I just had the absolute most brilliant spectacular idea.

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So I've been going around asking a lot of people about filtration on a 4000g+ pond that I am hoping my dad won't shoot down the moment I open my mouth :nilly:

So I had the BRILLIANT idea.

Basically, I was going to have a raised area around 400-600 gallons. I would then have another body of water about 2-3ft underneath and in front of this body of water. I would have a pump running from the end of the pond to the top of the raised area which would then cause it to fill because the main area of the pond would be 4000 gallons. I would create the front of the raised area lower than the rest of the edge by a couple of inches so that when it starts to fill up then it would spill out of this lower area over rocks, and stuff creating a waterfall! So now, what I thought of was filtering this raised area with a canister filter (homemade) which would then flow into the main pond and then would be brought back by the pump and viola! Filtration! My question now is, what gph would I need the pump to be...And how should I approach making the canister filter? I've attached a picture that I just drew up on Paint :ROFL: It might, or might not help you visualize it.
 

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no offense but i think i just got dumber reading all that....

with your waterfall setup i would just have a pump from the main body to the filter and then have the outlet of the filter going to the upper pond... good luck!
 
.....Yes. But....Over filtering that water so it basically acts like a big filter for the main part.
 
idk wtf u were saying but the picture helps a lot, sounds cool
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I thought I understood it, but I'm still a little lost.. So you want the waterfall to fill up some sort of sump that filters the water back into the pond?
 
For a pond that large, your best best would to make 55 gallon barrels into S/G filters.

My pond that I am building which is 6-7,000 gallons is going to have 4 S/G filters, and 4 media barrels..

Not to derail, but your best solution for filtering ideas would be to visit a pond site like koiphen.com or a pond building site.
 
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