Question:
Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? Thanks—Ernie & Joan
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I use 50 yards of black vinyl screening in a 150 gallon stock tank. It is an upflow design. It works great and smells river water sweet when I clean it. The only thing I would do differently is put each 25 yard length in a large meshy bag – the width and length of the stock tank. Right now we just haul the stuff out. A talented person could sew one out of the vinyl screening or some other material. An untalented one, like me, will start looking around for something to buy
K30A See my brother’s website http://WWW.30acreimaging.com/ see the labradors at http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm K30A and friends’ pond information page http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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I’m split between bug screen and furnace filters. Both are light weight and cheap. I think the screen offers more surface area. Furnace filters are more convenient to handle. Both are good I hear. Kirk – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I use 50 yards of black vinyl screening >in a 150 gallon stock tank. >It is an upflow design. >It works great and smells river water >sweet when I clean it. >The only thing I would do differently is >put each 25 yard length in a large meshy >bag – the width and length of the stock tank. >Right now we just haul the stuff out. >A talented person could sew one out of >the vinyl screening or some other material. >An untalented one, like me, will start looking >around for something to buy
>K30A >See my brother’s website >http://WWW.30acreimaging.com/ >see the labradors at >http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm >K30A and friends’ pond information page >http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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You know, Go to any .99 cent store and buy lots of those plastic pot scrubbing sponges. Throw them all in a mesh laundry bag and there ya go! (much more surface area than most other material and cheaper pound for pound. I use it and I have never had a problem with algae or chemical levels. HTH Perry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
I use plastic pallet strapping material. It’s cheap ($40.00 for 8,000 feet) and one roll will fill 2 55 gal drums. George
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
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OR, If you wanted to spend a whole lot more, you could use Springflo! ; ) It is amazing what people will sell….of course, it’s more amazing what people will pay for! Perry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I use plastic pallet strapping material. It’s cheap ($40.00 for 8,000 feet) > and one roll will fill 2 55 gal drums. > George > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but > is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
Scrubber pads are the best in my opinion..seeskippy`s site….mark
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> OR, > If you wanted to spend a whole lot more, you could use Springflo! ; ) > It is amazing what people will sell….of course, it’s more amazing what people > will pay for! > Perry > I use plastic pallet strapping material. It’s cheap ($40.00 for 8,000 feet) > and one roll will fill 2 55 gal drums. > George > > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but > is > > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
The Best Biomedia you can get is the Hyacinth Plant and it’s Damn cheap. You can support about 35 – 14" Koi that are fed heavily on only 3 Square Feet of them in a good & clean Veggy Filter. The roots of the plant are the finest media around and at seasons end you dump them. I’ve done it on 4 Square Feet but it was pushing it so believe what you want too. 90% of all ponds need little to NO Biofiltration since it forms Naturally on pond plants and anything else in the pond that’s shaded. Also 70% is done in your plumbing system and that’s been documented in the industry. Most people have such tiny Fishloads that it’s a Joke since the Biobugs never reach the Filter since they form as close to the waste as possible. Try it and you’ll be a believer but make sure that the water’s absolutely clean. > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
– Jeff Boyd OxyMax Products Venturi Aeration, Pumps & Filtration ~Store Site~ http://oxymax.home.att.net 1(717) 840-0271 2795 Cambridge Road York, PA 17402
Response:
I’m going to play devil’s advocate here. Why? Well…. we just had our 2nd annual pond tour and when I went out to "the old school" ponder’s place, a 10,000 gallon koi pond with 25-30 large koi, it was murky brownish green. This man uses down flow, lava rock and started with three 350 gallon stock tanks, each year since 1997 he has added another stock tank. He tries to clean the tanks by putting a shop/vac blower up to the drain and agitating the lava rock while flooding them. This year he added a veggie filter off to the side and in the pond, about 8 – 10 square feet of hyacinths (if not more). When I came to take pictures, there he was… showing off his filtration system, all I can hope is that the person was saying, "I want to see your filtration system." While thinking, so I don’t use it. So… back to the advocate, many of you mentioned your material, but didn’t always mention the state of your pond.. as in now, in spring or how often you’re cleaning your material. To be fair to Joan she should know these things. In my case, I use expen$ive open cell foam from Aquatic Eco-Systems, it has the ability to sieve out fine particles without channeling. Vinyl screening in the pre-filter first though, so the open cell foam does not clog. CSA on a maintenance dose. I’ve yet to see any wear & tear (except where I stuck something thru one sheet) after 4 years using the OCF. No green water regardless of the season. ~ jan See my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep ‘em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website
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> So… back to the advocate, many of you mentioned your material, but didn’t > always mention the state of your pond.. as in now, in spring or how often > you’re cleaning your material. To be fair to Joan she should know these > things.
