drive water
through a uv filter, and the stream/falls separately?

I noticed some of the uv filters are 4 ft long.. how do you guys hide
them?

Turn them off and they hide in the green water :-)

I just can't see the point of a UV clarifier (it's not a filter). Good
housekeeping will keep a pond clear _enough_. Even less would I consider
UV for a preformed pond - it's just overkill (literally).

I don't have a preformed, I have a liner pond, 12x13x3-4 feet deep. The
problem is I can;t seem to find local supplies of pond plants to get a good
surface coverage. (I'm in the boon docks) I'd say other then my iria and
lillies, 100% of my surface coverage is because of the generosity of group
members, and I can only really take advantage of that once others have
surplus plants.

My pond gets about 6 hours full sun, and if I could find a local resource
for major plant stocking I would, but I'm lucky if the lowe's here gets
enough that won't dies off right away.

It's been 2 years, and without resorting to artifical shade covering options
(which ruin the natural look of ponds, IMHO, I've had green water probably
80% of the spring/summer/fall months.

If I get crappy weather for a few weeks, the algae dies off, and the filter
clears it, but once I have sunny weather again, I'll get more algae again
after a few days.


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