Waterfall blade/filter material ?

[yorkshire pudding]

hi @Tr1951terry, you dont need to put any filter floss in the blade otherwise it will affect the way the water is distributed along the edge of the blade, hope this helps, cheers mark.

 

[GBBUDD]

It will also glow and back up

 

[Tr1951terry]

hi @Tr1951terry, you dont need to put any filter floss in the blade otherwise it will affect the way the water is distributed along the edge of the blade, hope this helps, cheers mark.

I was thinking about that I intend to have a suitable filter pump the one I’ve got is only a oase 1500 my new pond will be about 2000 litre what size filter will I need for it and the 45cm water blade thankyou for any advice

 

[yorkshire pudding]

hi @Tr1951terry would it be possible to post a couple of pictures of your setup as im a bit confused as to what your asking, probably just me but pictures will help to give you the advice you want. cheers mark

 

[Tr1951terry]

The first one is my present pond about 5ft x 3ft the other is the one I’m building is 6ft6 x4ft6 x 4ft8 at one end I’m putting the blade like in the 3rd pic on the end that is higher the blade will be about 10” above the water level sorry for confusing you I’m new at this

 

[addy1]

Nice looking build!

 

[yorkshire pudding]

The first one is my present pond about 5ft x 3ft the other is the one I’m building is 6ft6 x4ft6 x 4ft8 at one end I’m putting the blade like in the 3rd pic on the end that is higher the blade will be about 10” above the water level sorry for confusing you I’m new at this

hi @Tr1951terry, well done on such a neat build, is the filter/pump in the original pond what you will be using for the new pond? is it an all in one pump/filter/uv ? i think you may need more filtration if that is so, the blade can be positioned anywhere you like that is pleasing to you and place the pump towards the opposite end of the blade. i think @GBBUDD posted a short video that showed what type of flow was achieved with different sized pumps i will try and find it or hopefully @GBBUDD will point it out, cheers mark

 

[Tr1951terry]

Yeh I’ve always been ok building wood stuff I wanted a bit bigger pond I’m gonna buy a bigger filter / with uv my oase 1500 won’t be strong enuff for my new pond plus to power the blade from the information I’ve got so I was thinking something like an oase 4 or 5000 or bigger plus I can put my 1500 in to give it extra filtration I’m learning that’s why I joined this forum to get advice My other hobby

 

[Tr1951terry]

Yeh I’ve always been ok building wood stuff I wanted a bit bigger pond I’m gonna buy a bigger filter / with uv my oase 1500 won’t be strong enuff for my new pond plus to power the blade from the information I’ve got so I was thinking something like an oase 4 or 5000 or bigger plus I can put my 1500 in to give it extra filtration I’m learning that’s why I joined this forum to get advice My other hobby

 

[Tr1951terry]

When my blade comes I’ll temporarily fix it to show you what my idea is that I’m after

 

[yorkshire pudding]

hi @Tr1951terry, .

it will give you an idea of what pump each provides regarding flow over the edge of your blade. hope this helps, cheers mark dont forget these pumps are US gph you will need to convert to UK lph which you can do on google

 

[Tr1951terry]

hi @Tr1951terry, .

it will give you an idea of what pump each provides regarding flow over the edge of your blade. hope this helps, cheers mark dont forget these pumps are US gph you will need to convert to UK lph which you can do on google

Thanks mark I’ll convert it and decide my blade comes today so I can do a dummy run on my small pond with my present filter/pump an see how it goes I’ve done a volume calculator and my new pond will be about 1500 litre it’s coming along nicely

 

[GBBUDD]

It appears your corners are not staggered? 1500 is not a ton of pressure but it is enough to create problems.

I also just noticed that you have a space at the bottom, it is not advisable to try to span that with liner. if your placing fabric then liner. I would use heavier fabric and double it up and make sure not to just have a small over lap I'd have a foot and a half where the seam s away from that space. Ultimately you should google scribing and infill that area.

 

[yorkshire pudding]

It appears your corners are not staggered? 1500 is not a ton of pressure but it is enough to create problems

you took the words right out of my mouth @GBBUDD

 

[Tr1951terry]

It appears your corners are not staggered? 1500 is not a ton of pressure but it is enough to create problems.

I also just noticed that you have a space at the bottom, it is not advisable to try to span that with liner. if your placing fabric then liner. I would use heavier fabric and double it up and make sure not to just have a small over lap I'd have a foot and a half where the seam s away from that space. Ultimately you should google scribing and infill that area.

The corners have 6” bolts through and the wood has 5” screws into the row underneath I must admit this is new to me