With me: I use INexpensive filter mats that take me several hours to really clean good. This is in my (temporary set up) Aquascapes bio falls. Same set up I used in my last pond. I found that the channeling was causing my filters to be cleaned as much as once every two months, so it was always a big job. On this new pond I took out the lava rock as it was WAY too heavy to lift and looked like it was always clogged. So I purchased EXpensive bio-balls instead. Then I found my dream filter. In Oklahoma City of all places! Its the Ultimate Challenger system from Fluidart. I had never seen such a system before….. just flip a switch, a lever and it’s clean. Really clean. But that sort of easy always has a price tag…. so I bought one of the three I want and hooked it up. My pond is about 5 months old now. It started to go thru it’s green stage right as my filter showed up. In thirty hours the green was gonzo. Not bad considering it’s an 18k gallon pond. Next week we start the excavation for the new filter lines; making room for the filter I have and the others that I plan to get. I was so impressed that I started a business selling these filters. No, this is not spam as I am not selling them over the internet. I will not even leave a phone number. My point is this: do you want to mess around with cleaning or do you want a clean pond? Mine is always gin clear….. except for string algae. But, I expected it (LSA) with a new pond. I have a good fish load as well. I will be selling all my garage sale stuff laying around and what ever else I don’t need at the flea market until I get enough $$$ for my "dream system". Yesterday Tamara got in the pond and cleaned a bunch of LSA growing on lily pots, rocks, you name it. Of course this stirred up the water and muck causing the gin clear to go to more of a… well… you know. That was yesterday at 6pm. Gin clear again at 6am this morning. Just in case anyone missed it: http://www.anatometal.com/Barry/newpond.html — Barry-
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Okay, Joan, since Jan is playing the devil’s advocate… here is my story of attempts and final success in filtering the 3,000+ gallon main pond… dug and finished in October 1994. 1995 – Started out with in-pond containers of lava rock with the pumps either inside the containers or out in the pond but far too heavy and cumbersome for me to lift… got the kids over here to help … they loved it but I wasn’t so thrillled with seeing them covered in fish poo. Had to be a better way. 1997 – Enter the rock work around the pond… and building of the waterfall. This precluded me or the kids from even getting in the pond … too steep for us to get into without falling in
(‘nother story there.) So, the guy who built the waterfall bought the Pond Filtration 3000 …. guaranteed to filter 3000 gallons or your money back…. NOT! I fought green water but the fish remained healthy so didn’t sweat it too terribly much. Summer of ‘99 … son Dave and I put in a 6ft. x 4ft. x 2ft. Veggie Filter. Covered it with 2" rocks and pea gravel… 525 gallons of water fed the VF. Pond cleared overnight … to gin clear.! and so it has remained. I use CSA faithfully … sometimes a double dose if I feel the water could stand some polishing. And that is the end of my greenish-brownish pond water tale. No heavy deep digging to hid umpteen gallons of filter water … no intensive man labor needed…. just a simple Veggie Filter filled now with humongous plants of water hyanciths. Nedra in the hills of Missouri Zone 6+ Visit my ponds: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
Addendum: I did forget one item… the PF 3000 still performs the task of collecting some of the fishy poo. The pump is 1225 gph that collects the ’stuff’ – it sits on a shelf about 10 inches into the pond water. I rinse two smallish bags of carbon and zeolite in the lotus pond about twice a week… that is all the fertilization the lotus pond receives. So, a fair trade-off? I think so. This coming year I may dispense with the PF3000. In it’s place, I will put a PVC pipe to the lotus pond. Lotus Pond turns into a 3500 gallon Veggie Filter? Why Not? Always something going on to improve or change the pond area! Nedra – zone 6+ — Visit my ponds: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Okay, Joan, since Jan is playing the devil’s advocate… here is my story of > attempts and final success in filtering the 3,000+ gallon main pond… dug > and finished in October 1994. > 1995 – Started out with in-pond containers of lava rock with the pumps > either inside the containers or out in the pond but far too heavy and > cumbersome for me to lift… got the kids over here to help … they loved > it but I wasn’t so thrillled with seeing them covered in fish poo. Had to > be a better way. > 1997 – Enter the rock work around the pond… and building of the waterfall. > This precluded me or the kids from even getting in the pond … too steep > for us to get into without falling in
