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Fluid Bed Filter?
Hi all,
I've been reading a bit about a "Fluid Bed Filter" with coral sand in it. The sand is supposed to swirl around inside the tube. Apparently you can make a pressurized vessel type as well so that you can still pump water to a waterfall. Would one of these work alone or do you have to use them in conjunction with another filter type? And UV light filters? I'm new to the fish pond arena, (500 gal), and it seems to be turning into a lot more hassel than it needs to be. I'm pretty sure I'm doing it not quite right. Any ideas or help here? Information, websites, etc. Thanks, Mark Thanks, Mark |
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Fluid Bed Filter?
Yes the water entering a fluid bed filter has to go threw mechanical
filtration first to take out most of the solids. But for a 500gallon pond its probebly a bit accesive you would be fine with a bog standard filter from the water garden centre just go for one that says it will do up to a 1000 or a 1500 gallon pond and you should have no problems with a filter larger than you actually need it will require far less cleaning and you would be able to stock to a higher level. In my first pond (500g) I had for six years several koi 3 largest 18inch each and dozens of goldfish and with the filter being far bigger than actually required we never had any problems. Jon "Mark T." wrote in message ... Hi all, I've been reading a bit about a "Fluid Bed Filter" with coral sand in it. The sand is supposed to swirl around inside the tube. Apparently you can make a pressurized vessel type as well so that you can still pump water to a waterfall. Would one of these work alone or do you have to use them in conjunction with another filter type? And UV light filters? I'm new to the fish pond arena, (500 gal), and it seems to be turning into a lot more hassel than it needs to be. I'm pretty sure I'm doing it not quite right. Any ideas or help here? Information, websites, etc. Thanks, Mark Thanks, Mark |
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Thanks, Jon.
So then I would actually need 2 pumps? One to run the water from the pond to a bog filter and another to take it from the bog filter and pressurize it for the waterfall? The pond is below ground level. The bog filter would be sitting on the ground and be supplied by pump #1. Then I need pump #2 from the bog filter, through the closed system fluid bed filter up to the waterfall, about 3' higher than the pond. My waterfall is fed from a 1" tube manifold which is hidden inside the waterfall. From the manifold are (7) - 1/8" dia. tube lines to various outlets hidden within the waterfall. I like to keep all the mechanical components as hidden from view as possible. Any ideas are appreciated. I do not want to add more complexity than necessary. "In pond" filters are a colossil pain I've dealt with for about 2 years and would like to eliminate it altogether. Mark "jon" wrote in message ... Yes the water entering a fluid bed filter has to go threw mechanical filtration first to take out most of the solids. But for a 500gallon pond its probebly a bit accesive you would be fine with a bog standard filter from the water garden centre just go for one that says it will do up to a 1000 or a 1500 gallon pond and you should have no problems with a filter larger than you actually need it will require far less cleaning and you would be able to stock to a higher level. In my first pond (500g) I had for six years several koi 3 largest 18inch each and dozens of goldfish and with the filter being far bigger than actually required we never had any problems. |
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Mark T. wrote: Thanks, Jon. So then I would actually need 2 pumps? One to run the water from the pond to a bog filter and another to take it from the bog filter and pressurize it for the waterfall? The pond is below ground level. The bog filter would be sitting on the ground and be supplied by pump #1. Then I need pump #2 from the bog filter, through the closed system fluid bed filter up to the waterfall, about 3' higher than the pond. My waterfall is fed from a 1" tube manifold which is hidden inside the waterfall. From the manifold are (7) - 1/8" dia. tube lines to various outlets hidden within the waterfall. I like to keep all the mechanical components as hidden from view as possible. Any ideas are appreciated. I do not want to add more complexity than necessary. "In pond" filters are a colossil pain I've dealt with for about 2 years and would like to eliminate it altogether. Mark Mark can you have the waterfall dump into the bog, and then run into the pond? thats what i have see my website proj 2003 for a better idea of what i mean John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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Fluid Bed Filter?
Hi Mark,
Several of us have our filters on our websites. You can either use what we did or make changes (smaller/larger) to fit your situation. On my website, if you click to *My Filter* and scroll down you will find a flower pot filter that could be mounted at the top of a water fall or just behind one. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website On Fri, 23 May 2003 20:54:04 GMT, "Mark T." wrote: Thanks, Jon. So then I would actually need 2 pumps? One to run the water from the pond to a bog filter and another to take it from the bog filter and pressurize it for the waterfall? The pond is below ground level. The bog filter would be sitting on the ground and be supplied by pump #1. Then I need pump #2 from the bog filter, through the closed system fluid bed filter up to the waterfall, about 3' higher than the pond. My waterfall is fed from a 1" tube manifold which is hidden inside the waterfall. From the manifold are (7) - 1/8" dia. tube lines to various outlets hidden within the waterfall. I like to keep all the mechanical components as hidden from view as possible. Any ideas are appreciated. I do not want to add more complexity than necessary. "In pond" filters are a colossil pain I've dealt with for about 2 years and would like to eliminate it altogether. Mark "jon" wrote in message ... Yes the water entering a fluid bed filter has to go threw mechanical filtration first to take out most of the solids. But for a 500gallon pond its probebly a bit accesive you would be fine with a bog standard filter from the water garden centre just go for one that says it will do up to a 1000 or a 1500 gallon pond and you should have no problems with a filter larger than you actually need it will require far less cleaning and you would be able to stock to a higher level. In my first pond (500g) I had for six years several koi 3 largest 18inch each and dozens of goldfish and with the filter being far bigger than actually required we never had any problems. |
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Thanks for the great information and links folks!
It appears I've got some purchasing, constructing and installing of more components to do. Mark T. |
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Fluid Bed Filter?
Hi, and thanks for all the good data!
It seems it's like the wild west as far as filter systems go. Anything goes. That's what makes it fun, I think. I've searched around and seem some info. on fluid bed filters, and it appears that you can use them as a primary filter for ponds up to 2,000 Gal., U.S. I just have a 500 gal. pond. But, I'd sure hate to spend the time building the thing and still have to go and build another multi tier filter. Does anyone have any direct experience with the fluid bed filters? Like I stated in a previous part of this thread, I need to pressurize it due to having to force water through a multi-ported manifold for my waterfall. Thanks, Mark |
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Mark T. wrote:
... Does anyone have any direct experience with the fluid bed filters? Like I stated in a previous part of this thread, I need to pressurize it due to having to force water through a multi-ported manifold for my waterfall. Here is a page of homemade / DIY filters: http://www.mikebentley.com/ponds/homemadefilters.htm On that page there is a link to a DIY fluid bed filter for a pond; the size of the pond seems to have been 500 gal (found a page referring to "new pond"). http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.webster1/ HTH -- zookeeper |
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