More pond advice please!

[JRB]

Hello all,

Thanks for the help with my recent posts. I am new to some aspects of
'ponding' and I have now got a question regarding filtration.

My pond is quite small (250 gallons) but it would be nice to have
reasonably clear water to see the goldfish, specially in the warmer
months when I'm outside a lot of the time.

A friend had donated an OASE Aquadex M6 pump but no UV or other
filtration box and wondered what any of you might reccommend for my
size of pond. Are Hozelock Bioforce any good for example?

With this in mind can you also reccommend the best way to deter herons
too as there is one that visits occasionally!

Many thanks,

John.

[Koi-lo]

"JRB" > wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> Thanks for the help with my recent posts. I am new to some aspects of
> 'ponding' and I have now got a question regarding filtration.
>
> My pond is quite small (250 gallons) but it would be nice to have
> reasonably clear water to see the goldfish, specially in the warmer
> months when I'm outside a lot of the time.
>
> A friend had donated an OASE Aquadex M6 pump but no UV or other
> filtration box and wondered what any of you might reccommend for my
> size of pond. Are Hozelock Bioforce any good for example?
>
> With this in mind can you also reccommend the best way to deter herons
> too as there is one that visits occasionally!
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I wont recommend a filter to clear the pond because I depend on plants to
help shade the water and starve out the algae. My ponds, even the small 150
gallon ponds stay clear most of the time with just regular foam and screen
filtering.

As for herons. Someone will soon be along to tell you about the $80 water
sprayer. This may work for herons but where there are herons there are
usually fish eating bullfrogs, water snakes and perhaps even snapping
turtles. The sprayer is useless against these predators, including the fish
eating Kingfisher bird. We netted our ponds with fine black bird netting.
Now we don't lose any fish at all.
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[~ jan jjspond]

>Thanks for the help with my recent posts. I am new to some aspects of
>'ponding' and I have now got a question regarding filtration.
>
>My pond is quite small (250 gallons) but it would be nice to have
>reasonably clear water to see the goldfish, specially in the warmer
>months when I'm outside a lot of the time.
>
>A friend had donated an OASE Aquadex M6 pump but no UV or other
>filtration box and wondered what any of you might reccommend for my
>size of pond. Are Hozelock Bioforce any good for example?
>
>With this in mind can you also reccommend the best way to deter herons
>too as there is one that visits occasionally!
>John.

Hi John,

At my website www.jjspond.us click on *My Filter* and scroll to the bottom.
There are 3 fake-flower-pot filters that work great for your size pond and
get the filter out-of-the-pond. To protect the pump, clam shell it similar
to this http://users.owt.com/jjspond/koipond/photos/set1/09.jpg in black
mesh baskets (no other media). ~ jan

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Koi-lo wrote:

> =======================
> I wont recommend a filter to clear the pond because I depend on plants to
> help shade the water and starve out the algae. My ponds, even the small 150
> gallon ponds stay clear most of the time with just regular foam and screen
> filtering.
>

In other words she doesn't know, but she was because of her attention
Whoredom dieases she felt compelled to reply regardless.