(‘nother story there.) > So, the guy who built the waterfall bought the Pond Filtration 3000 …. > guaranteed to filter 3000 gallons or your money back…. NOT! I fought > green water but the fish remained healthy so didn’t sweat it too terribly > much. > Summer of ‘99 … son Dave and I put in a 6ft. x 4ft. x 2ft. > Veggie Filter. Covered it with 2" rocks and pea gravel… 525 gallons of > water fed the VF. Pond cleared overnight … to gin clear.! and so it has > remained. I use CSA faithfully … sometimes a double dose if I feel the > water could stand some polishing. > And that is the end of my greenish-brownish pond water tale. No heavy deep > digging to hid umpteen gallons of filter water … no intensive man labor > needed…. just a simple Veggie Filter filled now with humongous plants of > water hyanciths. > Nedra in the hills of Missouri > Zone 6+ > Visit my ponds: > www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but > is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
I use 50 yards of black vinyl screening in a 150 gallon stock tank. It is an upflow design. It works great and smells river water sweet when I clean it. The only thing I would do differently is put each 25 yard length in a large meshy bag – the width and length of the stock tank. Right now we just haul the stuff out. A talented person could sew one out of the vinyl screening or some other material. An untalented one, like me, will start looking around for something to buy
K30A See my brother’s website http://WWW.30acreimaging.com/ see the labradors at http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm K30A and friends’ pond information page http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
Response:
I’m split between bug screen and furnace filters. Both are light weight and cheap. I think the screen offers more surface area. Furnace filters are more convenient to handle. Both are good I hear. Kirk – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I use 50 yards of black vinyl screening >in a 150 gallon stock tank. >It is an upflow design. >It works great and smells river water >sweet when I clean it. >The only thing I would do differently is >put each 25 yard length in a large meshy >bag – the width and length of the stock tank. >Right now we just haul the stuff out. >A talented person could sew one out of >the vinyl screening or some other material. >An untalented one, like me, will start looking >around for something to buy
>K30A >See my brother’s website >http://WWW.30acreimaging.com/ >see the labradors at >http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm >K30A and friends’ pond information page >http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
Response:
You know, Go to any .99 cent store and buy lots of those plastic pot scrubbing sponges. Throw them all in a mesh laundry bag and there ya go! (much more surface area than most other material and cheaper pound for pound. I use it and I have never had a problem with algae or chemical levels. HTH Perry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
I use plastic pallet strapping material. It’s cheap ($40.00 for 8,000 feet) and one roll will fill 2 55 gal drums. George
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
OR, If you wanted to spend a whole lot more, you could use Springflo! ; ) It is amazing what people will sell….of course, it’s more amazing what people will pay for! Perry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I use plastic pallet strapping material. It’s cheap ($40.00 for 8,000 feet) > and one roll will fill 2 55 gal drums. > George > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but > is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
Scrubber pads are the best in my opinion..seeskippy`s site….mark
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> OR, > If you wanted to spend a whole lot more, you could use Springflo! ; ) > It is amazing what people will sell….of course, it’s more amazing what people > will pay for! > Perry > I use plastic pallet strapping material. It’s cheap ($40.00 for 8,000 feet) > and one roll will fill 2 55 gal drums. > George > > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but > is > > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
