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More pond advice please!
Hello all,
Thanks for the help with my recent posts. I am new to some aspects of 'ponding' and I have now got a question regarding filtration. My pond is quite small (250 gallons) but it would be nice to have reasonably clear water to see the goldfish, specially in the warmer months when I'm outside a lot of the time. A friend had donated an OASE Aquadex M6 pump but no UV or other filtration box and wondered what any of you might reccommend for my size of pond. Are Hozelock Bioforce any good for example? With this in mind can you also reccommend the best way to deter herons too as there is one that visits occasionally! Many thanks, John. |
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More pond advice please!
"JRB" wrote in message oups.com... Hello all, Thanks for the help with my recent posts. I am new to some aspects of 'ponding' and I have now got a question regarding filtration. My pond is quite small (250 gallons) but it would be nice to have reasonably clear water to see the goldfish, specially in the warmer months when I'm outside a lot of the time. A friend had donated an OASE Aquadex M6 pump but no UV or other filtration box and wondered what any of you might reccommend for my size of pond. Are Hozelock Bioforce any good for example? With this in mind can you also reccommend the best way to deter herons too as there is one that visits occasionally! ======================= I wont recommend a filter to clear the pond because I depend on plants to help shade the water and starve out the algae. My ponds, even the small 150 gallon ponds stay clear most of the time with just regular foam and screen filtering. As for herons. Someone will soon be along to tell you about the $80 water sprayer. This may work for herons but where there are herons there are usually fish eating bullfrogs, water snakes and perhaps even snapping turtles. The sprayer is useless against these predators, including the fish eating Kingfisher bird. We netted our ponds with fine black bird netting. Now we don't lose any fish at all. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: NEW PAGE: Aquariums: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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More pond advice please!
Thanks for the help with my recent posts. I am new to some aspects of
'ponding' and I have now got a question regarding filtration. My pond is quite small (250 gallons) but it would be nice to have reasonably clear water to see the goldfish, specially in the warmer months when I'm outside a lot of the time. A friend had donated an OASE Aquadex M6 pump but no UV or other filtration box and wondered what any of you might reccommend for my size of pond. Are Hozelock Bioforce any good for example? With this in mind can you also reccommend the best way to deter herons too as there is one that visits occasionally! John. Hi John, At my website www.jjspond.us click on *My Filter* and scroll to the bottom. There are 3 fake-flower-pot filters that work great for your size pond and get the filter out-of-the-pond. To protect the pump, clam shell it similar to this http://users.owt.com/jjspond/koipond/photos/set1/09.jpg in black mesh baskets (no other media). ~ jan ---------------- See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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More pond advice please!
Koi-lo wrote: ======================= I wont recommend a filter to clear the pond because I depend on plants to help shade the water and starve out the algae. My ponds, even the small 150 gallon ponds stay clear most of the time with just regular foam and screen filtering. In other words she doesn't know, but she was because of her attention Whoredom dieases she felt compelled to reply regardless. |
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