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Rubbermaid pump bio/prefilter
I am wanting to make a biological prefilter out of a large flat
rubbermade container using some coarse and medium density pads and springflo for the bio medium. The pre-filter will be placed at the bottom of my pond. Pondmaster and little giant sell theirs for around $60 for a SMALL 12 x 12 or 12 x 24 size...but they look very easy to make. Anyone have any links? TIA |
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"matrix j" wrote in message
... I am wanting to make a biological prefilter out of a large flat rubbermade container using some coarse and medium density pads and springflo for the bio medium. The pre-filter will be placed at the bottom of my pond. I have the Tetra PF1 in the in-pond intake filter version from eBay for $61 from reefboy0001 including S&H. If your labor is worth anything to you this is a good deal. It cleared all the sediment out of the water in short order. It has bioballs, a carbon pad, and a white poly pad. I added poly quilting. One strange thing did happen. We had a big storm and when I returned home the intake filter basket was floating in the pond. The neighbor had switched off the pump, so it was okay. I never did figure out what made the tub float to the surface. A big rock and two 1/2" [1 cm] holes in the bottom should fix that without compromising the flow rate. -- Crashj |
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"matrix j" wrote in message
... I am wanting to make a biological prefilter out of a large flat rubbermade container using some coarse and medium density pads and springflo for the bio medium. The pre-filter will be placed at the bottom of my pond. I have the Tetra PF1 in the in-pond intake filter version from eBay for $61 from reefboy0001 including S&H. If your labor is worth anything to you this is a good deal. It cleared all the sediment out of the water in short order. It has bioballs, a carbon pad, and a white poly pad. I added poly quilting. One strange thing did happen. We had a big storm and when I returned home the intake filter basket was floating in the pond. The neighbor had switched off the pump, so it was okay. I never did figure out what made the tub float to the surface. A big rock and two 1/2" [1 cm] holes in the bottom should fix that without compromising the flow rate. -- Crashj |
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Try out this link
http://www.skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm "matrix j" wrote in message ... I am wanting to make a biological prefilter out of a large flat rubbermade container using some coarse and medium density pads and springflo for the bio medium. The pre-filter will be placed at the bottom of my pond. Pondmaster and little giant sell theirs for around $60 for a SMALL 12 x 12 or 12 x 24 size...but they look very easy to make. Anyone have any links? TIA |
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Try out this link
http://www.skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm "matrix j" wrote in message ... I am wanting to make a biological prefilter out of a large flat rubbermade container using some coarse and medium density pads and springflo for the bio medium. The pre-filter will be placed at the bottom of my pond. Pondmaster and little giant sell theirs for around $60 for a SMALL 12 x 12 or 12 x 24 size...but they look very easy to make. Anyone have any links? TIA |
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"matrix j" wrote in message ... I am wanting to make a biological prefilter out of a large flat rubbermade container using some coarse and medium density pads and springflo for the bio medium. The pre-filter will be placed at the bottom of my pond. Pondmaster and little giant sell theirs for around $60 for a SMALL 12 x 12 or 12 x 24 size...but they look very easy to make. Anyone have any links? Try these, http://www.iheartmypond.com/Design/D...rs/default.asp http://www.iheartmypond.com/Filtration/default.asp BV. |
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"matrix j" wrote in message ... I am wanting to make a biological prefilter out of a large flat rubbermade container using some coarse and medium density pads and springflo for the bio medium. The pre-filter will be placed at the bottom of my pond. Pondmaster and little giant sell theirs for around $60 for a SMALL 12 x 12 or 12 x 24 size...but they look very easy to make. Anyone have any links? Try these, http://www.iheartmypond.com/Design/D...rs/default.asp http://www.iheartmypond.com/Filtration/default.asp BV. |
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