Filtering a pond

[skillzdatkillz]

How do you filter a pond that is on the ground. You cant use a conventional wet/dry cuz the pond is on the ground. Or can you. Im just trying to get some insight on how to filter one of those 300gal rubbermaid ponds. Any ideas?

[yourmylunch]

how tall is the pond as long as the wey/drey is 8" lower you can fit a side overflow

[Dr Joe]

or...

Set the wet/dry just above the top edge of the tank and pump the water up to the filter then let the water flow back into the pond as a waterfall.

[michael]

have this with an fx5 works well! I used rubbermaids for the filter too! First section is 2 prefilters, second is bioballs, then 3rd is those plastic sponge thing and then gathers in the 4th and spills back to the tank

[Dr Joe]

have this with an fx5 works well! I used rubbermaids for the filter too! First section is 2 prefilters, second is bioballs, then 3rd is those plastic sponge thing and then gathers in the 4th and spills back to the tank


Is that live rock?

[Dr Joe]

Bump

[michael]

its just gravel and a piece of driftwood

[stotty]

This was the sort of thing I had over my tank water pumped up by pump flows through gravity takes it away had extra hole at to as emergency over flow if media got blocked. But if you are running with your idea you must have the hole drilled inside the tank, about a half-inch below the water level.That way, if your pump failed and a back-siphon occurred, you'd only lose as much water as was in the tank above the hole before the hole was exposed to the air, breaking the siphon. This is the way I had it set up in my tank and it works correctly every time you turn off the pump.

[Dr Joe]

This was the sort of thing I had over my tank water pumped up by pump flows through gravity takes it away had extra hole at to as emergency over flow if media got blocked. But if you are running with your idea you must have the hole drilled inside the tank, about a half-inch below the water level.That way, if your pump failed and a back-siphon occurred, you'd only lose as much water as was in the tank above the hole before the hole was exposed to the air, breaking the siphon. This is the way I had it set up in my tank and it works correctly every time you turn off the pump.


Exactly...Bravo... :clap

Good drawing.

With this you unit can gravity feed it and pump it out or pump into it and gravity feed out.

Only difference is you don't need the hole for anti-siphon.

And speaking of holes, if ypu use it put a second hole 180 degrees from the first, so if one gets blocked the other still works.

[pheedbak]

Conider using a vortex style settling tank which is fed by a series of bottem drains. The settling tank can be burried at the same depth as the pond and will filter out your solid waste before it reaches your bio filter. Do a google for vortex settling.

Hope this helps

[Mayday]

Conider using a vortex style settling tank which is fed by a series of bottem drains. The settling tank can be burried at the same depth as the pond and will filter out your solid waste before it reaches your bio filter. Do a google for vortex settling.

Hope this helps

Thats the wya I would go. Used a similar system on my old pond.

[Redtail_Watcher]

Just curious...... where can i get a pond like that? even though i have a 1300g indoor pond, i think it be perfect for my stingrays.

You can use a pressurized filter also for a pond it can be out of the water up or below the pond it dosen't mater. I have a 2200g powerhead/filter hooked up to a 800g Pressurized pond filter.(you need at least two clamps and a little bit of silicone to seal the connection to and from the hoes connections) you can also use a inwater pond filter.(the filter stays in the water like a filtered powerhead.) I got my 800g filter for about 60bucks, it was 75bucks at lowes. they are having a sale around here due to season changes.

I'm turning my 1300g pond into a diy tank with glass. here is a picx....
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It is all in my bed room... It's under Reconstruction for now i will post pictures when i'm done.:D :headbang2