The Best Biomedia you can get is the Hyacinth Plant and it’s Damn cheap. You can support about 35 – 14" Koi that are fed heavily on only 3 Square Feet of them in a good & clean Veggy Filter. The roots of the plant are the finest media around and at seasons end you dump them. I’ve done it on 4 Square Feet but it was pushing it so believe what you want too. 90% of all ponds need little to NO Biofiltration since it forms Naturally on pond plants and anything else in the pond that’s shaded. Also 70% is done in your plumbing system and that’s been documented in the industry. Most people have such tiny Fishloads that it’s a Joke since the Biobugs never reach the Filter since they form as close to the waste as possible. Try it and you’ll be a believer but make sure that the water’s absolutely clean. > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
– Jeff Boyd OxyMax Products Venturi Aeration, Pumps & Filtration ~Store Site~ http://oxymax.home.att.net 1(717) 840-0271 2795 Cambridge Road York, PA 17402
Response:
I’m going to play devil’s advocate here. Why? Well…. we just had our 2nd annual pond tour and when I went out to "the old school" ponder’s place, a 10,000 gallon koi pond with 25-30 large koi, it was murky brownish green. This man uses down flow, lava rock and started with three 350 gallon stock tanks, each year since 1997 he has added another stock tank. He tries to clean the tanks by putting a shop/vac blower up to the drain and agitating the lava rock while flooding them. This year he added a veggie filter off to the side and in the pond, about 8 – 10 square feet of hyacinths (if not more). When I came to take pictures, there he was… showing off his filtration system, all I can hope is that the person was saying, "I want to see your filtration system." While thinking, so I don’t use it. So… back to the advocate, many of you mentioned your material, but didn’t always mention the state of your pond.. as in now, in spring or how often you’re cleaning your material. To be fair to Joan she should know these things. In my case, I use expen$ive open cell foam from Aquatic Eco-Systems, it has the ability to sieve out fine particles without channeling. Vinyl screening in the pre-filter first though, so the open cell foam does not clog. CSA on a maintenance dose. I’ve yet to see any wear & tear (except where I stuck something thru one sheet) after 4 years using the OCF. No green water regardless of the season. ~ jan See my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep ‘em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website
Response:
> So… back to the advocate, many of you mentioned your material, but didn’t > always mention the state of your pond.. as in now, in spring or how often > you’re cleaning your material. To be fair to Joan she should know these > things.
With me: I use INexpensive filter mats that take me several hours to really clean good. This is in my (temporary set up) Aquascapes bio falls. Same set up I used in my last pond. I found that the channeling was causing my filters to be cleaned as much as once every two months, so it was always a big job. On this new pond I took out the lava rock as it was WAY too heavy to lift and looked like it was always clogged. So I purchased EXpensive bio-balls instead. Then I found my dream filter. In Oklahoma City of all places! Its the Ultimate Challenger system from Fluidart. I had never seen such a system before….. just flip a switch, a lever and it’s clean. Really clean. But that sort of easy always has a price tag…. so I bought one of the three I want and hooked it up. My pond is about 5 months old now. It started to go thru it’s green stage right as my filter showed up. In thirty hours the green was gonzo. Not bad considering it’s an 18k gallon pond. Next week we start the excavation for the new filter lines; making room for the filter I have and the others that I plan to get. I was so impressed that I started a business selling these filters. No, this is not spam as I am not selling them over the internet. I will not even leave a phone number. My point is this: do you want to mess around with cleaning or do you want a clean pond? Mine is always gin clear….. except for string algae. But, I expected it (LSA) with a new pond. I have a good fish load as well. I will be selling all my garage sale stuff laying around and what ever else I don’t need at the flea market until I get enough $$$ for my "dream system". Yesterday Tamara got in the pond and cleaned a bunch of LSA growing on lily pots, rocks, you name it. Of course this stirred up the water and muck causing the gin clear to go to more of a… well… you know. That was yesterday at 6pm. Gin clear again at 6am this morning. Just in case anyone missed it: http://www.anatometal.com/Barry/newpond.html — Barry-
