Mickey
July 24th 03, 02:11 AM
Will look it up thanks. The filter is 4 foot tall so it might not be that
bad it is large enough to handle the full 3800GPH plus if I was pumping with
no head at all.
"RichToyBox" > wrote in message
news:HoFTa.116262$GL4.30407@rwcrnsc53...
> It is my understanding that you would need to have a filter that will
filter
> down to about 5 micron. This fine a filter will clog very quickly in most
> ponds. Did a Google with micron, and algae for rec.ponds and found
several
> posts on the subject.
> --
> RichToyBox
> http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
>
>
> "Mickey" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I work for a company that uses industrial filtering systems for water
and
> > found a filter to use for a prefilter that I think will work great. The
> > question is what micron rating is good for a pond? I would like to
filter
> > out some of the green crud that keeps me from seeing deeper than 5
inches.
> I
> > am hoping this will work. I thought about getting a 20 micron or smaller
> and
> > seeing how long it takes it to clog up. If it would last a week that
would
> > be great.
> >
> >
>
>
bad it is large enough to handle the full 3800GPH plus if I was pumping with
no head at all.
"RichToyBox" > wrote in message
news:HoFTa.116262$GL4.30407@rwcrnsc53...
> It is my understanding that you would need to have a filter that will
filter
> down to about 5 micron. This fine a filter will clog very quickly in most
> ponds. Did a Google with micron, and algae for rec.ponds and found
several
> posts on the subject.
> --
> RichToyBox
> http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
>
>
> "Mickey" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I work for a company that uses industrial filtering systems for water
and
> > found a filter to use for a prefilter that I think will work great. The
> > question is what micron rating is good for a pond? I would like to
filter
> > out some of the green crud that keeps me from seeing deeper than 5
inches.
> I
> > am hoping this will work. I thought about getting a 20 micron or smaller
> and
> > seeing how long it takes it to clog up. If it would last a week that
would
> > be great.
> >
> >
>
>