the pond cycle

[stroppy]

ha stroppy.. that is what we got and we think of as our pets!!!!! I think they were six goldfish / shebumpkins for thirty pounds.They were about 3 inches from the garden centre.


What is a Bio filter?

mine were too or rather there grandparents were ...and i love them just as much as koi :0)

 

[Squidhead]

Bio filter = Biological filter

Or, the bacterias that change ammonia to nitrate. Besides other places in the pond you put a media with lots of surface area in your filter that the bacteria will grow on. As the water passes through the bacteria removes ammonia.

Mechanical Filter would be a skimmer basket, sieve, and media that remove particulate matter. Even the bottom of a drum or tank filter where the poop settles.

Chemical filtration is activated carbon, zeolite, etc. used to remove toxins from the water.

 

[addy1]

Lily we are building a large bog garden to be our bio filter, filled with pea gravel and plants. the water will be pumped into a pipe below the gravel and filter up to waterfall back into the pond.
Like squidhead says, there are multiple different filter types out there. Everybody has their own preference.

 

[DrDave]

When you think about it, the entire surface of the liner is a bio filter of sorts.

 

[PS3]

feeders are small gold fish that people buy to feed there bigger fish like
oscars and other fish that eat live food lol. back on may 3 i put in about
20 somthings feeders some passed but i have about 12 left are they are huge

 

[koikeepr]

When you think about it, the entire surface of the liner is a bio filter of sorts.

Without a doubt! Once it gets that fine coat of algae the darn liner is an ecosystem in it's own right.

 

[Squidhead]

For sure. Plants and algae are the best bio-filters for sure. If you think about it, most pond equiptment is just trying to do what plants/algae do. Bio filter, air pump and diffuser and even food source for the fish.

 

[Mucky_Waters]

I have never been able to understand the mind of a spammer. Do they really think that injecting spam ads into the middle of a forum thread will actually bring new customers to their business?

 

[j.w]

They will be gone soon................silly spammers think they can just move in and bark at us like that! I turned them in to the dog catchers

 

[Becky]

Gone!

 

[j.w]

Yay Becky :banana: