Building a HUGE Pond Filter - Part 1 - Introduction
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2018
- First episode in this mega-filter build for my large trout pond. Today we will take a look at the various parts of the filter and I'll explain how they are going to be fitted together to form a huge filter which will hopefully clear the pond.
The next episodes will highlight the individual parts of the filter and have links to the gear I am using wherever possible.
The parts / features of this filter will be as follows:
3 x Vortex
1 x Brush chamber
1 x Moving bed chamber (water driven)
2 x Bio / settlement chamber with crates of Alfagrog
1 or 2 x large shower filters filled with Biohome shower media and white pumice over more crates of Alfagrog
1 x Daphnia breeding chamber
(+ possible Aquaponics chambers?)
A nation of pipes, joints, taps, drains and features which should hopefully make the cleaning of the filter very easy - the goal is to use the sediment rich nutritious water drained from the filter to feed my lawn and garden borders.
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First episode in this mega-filter build for my large trout pond. Today we will take a look at the various parts of the filter and I'll explain how they are going to be fitted together to form a huge filter which will hopefully clear the pond.
The next episodes will highlight the individual parts of the filter and have links to the gear I am using wherever possible.
The parts / features of this filter will be as follows:
3 x Vortex
1 x Brush chamber
1 x Moving bed chamber (water driven)
2 x Bio / settlement chamber with crates of Alfagrog
1 or 2 x large shower filters filled with Biohome shower media and white pumice over more crates of Alfagrog
1 x Daphnia breeding chamber
(+ possible Aquaponics chambers?)
A nation of pipes, joints, taps, drains and features which should hopefully make the cleaning of the filter very easy - the goal is to use the sediment rich nutritious water drained from the filter to feed my lawn and garden borders.
If you've enjoyed this video please check out the playlists on my channel for hundreds more - on a variety of subjects.
Feel free to share or link any of my videos on facebook, twitter, forums etc. for the benefit of anyone you think may also enjoy watching.
See you next time.
Pondguru
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I like the daphnia idea!
There's nothing better than a mega build good luck.👌🤗
cant wait to see it finished
Unreal man can't wait to see results
Yep, That is going to be HUGE! and hugely interesting to watch come together 💕👍
That is going to be the beast of all filters Richard. Can't wait to see you build it
Finally got round to watching this video some size filter the daphnia part is great also fish will love it hope it all goes well for you
Time will tell how effective how the various parts are going to be but I'm hoping that it will make a noticeable difference to the clarity - that's what I'm really after here.
Looking forward to watching it all come together
Wow! I can't wait to see this put together and in action!!!
Blimey proper project. Looking forward to see the end result up and running. 👍
Love the pond updates!! Looking forward to this series!!
Deffo mega filter wow that's going to work brilliantly ....awesome 👍👍🐟🐡
can't wait to see the final product. gonna be getting some bio home for my tank soon.. thanks for the video
Can't wait to see the next video, I have learned so much from you over the years. Thank you so much for posting!!!
Sounds very good. Cant wait to see how you get on. Best of luck!
I have enjoyed your demonstration. So many of your techniques are ideas I have considered and I'm glad to be able to see how you've incorporated them. Your presentation isn't over whelming and you are careful to walk though each step. Thank you for taking the time to share this.
Great project Richard can't wait to see it running ☺☺
That may be a long way in the future judging by how little time I've had for construction so far, lol
Pondguru im sure by autumn it will be up and running, have you looked at using dyofix? Its the blue dye that controls algae growth that some carp fisheries use 👍👍
I'm sure that would work but I normally just use a couple of square bales of barley straw to prevent it going green. I thought I'd leave it this year to see if when the green water dies off it will take some suspended sediment down with it but it's a bit early to tell if that will happen.
Great video! This is going to be one hell of a filter. I’m anxiously waiting for part 2 🤠
Great video again, can't wait to see part 2.
This is my kind of project. I am stoked to see it built and running! Hurry it along Richard! LOL
Very nice! Can't wait to see the rest
Awesome! I can't wait see the finish filter.. 🖒
I'm looking forward to seeing this.
Sounds like a beast of a filter, cant wait to see it
Greeting for Kiwiland,
Thanks for another great video mate, appreciate it very much, thumbs up and best regards from Down Under, Tony.
