attaching a home made filter to garden hose

[jw 1111]

I use some ordinary standard garden hose as an overflow outlet. how can i
fix something to the end of the hose, to act as a ' filter ' to prevent dead
leaves etc from blocking it up? thanks

[~ janj]

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:23:28 GMT, "jw 1111" >
wrote:

>I use some ordinary standard garden hose as an overflow outlet. how can i
>fix something to the end of the hose, to act as a ' filter ' to prevent dead
>leaves etc from blocking it up? thanks
>
Not enough information. Where's the pump? ~ jan
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[jw 1111]

"~ janj" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:23:28 GMT, "jw 1111"
> >
> wrote:
>
>>I use some ordinary standard garden hose as an overflow outlet. how can i
>>fix something to the end of the hose, to act as a ' filter ' to prevent
>>dead
>>leaves etc from blocking it up? thanks
>>
> Not enough information. Where's the pump? ~ jan

there is no pump. its a small tank that some water flows into. instead of
just a hole (which would easily block with leaves) i have put 4 inches of
hose in to the tank outlet hole. now i need some arrangement over the hose
to act as a filter. thanks.

[~Roy]

Look for arain gutter downspoout guard. They are rond and go into 3
or 4" PVC pipe. You can use a reducer to adapt down and further
adpaters to add a hose bard to fit the garden hose. It will ast like a
strainer to keep junk out of the hose and be large enough (about like
a softball in size) so it will catch debri yet not clog up quickly. Or
just wrap a piec eof open cell foam rubber around the end to make a
sponge type filter, or buy a sponge filter sleeve that fits a
pondmaster MAG3 , 5 or 7 pump, whichare about 2" in diameter with a
hose to slip over a pump inlet screen and are perhaps 4" long. Or go
to a lfs and look for a filter tube inlet screen/ strainer. They sell
em as replacements. It would be easy to adapt it to the end of the
hose, and probablay be the smallest way to do what you want, but more
likely to clog quicker due to its size.....

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:15:06 GMT, "jw 1111"
> wrote:
>><>
>><>"~ janj" > wrote in message
...
>><>> On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:23:28 GMT, "jw 1111"
>><>> >
>><>> wrote:
>><>>
>><>>>I use some ordinary standard garden hose as an overflow outlet. how can i
>><>>>fix something to the end of the hose, to act as a ' filter ' to prevent
>><>>>dead
>><>>>leaves etc from blocking it up? thanks
>><>>>
>><>> Not enough information. Where's the pump? ~ jan
>><>
>><>there is no pump. its a small tank that some water flows into. instead of
>><>just a hole (which would easily block with leaves) i have put 4 inches of
>><>hose in to the tank outlet hole. now i need some arrangement over the hose
>><>to act as a filter. thanks.
>><>

[~ janj]

>>>I use some ordinary standard garden hose as an overflow outlet. how can i
>>>fix something to the end of the hose, to act as a ' filter ' to prevent
>>>dead
>>>leaves etc from blocking it up? thanks

>> Not enough information. Where's the pump? ~ jan

>there is no pump. its a small tank that some water flows into. instead of
>just a hole (which would easily block with leaves) i have put 4 inches of
>hose in to the tank outlet hole. now i need some arrangement over the hose
>to act as a filter. thanks.

I'm still confused. Water is draining into the hose, so you want something
over the hose end? I assume with lots of surface area, because that is
where the clogging could occur? My suggestion is put the hose inside a mesh
basket http://users.owt.com/jjspond/koipond/photos/set1/09.jpg You wouldn't
have to use 2 as shown, screen door material on the open end should do it.

If no pump, how does the water flow? ~ jan

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[Koi-Lo]

"jw 1111" > wrote in message
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> there is no pump. its a small tank that some water flows into. instead
> of just a hole (which would easily block with leaves) i have put 4 inches
> of hose in to the tank outlet hole. now i need some arrangement over the
> hose to act as a filter. thanks.
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How about one of those small black pond plant baskets? They don't block
easily but would have to be secured against the side of the tank somehow
(over the drain hole and or hose).
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[Koi-Lo]

The question has already been answered dumbass

On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:58:31 -0500, "Koi-Lo" <None> wrote:
>><>
>><>"jw 1111" > wrote in message
...
>><>> there is no pump. its a small tank that some water flows into. instead
>><>> of just a hole (which would easily block with leaves) i have put 4 inches
>><>> of hose in to the tank outlet hole. now i need some arrangement over the
>><>> hose to act as a filter. thanks.
>><>===================================
>><>How about one of those small black pond plant baskets? They don't block
>><>easily but would have to be secured against the side of the tank somehow
>><>(over the drain hole and or hose).