FILTERS ?

[DELBOY]

Hello,I wonder what you think? I have had 2 Hozelock ecopower + cyprio filters for my pond for years now,they have 3 x 18" x 8" sponges in each one...a coarse one then a medium one and finally a white very fine one,as I am getting older it was getting harder and harder to clean them out,ie buckets of pond water and squeezing each one out till it was clean,anyway I replaced one of the filters with one of them pressurised spinclean ones with the handle that you rotate to clean it,when I had a look inside there was 5 filters but they looked to me to just be coarse and medium,no fine one(they were blue and yellow),I asked the shop where I bought it from about the fine filter and they said that the yellow filter would be fine enough,I did tell them that I had 2 koi as well as the goldfish/carp in my pond, The filter has been in use about 5 weeks now and all seems well (touch wood) so I am thinking of replacing my other filter with a pressurised one while they are on offer,Any thoughts please

 

[addy1]

I know almost nothing about filters, I use only a bog to filter our ponds, (around 11) no koi but lots of goldfish.
If you can build one, you would be able to toss your filters and quit cleaning. Just need to yank plants when they grow too well.

Bog building, also called upflow filter, eco filter, wetland filter

I was asked to start a thread on how to build a bog. This is my rendition on bog building 101............. Building a bog: Before you decide to build a bog, you need to know what you want its primary purpose to be. Total pond filtration bog filtration combined with another filter. If you...

www.gardenpondforum.com

 

[poconojoe]

I second the bog suggestion. My water is crystal clear since adding the bog and ditching two pressure filters and a UV light. All my water problems for over a decade have been resolved since adding the bog. Plus no cleaning of filter pads, backwashing of filters or dealing UV bulbs and corrosion due to water intrusion. Yes, I'm no spring chicken either and grew tired of all the maintenance that comes with store bought filters. I mentally beat myself up for wasting so much time and money over the years.

Now I just sit back and actually enjoy the pond.

My pond is definitely overpopulated with some very large koi and a bunch of goldfish. They all just keep multiplying, but the bog handles the fish load with amazement.

 

[GBBUDD]

I have to agree here if your less able or wiling to rinse filters every week go with a bog even if you don't keep up with ripping out the plants the plants will take out the week and over grow with the strong . click on the link below this post to see what a bog can do and like addy1 said the only work is to rip out plants for aesthetics mainly in the bog as they do grow too well plant one type mainly and it can be a mass planting in no time

 

[DELBOY]

Thank you for your replys.