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Hello! I’m building my first pond. It’ll be close to 5,000 gallons. I’ll have 2-3 turtles and an assortment of fish. I’m not planning on having a ton of fish so it’ll be just low to medium stock.
I enjoy DIY so I am going to build my own filtration setup. I’d rather over do it then under do it, especially because turtles make a mess.
Here’s my filtration setup idea so far:
The pond will be about 25 feet in length with width varying for 5-7 feet. Depth will range frown 2-5 feet.
I’ll have a bottom drain on opposite ends where water is the deepest.
BD (bottom drain) will flow into a sieve then onto a mechanical filter, thinking I’ll use different density sponges for that.
Next into a biological filter (bioballs)
Then into a chemical filter with charcoal.
Then into a reservoir that will house a submersible pump then through a UV light and back to the pond.
Thoughts?
I enjoy DIY so I am going to build my own filtration setup. I’d rather over do it then under do it, especially because turtles make a mess.
Here’s my filtration setup idea so far:
The pond will be about 25 feet in length with width varying for 5-7 feet. Depth will range frown 2-5 feet.
I’ll have a bottom drain on opposite ends where water is the deepest.
BD (bottom drain) will flow into a sieve then onto a mechanical filter, thinking I’ll use different density sponges for that.
Next into a biological filter (bioballs)
Then into a chemical filter with charcoal.
Then into a reservoir that will house a submersible pump then through a UV light and back to the pond.
Thoughts?