How do I make the water clear??

[addy1]

Welcome to our group!

 

[Russell]

Cleaned the tank out, put the two air stones in and fish, although some dirt seams to have been transferred with them! I have added 500litres for now!

I need to find a pump that can be run of solar power without draining the battery every 5 minutes.

 

[sissy]

Doing it that way will only help put the crud back in the pond or tank and ruin the pump .it takes time it does not happen over night

 

[Russell]

What other way can I do it?? Is there another way??

 

[sissy]

I keep a crate with quilt batting in it in my water fall area and in my filter .I put blue reusable filter material for heating systems on top of it .The blue stuff picks up the heavy stuff and the quilt batting under it picks up the fine stuff .

 

[sissy]

I also use it in my stock tank as I catch baby fish to give away .I have 2 filters also

 

[Russell]

I was thinking of something just like that, it's just the pump that's the issue!! As there is no electric supply I have to rely on a 12v pump!

However as I can only use a small pump or it will run the battery flat in no time! I want something that will stay running perminantly but doesn't use so much power it drains the battery.

The two air stones are run of a little air pump and that uses no power at all, any pump I try does tho, I have tried 4 different pumps now and am running out of options.

 

[sissy]

Only thing you can do is buy solar panels with a battery back up .I see more and more people doing it here for outside lights .Here we can buy a 100 watt solar system from harbor freight and led lights with battery back up for under 150 dollars and it works pretty good

 

[Russell]

Wouldn’t mind that set up here in the UK, what does your actual pump look like??

 

[Panzer13]

So is their some reason you can't move this tank closer to a power source, or run a power line out to were the pond is? Definitely some money and effort in both those solutions. But I think you are fighting a loosing battle with your current set up.

 

[Russell]

So is their some reason you can't move this tank closer to a power source, or run a power line out to were the pond is? Definitely some money and effort in both those solutions. But I think you are fighting a loosing battle with your current set up.

Yeah the tank is in the middle of an allotment next to an out building, the nearest power supply is at least 100metres away and that isn’t owned by myself, it also goes through a busy yard and will have several cars wagons drive over any leads put down!! They couldn’t be dug in either as I don’t own the land.

Solar is my only solution, otherwise I would be using electric, I currently have a 50watt solar panel connected to a charge controller and a 80AH battery, this should be more than capable to run a small 12v water pump.

Surely someone has a solar set up for a small pond!!

 

[guitarman023]

I suppose another solar panel might help, enough to run the pump and charge the battery at the same time during the day should give you more run time once the sun is down. A bigger battery bank would help too.

 

[Panzer13]

Yeah the tank is in the middle of an allotment next to an out building, the nearest power supply is at least 100metres away and that isn’t owned by myself, it also goes through a busy yard and will have several cars wagons drive over any leads put down!! They couldn’t be dug in either as I don’t own the land.

Solar is my only solution, otherwise I would be using electric, I currently have a 50watt solar panel connected to a charge controller and a 80AH battery, this should be more than capable to run a small 12v water pump.

Surely someone has a solar set up for a small pond!!

Thank you for the explanation. It does seem like solar is your only option. I am afraid I have no knowledge of that, I wish you the best of luck with you're endeavors.