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Old 03-02-2003, 10:30 PM
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We set up a pond for our turtle (RES we think) several weeks ago, and had
everything working well. During a brief cold snap, we brought the turtle in
when the temps were to be below freezing for a few hours, given that he'd up
until recently always been an indoor pet and I didn't feel he'd handle the
cold well. Unfortunately, we left our filter outside, and turned off.
Either the cold, or just coincidentally time has caused the filter to die.
I'm looking for suggestions for a new filter. The pond is on our patio, and
is raised, installed in a platform. We have an area in a corner where the
previous filter (a canister-Magnum HOT250) was installed with intake and
outlet tubes running under the rocks and dirt into the pond. We really
liked this setup, used the canister filter for a few years without any
trouble. It was easy to clean, and did a good job filtering both
mechanically, and biologically. The filter was on a 30 gallon long tank,
and we moved it to the 42 gallon pond. We can go with another Magnum
filter, upgrading to the 350 for greater filtration, or something else. You
can see our pond here. http://community.webshots.com/user/melnphil Click
on Vinta's Pond. If you can make any suggestions for an easy to use, not
very large filter for our set up, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm asking in
both rec.ponds and rec.pets.herp for many ideas. Thanks!

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Old 04-02-2003, 05:05 AM
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"Melissa" wrote in message
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We set up a pond for our turtle (RES we think) several weeks ago, and had
everything working well. During a brief cold snap, we brought the turtle

in
when the temps were to be below freezing for a few hours, given that he'd

up
until recently always been an indoor pet and I didn't feel he'd handle the
cold well. Unfortunately, we left our filter outside, and turned off.
Either the cold, or just coincidentally time has caused the filter to die.
I'm looking for suggestions for a new filter. The pond is on our patio,

and
is raised, installed in a platform. We have an area in a corner where the
previous filter (a canister-Magnum HOT250) was installed with intake and
outlet tubes running under the rocks and dirt into the pond. We really
liked this setup, used the canister filter for a few years without any
trouble. It was easy to clean, and did a good job filtering both
mechanically, and biologically. The filter was on a 30 gallon long tank,
and we moved it to the 42 gallon pond. We can go with another Magnum
filter, upgrading to the 350 for greater filtration, or something else.

You
can see our pond here. http://community.webshots.com/user/melnphil

Click
on Vinta's Pond. If you can make any suggestions for an easy to use, not
very large filter for our set up, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm asking

in
both rec.ponds and rec.pets.herp for many ideas. Thanks!

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If you liked the HOT, I'd stay with that or the 350. I know it sounds
obvious, but did you check the impeller to be sure it isn't broken or
jammed?


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If you liked the HOT, I'd stay with that or the 350. I know it sounds
obvious, but did you check the impeller to be sure it isn't broken or
jammed?



It doesn't seem to be broken, and isn't jammed, spins freely within it's
cover. It will run, but while it appears to be drawing water, it either
just appears that way by retaining the prime, or can't keep up with the
output and within a minute has drained the tank. I just thought last night
that perhaps the o-rings around the tubes became weak from the cold? I have
some replacements, somewhere.... will try to find those, but in the mean
time can't seem to find any other problems with it. Thanks for the input.
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Old 04-02-2003, 08:58 PM
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Nevermind, problem solved! Apparently last time I cleaned it, the morning
after the hard freeze, I hooked up the long tube I use when draining,
instead of the regular length tube. Not only that, but I hooked this outlet
tube up to the intake tube spot. They look the same but for length, but I
missed it. It was just too much distance to draw the water apparently, even
with the tube being pre-primed. I discovered my mistake while checking the
o-rings. I feel stupid now, but at least it didn't cost me anything.
Thanks for the tips about filters anyway.

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