green pond, 1 small question.
 

I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

Joel.

green pond, 1 small question.
 

Superkitt wrote:
I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

You won't filter out the green with a mechanical filter: anything fine
enough to filter out the green will get blocked after a few moments.
Either play around with the plant load/shading etc. as recommended else
where or get a UV filter.

--
Matt Helliwell
www.helliwell.me.uk
matt at helliwell dot me dot uk

green pond, 1 small question.
 

IME, bug screening has made an excellent mechanical filter for my pond and
many others. Open Cell foam from Aquatic Eco-systems
http://www.aquaticeco.com/aquatic1v1...assitemid=3030
will sieve out suspended algae, but..... if you've got serious growth going
on, it can't keep up, even with once an hour turn around time. ~ jan

See my filter designs:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

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Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:55:29 GMT, Superkitt wrote:

I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

Joel.

green pond, 1 small question.
 

polyester batting. will need to replace as soon as the water flow slows down.
remember, that algae is busy, busy, busy, dividing in teh pond. Ingrid

Superkitt wrote:

I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

Joel.



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