2000 gallons filter, that’s gonna be an amazing filter. 👍👍👍
Awesome can't wait to see it in action 👍
Looks awesome about 3 times the size of my pond lol can't wait to see it go together keep it up Jon
Wow this is going to be epic! Good luck!
Thats one huge filter. Hope it goes as planed sir good luck. Have a awsome day sir.
I love you’re ponds builds bro
Have been waiting for this Richard. 👍👏👏
this it totally awesome, finally a project i can look forward too !! this is a massive filter and i can't wait to see the mega filter come together and learn more about making my own filter for my pond !!
Now I just need time to get it all put together, lol
Awesome project and can't wait for the progress ! 1 day your pond will be clear and can look down at least a foot or more. Those daphnia and other little things are excellent idea cause they help clean the pond and natural food for the baby fishes and fry's !
Before I put bottom feeders in it used to be clear and you could see a good 7'-8' down from the big platform but it hasn't been clear for years - even if the filter allows me to see 3'-4' down it will be a success.
cannot wait to see your build ;)
Best project and idea of 2018! I had the same idea 30 years ago to make a Daphnia filter, had a cloudy pond and had only 12volt electricity at that place, I caught millions of Daphias in a ditch nearby and put them in the pond, after a few weeks the water was crystal clear, cant wait for part 2, good luck with the project Richard.
The suspended sediment in the water prevents dahnia from 'blooming' in my pond but hopefully by removing suspended solids the daphnia will do well in main pond too.
Well thought out mate should work well. Love the daphnia idea. 👍😀
Yes, I'm really hoping that will work as the flow there will be minimal (literally dripping in) - if daphnia won't grow well I'll fill that container with water cress and increase the flow.
wow that is a monster filter man cant wait to see how clear it makes your pond !!!
It will be an age until I get it done, lol
Great idea!!! can't wait
Very nice video Richard , I don’t keep ponds but it’s still very interesting
It's going to be a monster
Dem some happy fish.
Should be very interesting!!!!
Wow, just a massive good luck from me, hope you have great success with this plan....... “I love it when a plan comes together”.
Looking forward to following this. 🤞
This plan may take months to come together if my available free time has anything to do with it, lol
Well Richard, you don't do things by half mate. So many different aspects to this huge multi faceted pond filter. Although I'm in no position to have a pond myself, I'm really interested to see how it's all planned, constructed and comes together. You explain in layman's terms about all the steps you are taking and the various equipment your using and why your using it. All this presented in a very clear and logical manner in a way that anyone with decent DIY skills could follow. Great video and really looking forward to the next part.
Getting time to do work on it will be the hard part but I'm trying to do something every few days.
That's gonna be am awesome filter
Interesting video. I would also add a 500 watt UV lamp driven by solar and half a ton of sludge eating bacteria!
I cant wait for next video ....
Fair play mate. That's going to be a beast. That will take some serious effort setting up, It took me best bit of a day to setup one of them big tubs. Setting loads of them up and with vortexes and all-sorts is a big job. Good luck mate
Yes there is a nation of fittings to put into position and getting time to do anything is a real killer at present.
Excellent video Richard, I saw a little of this when i picked up the filter you were kind enough to offer me, ( different youtube account long story) That is going to cost you a small fortune in Grog etc, I cant wait to see next episode, good luck Patrick
Actually the grog isn't very expensive if I buy a full ton and it lasts for ever so will be great for settlement and supporting shrimps, water lice etc. etc. which will all help reduce organics in water.
this is epic
I've been waiting for these videos! :) and nice shirt! it's a good band ;)
My wife hates that T-shirt, lol
I normally just respond with "It's better than anything on the radio...."
Wow. Richard. Ive been waiting for this series. My whole water collection for the plot is 8.000 litres. If that dorsnt help clean that water up and should help feed your pond. Really looking forward to part 2
Part 2 is going to be live tonight as it is already uploaded.
8000 litres is a heck of a catchment for an allotment, nice one.
Pondguru It comes from having to catch everything I used at the last place, when I moved to this place I installed it all even though there is a tap there. Saves water on the bills and I can use it through a pump and hose system if I wish, as it is my water I am not governed by the water rules, IE only using a can
You're only allowed to water plants using a watering can if you don't have your own water storage on site?
