DIY Filter

[Paul Disdle]

Does anyone have plans for a diy filter or a recommended site to find some.

Paul

[Mark T.]

Hi Paul,
Here's a few links that may help.

http://www.mikebentley.com/ponds/homemadefilters.htm

http://www.skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm

http://www.wavepumps.com/state_of_the_art_filters.htm


Happy reading!
Mark



"ul Disdle" > wrote in message
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[Heather]

See a diagram here http://www.exit109.com/~gosta/pond.sht about 1/3 of the
page down. I used this method and it has worked well for me. I used a
garbage can about 3' high and clean it about once every three weeks. Pond
is 1800 gal.


Heather
SW Ontario (Zone 5)





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[Nicole Thompson]

I built my own "bio-filter" and it's worked fine all summer.
I read somewhere that one person used the plastic dish scrubbies (instead of
lava rock - b/c I'd also read that once lava rocks get "slimy", they should
be replaced - not so for the scrubbies!).......so I used that idea, got a
plastic file-folder holder at Wal-Mart (you can make it larger if your pond
is larger, but this was the perfect size for ours). Then I used another
suggestion I read and went to Lowe's and bought furnace filters - the blue
biodegradable kind you cut to fit - NOT the ones w/fiberglass in them. I
lined the "box" w/those, then stood scrubbies on end to fill the bottom, put
in my pump, then filled the rest of it w/the scrubbies - tightly - and
finally covered it w/another piece of the furnace filter - using two flat
rocks on top to hold it to the bottom. We also run a fountain out the top
off the pump. :-)

It really works well and we clean it on average once a week, but the pond
was filthy on the bottom to begin with and we've had a lot of rain this
summer, so after every rain, it needed cleaned. But the fish seem happy
(plants too).......and those scrubbies clean up *really* well and are
totally reusable!

But, to each his own - it works for us and it was really inexpensive.

Good luck w/whatever method you choose,
Nicole
--
Life is too important to be taken seriously. - Oscar Wilde
There is nothing like a dream to create the future. - Victor Hugo


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[Ken Cooper]

I think one of the people who responded to your query already mentioned this
web site, but I found it last night and found it FULL of interesting info -
and an apparently EXCELLENT D.I.Y filter that they've designed, and can sell
you parts for it and other related stuff for keeping your pond clean. I've
just dug my pond - and that's where I am in the process - but I may be using
this filter design if for no other reason than to save money and eliminate a
lot of the maintenance other filter systems require.
Good luck!
Here's the web site...just click on it or copy and paste it into your web
browser...

http://web.ask.com/redir?bpg=http%3a%2f%2fweb.ask.com%2fweb%3fq%3dhow %2bto%2bbuild%2ba%2bbiological%2bfilter%2bfor%2bpo nd%26o%3d0%26page%3d1&q=how+to+build+a+biological+filter+for+pond&u=http%3a%2f%2ftm.wc.ask.com%2fr%3ft%3dan%26s%3da% 26uid%3d2040561d3040561d3%26sid%3d3040561d3040561d 3%26qid%3d7BD9E58820353C4EB714A1C33EF86293%26io%3d 0%26sv%3dza5cb0dd4%26ask%3dhow%2bto%2bbuild%2ba%2b biological%2bfilter%2bfor%2bpond%26uip%3d040561d3% 26en%3dte%26eo%3d-100%26pt%3dBuilding%2bA%2bBio-Logical%2bFilter%26ac%3d7%26qs%3d0%26pg%3d1%26u%3d http%3a%2f%2fwww.skippysstuff.com%2fbiofiltr.htm&s=a&bu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.skippysstuff.com%2fbiofiltr.ht m



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[Peggy]

http://www.skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm

i bought the stock tank at agway (feed stores have them too) most of the
parts at home depot. The only thing I have been changing over is the filter
media. I used floor scrubbing pads but they are too hard to clean and I
have swapped out some for screening this year. Also, this year I added legs
to help support the plastic grate that holds the filter media off the
bottom. I missed the original post. I don't have time this time of year to
spend on the computer as I do in the winter. Good luck to whoever is
building theirs now. My pond is 3600 gals +/- and this works well for me.
I'm overloaded with fish right now but the filter is doing an adequate job
but requires cleaning more frequently. The babies that are now 1 year old
are very hard to catch. I've removed 30 of them to friends and family and
have another 30 to catch before the snow flies
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"Ken Cooper" > wrote in message
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> I think one of the people who responded to your query already mentioned
this
> web site, but I found it last night and found it FULL of interesting
info -
> and an apparently EXCELLENT D.I.Y filter that they've designed, and can
sell
> you parts for it and other related stuff for keeping your pond clean.
I've
> just dug my pond - and that's where I am in the process - but I may be
using
> this filter design if for no other reason than to save money and eliminate
a
> lot of the maintenance other filter systems require.
> Good luck!
> Here's the web site...just click on it or copy and paste it into your web
> browser...
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