Hi all , when I bought my house a few years ago it came with an old above ground pond , its cone to the end off its life and is leaking terribly . In the next 2 weeks I'm gona start work on making a new one in a different location .
It will be stocked with approx 12 goldfish. I've ordered a 1800lt preformed pond and I will be sinking it in the ground , I've picked up an old kockney koi filter with no media , im gona remove the vortex chamber so that it fits in its desired location, so I will be left with approx a meter long 4 bay filter , which will be pump fed .
Here come all the questions, what kind off water turn over should I be aiming for into the filter , I currently have a 3500lh pump on the old pond , will this be sufficient or should I get a higher volume pump ? I plan on having a decorative water fall but will run this from a separate smaller pump so when its in use in the summer it will add extra circulation and help oxygenate as well as being decorative.
Question 2 , media , i have a load off brushes and k1 media with the old pond , the filter will have 4 bays , so I was thinking one bay brushes , one bay foam pads , 2 bays k1 .
But what foams are best and what porosity? , also the 2 k1 bays , static or fluidised ? , I now k1 generally is positioned at the end off the filter, but could I have my first chamber k1 fluidised taking advantage off the flow from the supply from the pond pump , then brushes , then foam , and lastly static k1 before returning to the pond .
Many thanks any help greatly appreciated
It will be stocked with approx 12 goldfish. I've ordered a 1800lt preformed pond and I will be sinking it in the ground , I've picked up an old kockney koi filter with no media , im gona remove the vortex chamber so that it fits in its desired location, so I will be left with approx a meter long 4 bay filter , which will be pump fed .
Here come all the questions, what kind off water turn over should I be aiming for into the filter , I currently have a 3500lh pump on the old pond , will this be sufficient or should I get a higher volume pump ? I plan on having a decorative water fall but will run this from a separate smaller pump so when its in use in the summer it will add extra circulation and help oxygenate as well as being decorative.
Question 2 , media , i have a load off brushes and k1 media with the old pond , the filter will have 4 bays , so I was thinking one bay brushes , one bay foam pads , 2 bays k1 .
But what foams are best and what porosity? , also the 2 k1 bays , static or fluidised ? , I now k1 generally is positioned at the end off the filter, but could I have my first chamber k1 fluidised taking advantage off the flow from the supply from the pond pump , then brushes , then foam , and lastly static k1 before returning to the pond .
Many thanks any help greatly appreciated
