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I'm back - with a filter question
Wow, I have off this ng for a long time. This is Gary from San
Diego/Carlsbad area. To you long timers, I used to go by Wallygator and AbbeyRoad a long, long time ago. Here is my pond question that I hope someone can answer. I have a 2500 gallon pond with Sequence 1/4 hp, and Aqua Ultra filter and UV It was installed a few years back and was wonderful until this year. As the fish have grown, the filter has clogged and now it is a quite a challenge to keep the pond crystal clear. In fact, the pond used to be swimming pool clear, but is not closer to city park pond - meaning about a foot of visability. Local pond stores are telling me to upgrade both filter and pump. The are recommending the 1/2 hp Sequence 7200 and the larger Aqua filter that is made for a 4000 gallon pond. I totally understand the supersize concept, and if cost were no object that is a good solution. But here are my questions: 1. I was thinking of just upgrading the pump for now to get better flow for the waterfall. Any problems you can see with keeping the existing "undersized" filter and just backwashing daily? 2. The current filter is pretty clogged. I could take it apart, but that is a huge mess. Do you believe the pond store that is telling me that a 1/2hp pump will blow out all the poop and eliminate me mucking with this? I am trying to avoid taking the filter apart unless I have to. Any other advice? Thanks all, Gary |
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