"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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For an easy quick-to-make easy to clean filter you can wrap a Beckett pump
loosely in window screen and drop it into a 2g black flower pot. Fill pot
up with pea gravel, drop in pond, plug it in.... VOILA! :-)

Why on earth would you suggest pea gravel? Might as well suggest lava
rock...It's got an incredibly poor surface area to mass ratio, difficult to
clean and you end up spilling the pea gravel in the pond anyways.

If you're going to buy window screen material to wrap the pump, buy a few
more yards and cram as much of it as you can into the pot. It's light,
fairly inexpensive and a breeze to clean. Just lay it out on the lawn or
sidewalk, and blast with a hose.

I won't comment on the suggestion of beckett pumps, since brand and pump
choice is a religious issue.