filtering duck ponds

[Sky-Catcher]

Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would be
about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.

thanks,

sky

[Derek Broughton]

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Sky-Catcher wrote:

> Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
> thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would be
> about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.

Not really. It has to be _really_ heavy duty. Ducks produce a lot of
waste.
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[Koi-lo]

"Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
> thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would be
> about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
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Unless you only had a few ducks you'd need some super-filtration. They eat
and pass sloppy smelly waste constantly. A flow-through system would
probably be better.
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[zir©on]

Ducks are quite messy, but its still doable. Bottom drains are a must.
Unless the majority if not all of the waste from the ducks are
removed, yur water will attain high quanities of nitrate and
phosphates, which lead to bacterial problems with fish, so a settle
ment chamber and dedicated filter cleaning and emptying of sediemnt or
settlement chamber is needed. Checkout koiphen.com, there are a few
there that have built ponds to house koi and ducks together and from
what I recall their systems seem to work just fine...Just register and
log in and ask about the koi ponds with ducks.....or just search for
ducks...Good info is there.


On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:43:03 -0000, "Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope>
wrote:

>===<>Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
>===<>thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would be
>===<>about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
>===<>
>===<>thanks,
>===<>
>===<>sky
>===<>

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[Phyllis and Jim Hurley]

Goldfish AND ducks seems a hard combination! Big pond needed and lotys of
circulation. How big do you expoect it to be?

Jim
"Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
...
> Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
> thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would be
> about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
>
> thanks,
>
> sky
>
>

[Sky-Catcher]

as i said about 20x20x3 ft
- how many ducks do you think I could have?

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in message
. ..
> Goldfish AND ducks seems a hard combination! Big pond needed and lotys of
> circulation. How big do you expoect it to be?
>
> Jim
> "Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
> ...
>> Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
>> thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would be
>> about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> sky
>>
>>
>
>

[Koi-lo]

"Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
...
> as i said about 20x20x3 ft
> - how many ducks do you think I could have?
=====================
That depends on your filtration and rate of water change or turnover. You
can start with 2 pair. Remember they do reproduce unless you make sure to
find those nests and eat a lot of duck eggs, which are delicious. :-)
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[Phyllis and Jim Hurley]

Oops! If in doubt, read the post. Your size will not protect the goldfish
very well. Three feet and a 20 x 20 surface will be leave the fish with
little room to hide.

Jim
"Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
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> as i said about 20x20x3 ft
> - how many ducks do you think I could have?
>
> "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > Goldfish AND ducks seems a hard combination! Big pond needed and lotys
of
> > circulation. How big do you expoect it to be?
> >
> > Jim
> > "Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
> >> thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would
be
> >> about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> sky
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

[Daniel Morrow]

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"Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
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> as i said about 20x20x3 ft

I think Phyllis mean't - "how big do you expect the filter to be?"


> - how many ducks do you think I could have?
>
> "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in
message
> . ..
> > Goldfish AND ducks seems a hard combination! Big pond needed and
lotys of
> > circulation. How big do you expoect it to be?
> >
> > Jim
> > "Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck
pond? I'm
> >> thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It
would be
> >> about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> sky
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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[zir©on]

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>
>On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:43:03 -0000, "Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope>
>wrote:
>
>>===<>Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck pond? I'm
>>===<>thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It would be
>>===<>about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
>>===<>
>>===<>thanks,
>>===<>
>>===<>sky
>>===<>

>Ducks are quite messy, but its still doable. Bottom drains are a must.
>Unless the majority if not all of the waste from the ducks are
>removed, yur water will attain high quanities of nitrate and
>phosphates, which lead to bacterial problems with fish, so a settle
>ment chamber and dedicated filter cleaning and emptying of sediemnt or
>settlement chamber is needed. Checkout koiphen.com, there are a few
>there that have built ponds to house koi and ducks together and from
>what I recall their systems seem to work just fine...Just register and
>log in and ask about the koi ponds with ducks.....or just search for
>ducks...Good info is there.
>
<g>..interesting move SFB's, however one crucial flaw...*I* never
ever, that's NEVER..Top Post.
Soooo if you want to play that card you *will* have to comply with my
MO and format your post to the conventions.

Either way you lose, again <weg>
[or]
You could send me some CASH for the use of the nym??
err,, you do have some..cash?

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zIR

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[Sky-Catcher]

not sure - advice greatfully received & plans, examples suggestions....

thanks

"Daniel Morrow" > wrote in message
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> "Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
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>> as i said about 20x20x3 ft
>
> I think Phyllis mean't - "how big do you expect the filter to be?"
>
>
>> - how many ducks do you think I could have?
>>
>> "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in
> message
>> . ..
>> > Goldfish AND ducks seems a hard combination! Big pond needed and
> lotys of
>> > circulation. How big do you expoect it to be?
>> >
>> > Jim
>> > "Sky-Catcher" <bobhope@nohope> wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> Does anyone have any advice on putting filtration onto a duck
> pond? I'm
>> >> thinking of building a pond to have some gold fish and ducks. It
> would be
>> >> about 20ftx20ft & 3ft deep.
>> >>
>> >> thanks,
>> >>
>> >> sky
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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