How to install a pond filter

pond filter installation

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• pond
• filter
• how
• to
• install
• uv
• koi
• goldfish
• waterfall
• garden
• aquatic

[pranksta776]

dont UV's kill benificial bacteria to? and wouldnt tht result in the death or ur fish?

[pondmarket]

That's a popular misconception of UVs. UVs do not discriminate in the bacteria they kill. However, in order for a UV to kill bacteria the flow rate has to be very slow. If you are using a UV Clarifier or a filter with a built in UV, the flow rate is too fast to kill any bacteria.

[dscrack]

looks like a comercial for uv light... there are other cheap alternatives

[pondmarket]

You are correct dscrack. It's an info-mercial for a UV light. And there are MUCH CHEAPER alternatives. Water hyacinths and water lettuce to name a couple of the many alternatives. The difference is that with equipment there are no algae blooms. With alternatives your water will be green at times and clear at times. The question is this: how clear do you want your water and how much do you want to mess with it?

[pondmarket]

Sniper, Tetra's rating filters are conservative. We usually recommend filtering the pond with a filter that's twice the size of the pond being filtered. 600 gallon pond needs a 1200 gallon filter for optimal clarity and minimal maintenance. Physical size does not matter. Efficiency of the water traveling through the filter and quantity of surface area does matter. We can do a $ back guarantee if you would like.

Thanks for watchin!

Aaron B

[Sunny16ap]

Mine has a brown and some green tone to it. It's in full sun during the afternoon. Has a Sunterra filter witha samll waterfall. Would your product help?

[pondmarket]

Green and brown are two things that this UV filter was built to rid the pond of. There are 3 sizes available: a 1500, 2500, and 4000. If you go to our online catalog, under "pond filters", you can see all the details there. I can email them if you would like.

[dferrei5]

Needs to stop moving when being filmed. Makes for a big distraction on great info.

[yvonneost12]

Why do you yell ??? we can hear you , you know.

[Osteoporosify]

What are the dimensions on this pond?

[KittenToez]

Ten thousand dollars? LOL Where are you, NY? But thanks for the info.

[lotust251]

is this guy on Speed?  BILLY MAZE HERE

[barbarianatgate]

You're correct, there are cheaper alternatives. And I've tried them all. Water Hyacinths, Water Lettuce, snails algae control agents, bacterial cures, name it. And how well do they work on a pond in full sun? Well, the fact that I'm on here researching UV filters should tell you! Our pond was installed by a company that I wouldn't recommend to my enemies! Virtually no filtration, spent over $900 on pumps when we didn't need to, came in at $28K on a $19k estimate. Built completely wrong. Get UV!

[olib110]

@datzburier if u listnd he said its a typical $10,000 pond

[Arteolike]

I expanded a little, and i chose to get a more powerful pump and a EPDM 45Mil instead of a 20Mil PVC! And a 25 foot stream and 5 foot waterfall! So it turned out MUCH more than i expected!?! I spent around $650.00 - $750.00 more than double what i budgeted, but still no were NEAR $10,000.00! I will post a video soon of the construction (Not fully finished yet) but its been so Hot it's impossible to dig and move HUGE rocks, after work i am exhausted!

[dcppcp]

Arteolike please post a photo link to your pond for under $300... You can't get an equipped 125 gallon aquarium let alone a 1,500 pond installation with the quality of design, equipment, lanscaping, etc seen here for $300.

[dcppcp]

I was just wondering why you didn't install the UV/filter back where you first cut the pipe feeding the water fall? This would have made for a cleaner installation of the UV/filter without all the extra pipe and fittings to turn the pipe around.