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12-01-2019, 07:17 PM #1
Miltibay
Hi everyone I have had my pond for about 3 years now I ran it with a diy gravity fed filter built with a vortex and compartments with block rendered and sealed it's performed great but it's a nightmare to clean with only one drain
I have noticed lately the water quality is deteriorating fast ie green from about a foot down I have 4 goldfish about 6 inches and 4 koi about the same which have only been in about 6 months
The pond is 2600 gallons with a waterfall
I have just bought a klk 12000v multibay filter which is all I am allowed to spend at the moment I intend to change the filter to brushes in the vortex and the 3 bays jap matting
My problem is I have a submersible pump which I don't really want to change
Is it possible to add a barrel or container after the multibay just to accommodate the pump with a bit of extra filtration on top or do i have to place it in the last chamber of the multibay the exit if the multibay is only 1and a half inches
Thank you for your help
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12-01-2019, 08:50 PM #2
yeah no reason you cant do that, as long as you have big enough pipe work to get sufficient flow.
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18-01-2019, 10:20 PM #3
You would need to upgrade the pipework - no way would you be able to pull enough through a 1.5" pipe. Are you sure your pump isn't dry mountable - many are - most of the superfish ones for instance.
Either keep it in the last bay or get one you can dry mount if you don't want to take a hole saw to your filter.6000g in ground koi pond
+3000g lily/Anoxic pond attached
29 koi (40 to 65cm)
Bottom drain, Mid water & Skimmer to Drum
JBR boichamber->Blue eco 500 pump ->below surface return.
Blue Eco 240 -> Large MB -> Waterfall -> Planted Anoxic pond (25 baskets)
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18-01-2019, 11:09 PM #4
Have you got a uv filter?
Does the pump not currently flow to the water fall, would that not still be the case? How is it piped at the moment?
I have a 12000 and am planning to add a 120lt barrel, about £ 22 of eBay. That will be 4" from the multi to the barrel, you can get a curved tank connecter of eBay for a tenner. From there pumped back to pond or up to a shower, still playing with ideas.
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19-01-2019, 08:14 AM #5
Hi Simon that's exactly what I was thinking a 4 inch connector from the multibay to a 120 litre barrel that would hold my pump it would also give me an extra chamber of filtration in the multibay and I could then put the plastic media that came with it in the barrel I just need the courage now to drill the hole !!
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19-01-2019, 12:52 PM #6
Start with the barrel, if that goes wrong not to painful.
Then with added skill set confidence progress to the multi.
If it's a drilled hole you might struggle to widen an existing hole as there's nothing for the central bit to sit in.
Probably easier with a suitable saw.
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20-01-2019, 12:42 AM #7
Would it be possible to stitch drill it with a drill and then cut it out just a thought I'm a builder but never cut fibreglass
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22-01-2019, 01:45 PM #8
Hi Chris, You could stitch drill it and then cut it out with a pad saw or jig saw,if using the tank connector there is a large flange on them so a bit of Le-way there.
Fiberglass cuts very easily but may need a bit of sanding and lots of silicone on the cut edge,good lock.John
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24-01-2019, 08:28 AM #9
Thank you John yeah sounds like a plan il let you know how I get on next month when I change the filter and empty the pond
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