I'm so glad I have no rules and regulations at my place....or neighbours, lol
Yeah every site has their own rules mate and thats what it is on my site, and with 3 plots all 186ft x 22ft each then watering that by can would take forever. Anyway, stop interrupting me Im watching part 2 :) lol
This a a massive endeavour as well as filter, tweek it a tad and you could hook it up to filter the North Sea 😁
I just wish it would warm up the North Sea - all those beautiful beaches and freezing cold water, lol
awesome i need to build a big pond filter soon for my over stock 1000 gallon pond with 60 kois
Damn, that is well overstocked, if I were you I'd sell most of the fish and invest the money in a big filter.
Cool! I mean groovy!
Big project! I'm guessing you'll be needing big pumps too!
I am contemplating a 30000 lph pump for the main filter and will be using the Amphibious 12000 for the final chamber to run the shower filter(s)
Great video. Can’t wait to see the progress. Very interested in all of the finer details ,which you explain so well in your videos. Always interested in how filtration works in ponds etc. Currently pimping out aquarium filters based on your videos. Curious as to whether you’ve considered taking a clue from nature. You mentioned clear spring water in a previous video. I was wondering if water pumped into a reed bed would filter out a lot of particulate matter resulting in clear run off? Also when you open the bottom drains on the mega filter what happens to the run off? Have you concerns with this? Thanks again eagerly await the next video.
The spring which feeds the pond dribbles in and although the pond is packed with plants around the edges the water is still stirred up. When draining the tank the water will be directed to my lawn and borders to feed grass / plants.
The CAT centre in Wales use a combi of vertical and horizontal reed beds that feed a willow system before finally entering the pond.
That system's designed to have a potable end product, which is a different design aim to this one.
That is an amazing set up you've got going on there
Truely mind blowing your filter holds more water than my pond does :)
Can yourself or anyone point me in the rightvway to make a barrel filter
I cannot decide weather woukd be best having inlet at the top or the bottom :/
I'm guessing the bottom would be better so as water rises and leaves via top I think that way all the heavier partials would sit close to bottom
Rather than fall all way though from top?
Advice needed ASAP please tia
Hello
I truly enjoy the videos and have learned a tremendous amount, thanks. I've been watching these for some time now, and your pond is quite established. I understand wanting to clear it up, but you are making a huge investment in biological filtration and dedicating a significant percentage of your filtering system to it. Curious...why the enormous biological component for such a mature pond? Are there water issues?
I am asking because I have a pond, it's cloudy, I was considering adding aeration...should I consider a more complex system?
Thank you
You are indeed a daring guru of ponds!
Please allow me to ask a question about culturing Daphnia and other such creatures. Have you determined that their populations are depressed in your pond? Those little creatures usually achieve healthy populations without intervention.
Have you seen evidence that the rainbow trout have spawned in your pond?
Thank you so much.
When I pull plants or muck from the pond it is crawling with life including daphnia but it never blooms due to the amount of sediment suspended in the water. Trout have never spawned as they are triploids (unable to breed)
Thank you, sir.
if it will filter fine clay particles then it will filter any waterfleas, daphnia,shrimp etc unless they are growing near the return obviously so yes they will clean the water in the filter but not much will pass through to feed the pond fish, the daphnia tub specifically for them will obviously, huge job u got there, hope u get it right 1st go and dont need much rearranging etc cant be cheap.
The set up of the grog chambers will support a mad amount of water lice / shrimps which will find their way back to the pond or come out in the water I will be draining off and be used as fertiliser for the lawn and planted borders.
Consider running the vortex component alone at first to see if you can reduce the suspended particulate matter in the pond prior to bringing the other components on line. Any reduction in that suspended matter would "save" the bio components from getting clogged too fast and allow them to work on the dissolved materials where they are most efficient and useful. But it may just be that the pond will have an infinite supply of the solids, but it's worth a shot, and if, after a week or two you don't see any reduction, you've only lost a little time.
The other parts of the filter will be important for culturing higher forms of life and supporting bacteria to ensure healthier water - goal is to make water clear and healthy so I really need all the various parts together.
The idea was to do some 'mechanical' filtering first via the vortex, before adding in the bio media, which can become clogged. Not to separate the functions in the long term, but give one a head start to enable better efficiency from the other. Same goal.
existing stuff :)
Bloody fantastic set up and explanation. Can you please tell me how many litres is in your pond? Also...is there a rule of thumg re: filter capacity per say 1K litres? cheers
Hi, Big fan of your videos and this series has been especially useful, What is the approx. volume of your pond that this massive filter serves? I have watched all the videos but I have not heard a figure mentioned.
