In pond pump input cover... any ideas?

Our bucket if a plastic 5 gal bucket. Now many years old.

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"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message
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We are using a 5 gal bucket with Loads of 1/2 inch holes ...like all we
could put in it. The flow rate is slow enough that nothing seems to get
stuck on it. The top has egg crate light grid to permit flow there as
well.
We don't ever have to clean it. It sits at the bottom of a 7 foot well on
bricks to keep it off the bottom.

Jim

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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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I've been using the "milk crate" type filter around the pump in the
pond,
but it seems to be getting clogged to the point o restricting water flow
in
just a week with the new higher pgh pump.

Anyone come out with some kind of "cage" to put around the pump, to keep
critters like salamanders out, but not have the furnace filter stuff
around
it that clogs that fast?

Pond plant baskets look about right, but are too small. for the pump.

Ideas?

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On Sat, 13 May 2006 18:58:51 -0400, "Gareee©"
wrote:
"Hal" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:39:35 -0400, "Gareee©"
wrote:

The bucket doesn't rust?

I've been using plastic buckets so long that is almost funny.

You know the stuff we use to build rabbit/bird cages called hardware
cloth? Well they make a similar mesh from plastic in 1/2" squares
and possible smaller. (Fence materials Lowe's Hardware.) I have
some of the 1/2" square plastic mesh, layered, in my filter barrels
just because the fibrous filter material clogs so rapidly.



That might work, Hal! thanks for the idea!


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Ok, my solution? Take two in pond mesh basket planters, out holes in it for
the line and cord, and then use fishing line to "sew" them together.

So far it appears to work great.
bad news, there were 3 dead salamanders in the filter/pump setup, and two
live ones crawling around.

The furnace filter mesh was completely solid with muck again as well.

Downside is now I have no filter system working at all till I get the
waterfall setup completed.


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Ok, my solution? Take two in pond mesh basket planters, out holes in it for
the line and cord, and then use fishing line to "sew" them together.

So far it appears to work great. bad news, there were 3 dead salamanders
in the filter/pump setup, and two live ones crawling around.

Sounds like you didn't get the holes tight enough. My son uses Marine Goop.

The furnace filter mesh was completely solid with muck again as well.

No mesh in the basket, else it is still a maintenance menace.

Downside is now I have no filter system working at all till I get the
waterfall setup completed.

Get'er done. ;o) ~ jan

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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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Ok, my solution? Take two in pond mesh basket planters, out holes in it
for the line and cord, and then use fishing line to "sew" them together.
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It goes faster to use those green plastic coated wires used to tie tomato
plants to stakes. I use 4 on each pot and stuff the areas around where the
hose exits with filter floss of some kind. The newts and other small
critters don't get caught.

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