Prefilter for small pond with a bead filter

Seems to me Derek is not much of a lover of anything except perhaps
himself and Carol aka Koilo...and of course himself, oh I already said
that.\
Too bad he does not live closer to me than he does, it would be
worthwhile collecting all these free giveaway cats and making one mass
drop at his domicile..............



On Wed, 24 May 2006 21:07:17 -0300, Derek Broughton
wrote:
BA wrote:

We have a 500 gallon pond with plants and WAY too many fish (2 koi and
multiple shibunkin, gold fish and cats).

I'm not a cat lover, but I'm pretty sure you really shouldn't keep them in a
pond :-)

As pond experts would have predicted, a new situation: the pump's leaf
basket gets so clogged that the outflow of the pump diminishes to

I'm not sure we'd predict it - most ponds probably don't have _that_ many
leaves, daily.

almost zero every day; now instead of cleaning the sponge filter once a
week, I need to clean the pump leaf basket every day. A mesh bag
around the intake pipe in the pond helps a bit, but then there is a lot
of crap left in the pond, and then the bag needs cleaning.

You need a surface skimmer...

and can be untended for 1-2 weeks, and occupies little space?

But with that many leaves, I'm still doubt 1-2 weeks.

*Note: There are two *Koi-Lo's* on the pond and aquaria groups.

"BA" wrote in message
oups.com...
Many thanks for your help. I checked out your pond pages--most
impressive. I do have the predator thing figured out; if you would
like my input, please email me off line.

BA Finstead

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We had a dreadful problem before we netted the ponds. We have the predators
under control using the fine black bird-nets. It's the only thing that
keeps *everything* out of the ponds and tubs that we have here. That
includes the herons, the kingfishers, the large snakes and bullfrogs, the
snapping turtles, the neighborhood dogs and even the occasional raccoon.
The small newts, tiny frogs and baby snakes do no harm to the larger fish.
These smaller critters can't get into the tall above-ground tubs where the
small fish are - but thanks for the offer. :-)

You may want to share the information HERE for the benefit of any lurkers
who may be having problems.

Koi-Lo....
Aquariums since 1952. Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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