Setting up a new pond please help

[KRF]

Hi, I just finished digging a nice size hole, that will hopefully become
a beautiful pond. It measures 5.5 feet wide, 10 ft. long and 2 ft.
deep. If if figured correctly, this should hold ruffly 825 gallons. My
question is, is a pondmaster 1500 a good filter? It is suppose to be
good for up to 1000 gallons. Or is there a better filter option. I
plan to have plants and Goldfish. Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks

[Rich]

Have enough shelves of different levels.
Run filters and bio start for two weeks before adding fish.
then add 10 cheep 10 cent feeders first they will die off.
add five cheep feeders,
after the water changes add 5 good fish



"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I just finished digging a nice size hole, that will hopefully become
> a beautiful pond. It measures 5.5 feet wide, 10 ft. long and 2 ft.
> deep. If if figured correctly, this should hold ruffly 825 gallons. My
> question is, is a pondmaster 1500 a good filter? It is suppose to be
> good for up to 1000 gallons. Or is there a better filter option. I
> plan to have plants and Goldfish. Any and all help is appreciated.
> Thanks
>

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what zone you in? is this deep enough for winter? how are you going to protect those
fish from predators? yeah, the best filter option is a veggie filter.
Ingrid

(KRF) wrote:

>Hi, I just finished digging a nice size hole, that will hopefully become
>a beautiful pond. It measures 5.5 feet wide, 10 ft. long and 2 ft.
>deep. If if figured correctly, this should hold ruffly 825 gallons. My
>question is, is a pondmaster 1500 a good filter? It is suppose to be
>good for up to 1000 gallons. Or is there a better filter option. I
>plan to have plants and Goldfish. Any and all help is appreciated.
>Thanks



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[KRF]

I'm in Ohio. The people at the nursery said go 24 inches. Should I go
deeper? And at the risj of sounding stupid, what is a veggie filter?
Thanks

[BenignVanilla]

"KRF" > wrote in message
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> I'm in Ohio. The people at the nursery said go 24 inches. Should I go
> deeper? And at the risj of sounding stupid, what is a veggie filter?

IMHO, I think 3 feet would probably be safer. I am in MD, near Baltimore,
Zone 6ish. My pond is 42 inches at it's deepest. I'd rather be too deep,
then not deep enough.

A Veggie Filter or more commonly a VF, is a method of filtering your pond
using only plants. In it's simplest form, a VF is a second smaller pond
(usually comprising of a minimum surface area that is 10% of the main pond).
The VF is heavily planted with plants, to the point where all surface area
is dedicated to the plants, and not animals. The roots of the plants cleanse
the water of fish #2, #1, etc.

VF's are the Linux of the pond filter world.

BV.
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[Phyllis and Jim Hurley]

Deeper is better.

Jim

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"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I just finished digging a nice size hole, that will hopefully become
> a beautiful pond. It measures 5.5 feet wide, 10 ft. long and 2 ft.
> deep. If if figured correctly, this should hold ruffly 825 gallons. My
> question is, is a pondmaster 1500 a good filter? It is suppose to be
> good for up to 1000 gallons. Or is there a better filter option. I
> plan to have plants and Goldfish. Any and all help is appreciated.
> Thanks
>

[BenignVanilla]

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in message
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> Deeper is better.
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Pontiac has been saying that for years.

BV.