Air-Stone in Filter

[Rock Beer]

Hi

I've got two filters running into a 1600 gal pond. One is a pressurized UV
type at 5000 lts & the other is a 9000 lts biological box type. They work
fine but as ever I'm looking for better water clarity / quality.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that adding an air stone into the media
of a bio filter helps with the filtration of both solids and bacteria etc.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks

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the bacteria that break everything down need oxygen. is the pump flow too fast for
the UV? do you have a place for solids to settle in the filter?
Ingrid

"Rock Beer" > wrote:

>Hi
>
>I've got two filters running into a 1600 gal pond. One is a pressurized UV
>type at 5000 lts & the other is a 9000 lts biological box type. They work
>fine but as ever I'm looking for better water clarity / quality.
>
>I seem to remember reading somewhere that adding an air stone into the media
>of a bio filter helps with the filtration of both solids and bacteria etc.
>
>Can anyone shed any light on this?
>
>Thanks
>



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