That pond looks enormous. How do you even fill it or top it up?
Fantastic exciting stuff , looking forward to part two . Quick question , do you have a stream running into your pond or any other water source ?
There is a spring which feeds in but it dribbles in and is enough to keep the pond full.
You could put a lid on that tank behind you and use it as a flotation tank lol
Just finished all the videos of this build and I have learnt some good tips for when I build my own filter system ( obviously smaller 🤣) can I ask with you pumping the water in the bottom of the vortex does it affect the flow compared to if you was just to have it just falling in from the top?? Thanks
Also would you be able to put the moving bed after the Alfagrog? Does it matter what way?
I started a daphnia colony outside but i didnt put a lid on it , every parasitic larvae ended up in there . Ive started again with a clear perspex lid mate
I do get fish leeches in the pond from time to time, also seen fish lice so the whole system may become a breeding ground for them but I'm hoping that if I can clear the pond there's a chance that all the small fish (rudd, perch etc.) could see the adult parasites and eat them.
Hi Richard, I'm loving this filter project and looking forward to looking into that crystal clear pond.... it'll be like watching trout swimming around in a swimming pool lol. On a serious note though I have my doubts! What volume of the pond are you hoping will pass through this mega filter on an hourly basis? Does your pond have a little stream feeding into it? Man I hope it works, great vid as always. Rowan
The spring which runs in is just enough to keep it topped up - pump I intend to use will be 30000 lph.
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Love your videos, 1 thing I don't get though, if the filter is that thorough how does the living food make it through and into the pond, won't it get filtered out?
As the 'food' will be mobile creatures like water lice and shrimps, larvae etc. it will follow the flow back to the pond if the population gets too crowded in the various parts of the filter. Any creatures which are left in there will be flushed out as feed for the lawn and plants in the garden.
Richard what interested me is the daphnia. Two questions., if you are going to breed daphnia in a tub would you consider selling it? My understanding is daphnia is used as an indication for water quality so should the pond just not fill up with it unless the fish are too ravenous.
When the water clears in the pond daphnia and other forms of life will do much better in the pond and I'm intending to use the breeding tub to constantly seed the pond. If anyone is local they'll be welcome to swing a net through the tub to feed their fish but I won't be selling it.
Great video Richard, can’t wait to see it up and running , what timescale you give Your self to complete it ?
Will this make the lotus pressured filter redundant?
No, I will be pumping out from the last tub through the Lotus pressure filter and into the 2 shower filters.
I never give myself a time scale since I can only snatch an hour here and there due to the nature of my business.
Looking forward to the next video 👍
Can you tell me your reasoning for the order of your three filters. I keep seeing the moving tank last but you put it first. Does it matter?
I just came across sort of an unusual way to treat pond water. Its bales of barley. Its even sold at Walmart in small sized for fish ponds.
Maybe that would help?
Yes, that's what I generally use to treat the green water and as the crops have just come up here I'll be getting a couple of square bales to drop into the pond. They work best near water flow so I'll put them in the return flow from the big filter....when I get it finished, lol
Did another chamber yesterday (brush chamber) so next task is the moving bed part of the system.
hey pondguru! i have a question, not related to this video though. i have some peat balls in a water butt i got them from you years and years ago but the butt lol has been empty for years as well are they still ok to have in aquarium water? they still look normal and when squeezed still release some tannin's. cheers.
They should still be fine as peat doesn't really go 'bad'
Nice video. What kind of pump are you using to power the filter?
6 Tyne and Wear Fire Engines will be on site around the clock to assist with the pumping operation.
lol
I'm not sure yet - I have a 16000 lph Aquamax pump but I think it will be way too small for this system. The last part will have the Blagdon Amphibious 12000 to move water to the shower filter(s) but to remove the water from the pond to the main filter it could need something nearer 30000 lph.
A big and powerful pump ! lol.
This is the first time I hear about Alfagrog. Is it better than Biohome Ultimate? Btw, great vids. Learn new stuff all the time. Thank you.
