1000 gallon indoor pond!!FILTERATAION?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Very exciting! I dont have advice either, but I would also love to see pics up! What is going to be housed in this HUGE pond
 
I'd go with a big magnum pump and a cylindrical garbage can. Drill holes in the top, layer floss, bio, and chem, have the output in the bottom, use hose to direct flow.
 
fishman646;2882571; said:
Ok so I am currently building a 1000 gallon pond demensions are 120X80X28 and I will be using 2000 watts of heaters to heat it and was wondering what I should use for filteration my plan was using 4 FX5s and a Cascade1500 all combined flows about 3000gph is this enough or should I add a 55 gallon sump also? WIth a 1000 gph return pump? :nilly::screwy:


And my stock will be a RTC, RTCXTSN, MArblePIM, albino channel cat, 3 claris cats, TSN, Lima, Silver arow, 3 florida gars and possibly some of my rays,
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Go with your idea, but dump 2 FX5's into a bio-tower ( http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66676&highlight=bio+tower ) and 2 FX5's into a 55g sump with whatever bio-media you can afford (from lava rock on up). Gravity return both systems to the pond.

Leave the Cascade 1500 to run by itself. Basically as a backup.

Is the temp. variance of the room that great that you need 3Kw of heaters? Just curious.

Dr Joe

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Thanks dc. joe great advice and john has a great idea I will do this! I just dont know how good it will look but ill figure it out! I guess i dont need to hide the sump or tower if i wasnt hiding the fx5's thanks again
 
jjb;2884886; said:
really I know for a fact that larger reef aqauria use them as well as many ponds tha tdo as well the bio load cant be beat for any wet dry such as this 20 k reef that was built using sand filters ...go behind any pet smart they use sand filters ...dont know where you get your info from http://www.atlantismarineworld.com/articles/08-AdvancedAquarists-FeaturedAMW.pdf

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sand filters yes, normal pool filter no. normal pool filter is what people buy when they get above ground steel framed pools. there junk. if you go and buy a pool filter for a 10k gallon in ground concrete pool sure it is going to work excellant. but the pool filters they sell for 1k gallon pools are junk. compare the cost of a sump and a few fx5's to the cost of a filter for an in ground 10k pool. of course it better work good for that kind of money. i filter 1200 gallons and have 42 fish in my pond and im using a 35 gallon rubbermaid container i bought at wal-mart for $30, a custom pvc spray bar set up, my own trick up my sleeve filter media (i actually have about 20 lbs of sand in my filter held suspended) and i have 0 ammonia 0 nitrites and my nitrates are kept under 20 ppm. total cost of filtration $300
 
jjb;2884927; said:
http://www.bestpondfilters.com/

so more info on sand this is what my set up is on a 2hp
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I agree that a pool type filter using sand is the best filtration method if you've got the $$ (including the electric bill!:WHOA:), the space, and you can either tolerate the noise or have a place to put it so you don't have to listen to it (the pump) running. A friend of mine has one on his Koi pond and it keeps the water sparkling clean with just a monthly backwash.
 
also i wouldnt put the rays with the cats. its a lose lose situation. the rtc just might decide to have a tortilla for lunch.
 
well my rays will be far to big for the rtc to gobble on and i see it all the time my cats are very dosile I ccan put a 4 inch jag with a 14 inch rtc but thanks for the advice and what kind of pump are you using i can get a 1200 gph for $30 new
 
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