"Snooze" wrote in message
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"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?

Because everyone can easily find it everywhere. The smaller the better.

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.

Sorry but I haven't had any problems like that. I also use lavarock but
it's harder to clean as it clogs.

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.

That will also work. :-)

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've had the screen come up and not stay in the pots so have switched to
plain small pea gravel. The pea gravel's weight also keeps the filter pot
in place.

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