For use in a big dirty pond filter it is a good media but most of the surface area is external so it is nowhere near as effective as the biohome at supporting bacteria - if you watch the video 'Looking inside filter media' you'll see what I mean as I show the internal structure of many different types of media in that one. Where water is cleanest at the end of the filtering process the biohome will be used but the alfagrog will be used here mainly as settlement and to support higher forms of life (which will feed fish when they work their way back to the pond).
Thank you for the reply.
Geez I imagine the bio media cost will exceed $1,000!!!!
It may stretch the budget for sure, lol
Great , cant wait for part 2. Is alfa grog a UK product?
Venesh Pillay think so, I know it's made there
Yes it is from Alfa Aggregates and has been around for years - it will be used mainly for settlement and to support higher forms of life in this filter.
Great idea! No uv filter?
It takes around 1 watt per 100 litres to kill suspended algae in a pond so I couldn't afford to run a series of UV filters due to the size of the pond.Usually I keep the pond algae free simply by using 2-3 square bales of barley straw.
The pressure filter I am using later in this build has UV bulbs in but they are only 50w which is nowhere near enough to impact this pond (it is around 1,000,000 litres)
I have just purchased a kockney koi 6000 multi chamber filter that did not come with any foam or media. Does anyone have any recommendations or tips that could help me find the best products to use.
Thanks Lee
Would you recommend using brushes as the first container came with brushes or would you recommend something else.
Also would you say that Alfagrog is better than pumice is this situation or it be the other way round.
Thanks lee
Yes brushes are great for primary settlement so are a good choice for the first chamber. In a fully submerged situation the alfgrog will be better than the pumice since there will be a build up of fine muck in all the chambers which will clog more porous media like pumice.
How do you clean out where the muck collects below the vortex? It looked like a sealed bottom?
Next video shows fitting of bottom drains.
Pondguru thank you for your reply. Was watching and thought how was you going to remove the dirt. Thank you for the nice upload 👍👍👍
Hello did you all have a filter in this pond/pool or just the two water features?
Can you please help me out I'm trying to find corse medium and fin filter pads like you use I've ordered some but they look really thin and the all look the same I cant tell witch on is corse/medium/fin please please help dont want to keep throwing money down the filter
As long as you pick a listing which looks like it has different grades of coarseness it will all be good - use a polyester pad or filter floss for the 'fine' polishing pad.
Any UV to be installed Richard?
No, nothing extra planned as the running costs for something big enough to make a difference would be huge although the Lotus pressure filter has 50w of UV and will be integrated into teh system near teh end.
If you use spring water...why do you need bio filtration? Wouldn't just a fine mechanical filter be all you need? Just run it through gravels and then some super fine poly sheets- meters and meters of it. Use the wire brush tub for just more fine particulate removal.
Backwashing to a sewer is the part you have to figure out!
The spring just dribbles in and that tends to run clear most of the time. A large fine pad can be clogged in a day from this pond so that would be a costly and maintenance heavy way to remove muck although the shower filter(s) will probably have fine pad over them.
Waste water will be used to feed my lawns and garden.
But once it clears the water...switch to courser pads? Mr.Pond,I read that somebody who had the problem of clay ponds being murky in Australia...he drained,dried the pond..then used a compacter on the bottom. Extreme.
I'm not draining the pond - that's for sure, lol
The last container will house a pump which will pump to the pressure filter then up to 2 shower filters. I didn't show that in this video as I only just decided to include that into the system a couple of days ago - I'll cover it when I get to that part of the filter in a future video.
I'm thinking you just about buy out all the floss at your version of Walmarts all over town,use it as a huge prefilter- and when you spend a week washing it once a day...it might get that water crystal clear. After that? Go down to poly mat sheeting or best foams? The initial removal..over a week or month,might take out all the excess free floating clay particles. Clay particles are among the finest that can you can find in water..once you get them out,you might have a more natural clear pond.
Floss also might be fastest to clear that pond. After that,the other ways to maintain. Just trying to help!
Could we have a update wounding how it’s going
Hey Richard!
I Really think this is an awesome project and I hope it succeeds.
However I think that there are a few flaws that you should correct while you can. Don't get me wrong here but I think you are taking too much of an aquarium approach to a pond, which is not always applicable.
