"Lostin1999" wrote in message
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has anyone in the UK built a skippy filter??

if so where did you source the Media?? im seriously considering building
one (for my 1000 gallon) pond but feel by the time ive paid postage to the
UK (and duty etc) any savings made by using a skippy will be lost..

TIA for any help

Lost


The circular floor scrubbers that cleaners use with floor buffing machines
would probably do the trick.

http://secure.chapelcleaning.co.uk/shop/shop_1.php

I have a couple in an upflow barrel filter that the cleaner at work let me
'borrow', so I know that they're fish-safe.

:-)

HTH

The circular floor scrubbers that cleaners use with floor buffing machines
would probably do the trick.

Yep, they will.
Just cut them up into smaller pieces and toss in the bottom of the
filter.
If you have anything like a Dollar Tree store, you can get packages of
scrubbers that work too.

Also, hair curlers that have the hairy points all over works too.

I also threw small pieces of old PVC pipe in my filter media.

Lost
If you have a DIY home center similar to our Home Depot(on this side of
the "Big Pond") or a local roofing man see if they have anything like
"Cobra Vent" See URL's below.



Repost of 5/22 post

Check out your local Home Depot for a product called "Cobra vent".
It comes in 11.8"(299mm) wide X 20'(6.1m)long X .75"(19mm)thick roll.
It is a non woven matrix of polyester fibers bonded together.
I have used it in all of my filters and pumps, for a year now, with no
side effects. It is really stiff and easily washes out.

Some info on the product:
http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ccmc/registry/10/12961_e.pdf

http://www.accurateroofing.com/cobra.htm

Chagoi
Mike
http://ourkoipond.com



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In article , "Lostin1999"
writes:

has anyone in the UK built a skippy filter??

if so where did you source the Media?

my filter has the cheap netting you buy in a fabric store (like you'd use for a
veil, but coarser), and furnace filters, lava rock and cotton quilt batting.
works great.

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