Whiskey Barrel Biofilter

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message
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Anyone know who sells the Lerio Whiskey Barrel liner with waterfall
spout?

I'm getting tired of cleaning the external filter. The Skippy filter
looks
promising, but I don't have the room to hide a stock container. So I
thought
I could make an upflow filter out of a Whiskey Barrel.

I saw a whiskey barrel liner with spillover "spout", a pump, etc. at
Wallmart just a month or so ago.

BV.

Thanks BV, my favourite place to shop. Good prices and no shipping hassles.

"Bonnie" wrote in message
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Bill Stock wrote:

Thanks Bonnie, I discovered that PondsOnline (Canada) carries them.

Are you using yours as a pond or a biofilter? Any problem matching it up
with the whiskey barrel?




Hi Bill,

Mine is used as a veggie filter for a 100 gallon pond. It
just slid right into the half barrel - no problems. Largest
problem was trying to figure out how to keep the plants in
the barrel - I decided to use fishing line to anchor a
slotted plant basket in front of the spillway.

Thanks Bonnie, could you give me your plumbing tips?

Did you attach the pump to the bottom of the barrel or run a pipe down the
centre?
Did you install a drain plug for backwashing?
Do you have a settling chamber at the bottom where the water enters?
What's your preferred filter media?
How often do you have to clean it?
Did you install a check valve on your pump, so the barrel can't empty into
the pond?

"Bonnie" wrote in message
...
Bill Stock wrote:

Thanks Bonnie, I discovered that PondsOnline (Canada) carries them.

Are you using yours as a pond or a biofilter? Any problem matching it up
with the whiskey barrel?




Hi Bill,

Mine is used as a veggie filter for a 100 gallon pond. It
just slid right into the half barrel - no problems. Largest
problem was trying to figure out how to keep the plants in
the barrel - I decided to use fishing line to anchor a
slotted plant basket in front of the spillway.

Thanks Bonnie, could you give me your plumbing tips?

Did you attach the pump to the bottom of the barrel or run a pipe down the
centre?
Did you install a drain plug for backwashing?
Do you have a settling chamber at the bottom where the water enters?
What's your preferred filter media?
How often do you have to clean it?
Did you install a check valve on your pump, so the barrel can't empty into
the pond?

"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...

Thanks BV, my favourite place to shop. Good prices and no shipping
hassles.


I was tempted to pick one up, but figured I have enough of a mess in my yard
right now. Maybe next year.

BV.

"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...

Thanks BV, my favourite place to shop. Good prices and no shipping
hassles.


I was tempted to pick one up, but figured I have enough of a mess in my yard
right now. Maybe next year.

BV.

Bill Stock wrote:
"Bonnie" wrote in message
...

Bill Stock wrote:


Thanks Bonnie, I discovered that PondsOnline (Canada) carries them.

Are you using yours as a pond or a biofilter? Any problem matching it up
with the whiskey barrel?




Hi Bill,

Mine is used as a veggie filter for a 100 gallon pond. It
just slid right into the half barrel - no problems. Largest
problem was trying to figure out how to keep the plants in
the barrel - I decided to use fishing line to anchor a
slotted plant basket in front of the spillway.


Thanks Bonnie, could you give me your plumbing tips?

Did you attach the pump to the bottom of the barrel or run a pipe down the
centre?
Did you install a drain plug for backwashing?
Do you have a settling chamber at the bottom where the water enters?
What's your preferred filter media?
How often do you have to clean it?
Did you install a check valve on your pump, so the barrel can't empty into
the pond?



Believe me, I go simple. I just attached the tubing to the
pump (which is in a slotted basket lined with blue furnace
filter) and placed in the pond and ran it to the bottom of
the of the half barrel. In fact, I think it circles the
bottom of the half barrel. Then I added floating plants.
This gets cleaned once a year.
The barrel will only empty to the level of the spillway if
the power goes off, I've never had a problem.

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

Bill Stock wrote:
"Bonnie" wrote in message
...

Bill Stock wrote:


Thanks Bonnie, I discovered that PondsOnline (Canada) carries them.

Are you using yours as a pond or a biofilter? Any problem matching it up
with the whiskey barrel?




Hi Bill,

Mine is used as a veggie filter for a 100 gallon pond. It
just slid right into the half barrel - no problems. Largest
problem was trying to figure out how to keep the plants in
the barrel - I decided to use fishing line to anchor a
slotted plant basket in front of the spillway.


Thanks Bonnie, could you give me your plumbing tips?

Did you attach the pump to the bottom of the barrel or run a pipe down the
centre?
Did you install a drain plug for backwashing?
Do you have a settling chamber at the bottom where the water enters?
What's your preferred filter media?
How often do you have to clean it?
Did you install a check valve on your pump, so the barrel can't empty into
the pond?



Believe me, I go simple. I just attached the tubing to the
pump (which is in a slotted basket lined with blue furnace
filter) and placed in the pond and ran it to the bottom of
the of the half barrel. In fact, I think it circles the
bottom of the half barrel. Then I added floating plants.
This gets cleaned once a year.
The barrel will only empty to the level of the spillway if
the power goes off, I've never had a problem.

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/