Response:
Okay, Joan, since Jan is playing the devil’s advocate… here is my story of attempts and final success in filtering the 3,000+ gallon main pond… dug and finished in October 1994. 1995 – Started out with in-pond containers of lava rock with the pumps either inside the containers or out in the pond but far too heavy and cumbersome for me to lift… got the kids over here to help … they loved it but I wasn’t so thrillled with seeing them covered in fish poo. Had to be a better way. 1997 – Enter the rock work around the pond… and building of the waterfall. This precluded me or the kids from even getting in the pond … too steep for us to get into without falling in
(‘nother story there.) So, the guy who built the waterfall bought the Pond Filtration 3000 …. guaranteed to filter 3000 gallons or your money back…. NOT! I fought green water but the fish remained healthy so didn’t sweat it too terribly much. Summer of ‘99 … son Dave and I put in a 6ft. x 4ft. x 2ft. Veggie Filter. Covered it with 2" rocks and pea gravel… 525 gallons of water fed the VF. Pond cleared overnight … to gin clear.! and so it has remained. I use CSA faithfully … sometimes a double dose if I feel the water could stand some polishing. And that is the end of my greenish-brownish pond water tale. No heavy deep digging to hid umpteen gallons of filter water … no intensive man labor needed…. just a simple Veggie Filter filled now with humongous plants of water hyanciths. Nedra in the hills of Missouri Zone 6+ Visit my ponds: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
Response:
Addendum: I did forget one item… the PF 3000 still performs the task of collecting some of the fishy poo. The pump is 1225 gph that collects the ’stuff’ – it sits on a shelf about 10 inches into the pond water. I rinse two smallish bags of carbon and zeolite in the lotus pond about twice a week… that is all the fertilization the lotus pond receives. So, a fair trade-off? I think so. This coming year I may dispense with the PF3000. In it’s place, I will put a PVC pipe to the lotus pond. Lotus Pond turns into a 3500 gallon Veggie Filter? Why Not? Always something going on to improve or change the pond area! Nedra – zone 6+ — Visit my ponds: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Okay, Joan, since Jan is playing the devil’s advocate… here is my story of > attempts and final success in filtering the 3,000+ gallon main pond… dug > and finished in October 1994. > 1995 – Started out with in-pond containers of lava rock with the pumps > either inside the containers or out in the pond but far too heavy and > cumbersome for me to lift… got the kids over here to help … they loved > it but I wasn’t so thrillled with seeing them covered in fish poo. Had to > be a better way. > 1997 – Enter the rock work around the pond… and building of the waterfall. > This precluded me or the kids from even getting in the pond … too steep > for us to get into without falling in
(‘nother story there.) > So, the guy who built the waterfall bought the Pond Filtration 3000 …. > guaranteed to filter 3000 gallons or your money back…. NOT! I fought > green water but the fish remained healthy so didn’t sweat it too terribly > much. > Summer of ‘99 … son Dave and I put in a 6ft. x 4ft. x 2ft. > Veggie Filter. Covered it with 2" rocks and pea gravel… 525 gallons of > water fed the VF. Pond cleared overnight … to gin clear.! and so it has > remained. I use CSA faithfully … sometimes a double dose if I feel the > water could stand some polishing. > And that is the end of my greenish-brownish pond water tale. No heavy deep > digging to hid umpteen gallons of filter water … no intensive man labor > needed…. just a simple Veggie Filter filled now with humongous plants of > water hyanciths. > Nedra in the hills of Missouri > Zone 6+ > Visit my ponds: > www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 > Getting ready to clean the bio-filters this Fall and need advice. We have > always used lava rock in the filters–It has worked very well for us, but > is > a bummer to clean in the Fall to prepare for the next season. Can anyone > suggest another filter media that works as well, and is easy to clean? > Thanks—Ernie & Joan
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