Here are a few points you should consider:
1. Height.
In my opinion your filter build off too much from the ground. The problem with that is, that the pump will use MUCH more power to push LESS water, as height really is a big problem for most pumps. That means putting a 16.000l/h pump will only really push effective 8-10.000l/h. If you put all your containers into the ground so the water level of the pond is just slightly lower than the water level of the filter, it will use much more of its capabilities.
2. Filter media
As the pond is all natural, it features a wide variety of bacteria in the substrate already. Those will be perfect for filtering the waters nitrate/nitrides etc. Your filter should mostly, if not solely, focus on the particles in the water. You should use many many more brushes and no shower filter. Try to get a very Very slow water flow through the brushes to settle a lot of particles.
3. Pump placement and capacity
As, again, you only want to filter the water and not the ground, you should place the pump somewhere in the middle. As this is kinda impossible you may want to add a sort of pump chamber which takes in water from the surface/middle ground and has the pump standing clean without mud. This also keeps the possibility of using a tube pump. Tube pumps can push way more water at only a little energy but can NOT push it very high up so 1. comes in again. As for pump capacity, ideally you should (in theory) push at least 1xpond/h through the filter. As that'd be like 200.000l/h I don't think it's possible. You also don't want you pond THAT sterile. More is always better though. Also keep in mind that the brush chamber should have very low water velocity so make the chamber as wide as possible (big cross section). Same goes for the vortex, as you want the dirt to settle. Moving bed/bacteria based chambers on the other hand should have as much movement as possible so the bacteria is able to get sososo much water as possible through it.
I hope this helps you a little and you take up some of my points.
I'd love to chat with you about this so hit me up on Facebook if you like.
Cheers mate!
I hear you on all those points and a system built somewhere else which was lower down would definitely have made sense but the ground under the cabin lends itself to locating the filter there so it is out of my wife's view. The ground at the back slopes up so if I went for the filter all on one level I'd lose one or two containers.
The increased height of the initial parts of the filter will affect pump flow for sure but I'm not concerned with getting a certain turn over rate per hour and the extra fall will allow me to water different parts of the garden I will be developing in the future with really nutritious water (possibly a vegetable garden)
The moving bed will be water driven with the feed pipes having DIY venturi built into them and a fall is needed for the water to drive the bed. It could turn out that an air pump is still needed too but time will tell there.....lol
There will be areas of fast flow and slow flow to move media or settle muck and the positioning of inlet / outlet will maximise dwell time in settlement areas.
Yes, it will need a huge pump - I can get a 30000 lph pump which is a variable 385W so running costs will be fine.
Yes, the idea of a settlement filter is the primary reason behind making it like this with the brushes in the vortex filters and also in the large brush chamber which will have a nation of them. There will be 2 containers filled with grog which works great in muck and also settles fine muck out really well then the shower filter(s) at the end are to soak up any nitrates before water heads back to the pond. An air pump may be in that section to ensure that the water is not de-oxygenated when it goes back to the pond but a venturi will be built in the outlet to help out there too.
Ultimately the pond pump may be suspended below a floating island (another project I haven't got round to making yet....) or off the end of the large platform in the pond as that is approx. 8' deep off the end of there - as long as the return from the filter was directed away from the pump the pond should turn over well.
As the videos progress you'll get a better idea of how each section is set up - this video was really just an overview of the various parts - next part (on the vortex filters) is due to be uploaded later today and I will tweak the various parts as necessary.
The idea is for the filter to make the water clearer through settlement but also to be a breeding ground for invertebrates which will end up back in the pond to feed the fish, hence the grog as it is great at doing both.
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I remember the video when you used a clay flocculant. What's your opinion of this (on UA-cam): Denitrification (N2) using a Biocenosis Clarification Basket in the Aquarium Sump.
wouldnt a sand filter be a good filter for a pond
Hey are you from Scotland?
Aditya A. Aima from very north of England
James Neasham To non british who has never been there sounded like Scottish Highlands. Blame it on Outlander series. Haha
Hi Richard. Check my latest for a pretty epic koi pond filter in progress.
What a beast that one is - awesome work, man.
No way I would pump the water twice.
I still don't think it will work.
I would help nature do it's own thing with a bog/gravel filter around the pond. Low to zero mainainence, plenty of plants.
You can even run it on an airlift system for even less moving parts and electricity.
Time will tell...
I think I need my hearing checked.. Did he say half a ton.....
In total it will be nearer a ton of alfagrog - used mainly for settlement and to support higher forms of life.