I was wondering if I could use lava rock on the bottom and pebbles on the top layer for filter media. It's in a 100 gallon trough, water flows from the bottom up.
Lava rock and pebbles filled filter
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I was thinking about the maintenance issues too but for mechanical, pebbles in a skippy filter are pretty good, bog filter too. Any suggestion as to what I can put in there?
This is the way I did mine on my 1000G pool/pond
There is about 20 pounds Lava rock in, broken into pieces half my fist.
Ok I still need to do the Over Flow
Hope this help
There is about 20 pounds Lava rock in, broken into pieces half my fist.
Ok I still need to do the Over Flow
Hope this help
Do a sand and gravel filter with a air manifold in the bottom to boil it clean, here is one I made for my pond in a 100 gallon cone bottom tank. I use a 2 HP spa blower to clean it once a week.
Here you can see the air manifold I built, it acts as a support for the dog kennel grating. I have 6" of 1.5" rock, 4" of 3/4" rock 4" of pea gravel then about 6" of fine chicken grit.
Here you can see the air manifold I built, it acts as a support for the dog kennel grating. I have 6" of 1.5" rock, 4" of 3/4" rock 4" of pea gravel then about 6" of fine chicken grit.
About 150 dollars for a new blower... I accidentally burnt out the blower on my dad's koi pond so now he rigs it with the air compressor. The male adapter is fitted onto the pvc piping and then he just plugs in the air compressor when needed I guess. Is your water flowing from the bottom up? How fast of a flow is this?
Yes it is a upflow, I am running about 3500gph. I run my total pond volume through this once an hour from my skimmer. I also have a bottom drain circuit that gravity feeds 3500gph to a 250 gallon settling chamber and then a 100 gallon moving bed filter.
Well, this will probably be my only source of filtration, just the one tub. So what do you recommend I do?