SKIPPY BIO FLTER

[JohnHuff]

Could you put the filter stacked like that like i do with my filter tanks .Separate from the pond and water goes into it and then runs inside liner and then down into the pond .This way if it falls over it is protected from falling into the pond .Plus it would be protected from the wind also .I put my filter tanks in this set up so if it leaks it just runs back into the pond ,less worry that way .

Yes. My shower filter is now actually over the pond so if it overflows for some reason the water will just drip into the pond.

Yep yep, those would work fine as well. However, my concern with having them completely open like that is having "too much" oxygen penetration and all of the troubles this can bring when it is an outside device along with full sunlight and other weather.

A pox on that too much O2 talk! That's what I alluded to in a post somewhere. It will also act as a veggie scrubber then - even better!

 

[HARO]

I have a large rectangular automotive parts bin in the basement that I use to house fish I don't want outside for whatever reason. Tried different filters on it over the years, until two years ago I hit upon the perfect solution! I took a large limestone landscape rock, around 50# or so, drilled a 1/2" hole through it top-to-bottom, and placed it on a milk crate to keep it above the water. A pond pump with a pre-filter pushes clean water up through the rock like a small fountain, and the water trickles back over the rock into the container. Over the past two years, a layer of moss has grown on the rock (no idea what kind or where it came from) and this may help to remove impurities. NEVER any ammonia reading, in spite of having over 20 goldfish in roughly 100g. of water all winter with only sporadic water changes.
John

 

[Catfishnut]

quote="HARO, post: 210695, member: 3528"]I have a large rectangular automotive parts bin in the basement that I use to house fish I don't want outside for whatever reason. Tried different filters on it over the years, until two years ago I hit upon the perfect solution! I took a large limestone landscape rock, around 50# or so, drilled a 1/2" hole through it top-to-bottom, and placed it on a milk crate to keep it above the water. A pond pump with a pre-filter pushes clean water up through the rock like a small fountain, and the water trickles back over the rock into the container. Over the past two years, a layer of moss has grown on the rock (no idea what kind or where it came from) and this may help to remove impurities. NEVER any ammonia reading, in spite of having over 20 goldfish in roughly 100g. of water all winter with only sporadic water changes.
John[/quote]


Interesting! I like this! Doing something akin to this in an outdoor pond would look really awesome! I am going to have to keep this in mind for at least the aesthetics of the design. If it provides a form of filtration and oxygenation, then all the better.

Gordy

 

[HARO]

I started making these fountain rocks as small water features/bird baths, and also to use up leftover stone at the garden center. When I read about the Trickle Tower filters, I thought "Why not?" BTW, the birds LOVE 'em! Once the weather warms, I'm doing 2 or 3 for the shallow end of my pond.
John