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hey everyone. ive been working on my pumps and filtration methods. i used
to pump about 8 gallons a minute through a somewhat thick filter material and within a week my pond was pretty clear. at the time the filtered water went directly into the pond from the filter material. now, i have about 10-15 gallons per minute cascading down a waterfall and the top is filled with hyacinth. there is no filter material now... when i use filter material (even with the old set up) i was cleaning the material almost everyday. i havnt had to change it all now with the hyacinth as my filters, but the pond is completely green now. what should i be doing in order to not be cleaning my filters everyday and get my pond back to being clean. The filer is about 1 foot off the bottom of the pond so it doesnt pick up any muck.. is this correct? any help is appreciated thanx! John |
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"John" wrote in message ... hey everyone. ive been working on my pumps and filtration methods. i used to pump about 8 gallons a minute through a somewhat thick filter material and within a week my pond was pretty clear. at the time the filtered water went directly into the pond from the filter material. now, i have about 10-15 gallons per minute cascading down a waterfall and the top is filled with hyacinth. there is no filter material now... when i use filter material (even with the old set up) i was cleaning the material almost everyday. i havnt had to change it all now with the hyacinth as my filters, but the pond is completely green now. what should i be doing in order to not be cleaning my filters everyday and get my pond back to being clean. The filer is about 1 foot off the bottom of the pond so it doesnt pick up any muck.. is this correct? any help is appreciated thanx! John Add aquazyme, and cut back on the fish food. |
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Air made the difference on my water.Grubbers link venturi is cheap,
uses otherwise wasted energy of the pump output, and is nonmaintaince. On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 19:43:06 GMT, "John" wrote: hey everyone. ive been working on my pumps and filtration methods. i used to pump about 8 gallons a minute through a somewhat thick filter material and within a week my pond was pretty clear. at the time the filtered water went directly into the pond from the filter material. now, i have about 10-15 gallons per minute cascading down a waterfall and the top is filled with hyacinth. there is no filter material now... when i use filter material (even with the old set up) i was cleaning the material almost everyday. i havnt had to change it all now with the hyacinth as my filters, but the pond is completely green now. what should i be doing in order to not be cleaning my filters everyday and get my pond back to being clean. The filer is about 1 foot off the bottom of the pond so it doesnt pick up any muck.. is this correct? any help is appreciated thanx! John |
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