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Waterfalls and filtration
I'm in the process of building a pond with a waterfalls. When you have a falls,
does the water need less filtration? I know that natural streams tend to clean themselves. My falls will be about 5' high and fall in 6 steps at about 1000 gal/hr. Dave http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave |
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Waterfalls and filtration
Hi Dave,
When you have a falls, does the water need less filtration? It is more a function of how many fish, and what kind, you have in the pond. I have very few goldfish in 3,000 gallons and use water hyacinths in the top reservoir of my waterfall and watercress planted at the bottom of my waterfall to filter my pond. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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Waterfalls and filtration
"DavesVideo" wrote in message ... I'm in the process of building a pond with a waterfalls. When you have a falls, does the water need less filtration? I know that natural streams tend to clean themselves. My falls will be about 5' high and fall in 6 steps at about 1000 gal/hr. Your falls will work to keep the water circulated which is good because still water can stagnate. It'll also help to aerate the water as it moves among the rocks of the falls. Finally, the rocks will provide surface area for bio bugs to help clean the water. It won't, however, be a replacement for proper filtering, and as kathy already posted, it's all about your fish load. BV. |
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Waterfalls and filtration
If you do plan on adding a filter one way to go is with Atlantic
Filterfalls with Spring Flo as your bio media. They have about 6-7 sizes available. |
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