DIY Pond Filter 2nd part

2nd video of the DIY pond filter project. Everything is working great so far. Way better then spending $$$$ on a pond filter. Anyways.... enjoy and make sure you watch the first video on the construction of the DIY filter if you havent allready done that.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• DIY
• pond
• filter
• do
• it
• yourself
• aquarium
• powerhead
• pump

[BufFan71]

wat is the GPH of the powerhead?

[scottkyba]

Its a 526 GPH.

[MrRbadali]

another good idea is to let those dollars store scrubbies and sponges soak a few days and be rinsed a few times....as they can have chemicals from plastic manufacture process.... new plastic used with water needs to off-gas

[MrSilent937]

@MrRbadali pond/fountain pumps lowes hom depot 20$

[MrSilent937]

imma run t his on my 75 gal cichlid community tank looks like a good concept

[MrRbadali]

this is the best i have seen because it is cheap to make...i would like to know what to look for in a pump that would be cheap....

[jaybeeveth]

General rule of thumb is the output pipe should be twice the diameter of the input.

Another thing to consider is putting a venturi into your pressure output in the filter to add air bubbles for aerobic bacteria. Im going to try an aeration tower setup on my new 44gallon filters. Not sure on media though for that size yet.

[JUNAID187]

just use a smaller pump or adjustable pump instead of getting larger bulkheads.

[Soper79]

@twisto Sounds like you need a skimmer box. You can either buy them online or I'm sure someone has tried a homemade model. It's either that or netting the leaves out every few days. In the fall when you're shutting your pond down, cover it with a net. It will save you a lot of cleanup time in the spring. Best of luck.

[twisto]

any tip on keeping leaves out of the pond? other than taking them our yourself with a net?

[SocalDNM]

How many gallons is this pond?

[ENRIQUEGOITIA]

watched part 1. great design. the only thing is im in psain and i dont know what they call bulk heads here but i'll try to find it. this filter method is purely mechanical? you dont add activated carbon?