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Thread: Filtration on a budget
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14-09-2021, 09:19 PM #1
Filtration on a budget
Hi everyone,
I am starting a build and could do with some advice.
I have posted in the build Forum, but I thought I would seek specific filtration answers here.
My pond is going to be formal and 3000 x 2000 x 1500 deep, giving me 9000 litres total. I am planning on an aerated BD and a wall skimmer. The pond will be mainly built of sleepers and a liner.
I will be stocking with Koi only and will keep stock levels to a minimum, perhaps 8 fish maximum.
I already have an Eazypod with UVC onboard and will be using it gravity fed, but I now realise this won't hack the volume, so I am going to need more filtration.
For the BD I am considering putting a Vortex pre the Eazypod and then a DIY moving bed media filter post the Eazypod and then into the pond. I watched a few videos of construction of the moving bed and it doesn't look either expensive or particularly difficult to achieve. I was considering buying a secondhand 4 Bay and converting it?
Is this set up likely to manage my demands and where would I place the pump? After the Eazypod and before the media?
I am not totally in the dark, but do not have experience of these things....
I have looked for a definitive drawing or similar on line, but I must be searching for will o the wisp...
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14-09-2021, 09:28 PM #2
Have a read of the last posts on this page mate Steve has done similar albeit on a bigger scale
I will be pinching his ideas as well when I get round to it https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/top...ink_source=app
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Johnathan
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14-09-2021, 09:49 PM #3
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15-09-2021, 08:07 AM #4
If I was you I’d sell the easypod, then buy a secondhand sieve filter, there’s one on eBay now for £200 but it now. Then I’d make my own tank for a moving bed filter.
could do the whole lot for probably £200 on top of what you’ll sell the pod for.
Pods are good for some things but I think your plan of vortex and easypod then into a moving bed is more work for less for more money.Last edited by MrHudson; 15-09-2021 at 08:11 AM.
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15-09-2021, 11:32 AM #5
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15-09-2021, 06:26 PM #6
Personally for me I’d rather the sieve and moving bed. Much better, cleaner, finer, easier to clean & cheaper.
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15-09-2021, 11:23 PM #8
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16-09-2021, 07:45 AM #9
Don’t worry about it and just sell it and don’t buy a nexus either
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16-09-2021, 08:23 AM #10
A nexus may not be brilliant on it's own for fines, but it is still a big step up from the easypod in my opinion for the size of pond mentioned, a drop in drum could always be added later if funds permit
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16-09-2021, 12:27 PM #11
Hi guys, thanks for all the responses.
I might be dropping the size down a touch as the ground is proving "challenging", which is as expected. I still haven't cleared everything as some of the roots are being a pain to dig out.
The size might now be 1.5w x 3l x 1.5d, giving me 6750 litres.
The sieve and Bio method does strongly appeal to me. How often will it need cleaning out roughly during peak conditions? As previously mentioned, I am hoping to keep stock levels as light as possible and will be stocking with 20cm fish initially. Probably no more than 8-10?
I am in no rush at all, as I won't be looking at going live until Spring at the earliest.
Thanks again
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16-09-2021, 01:04 PM #12
The Daily pond temp thread
Still at around 17C, know what you mean about getting the covers off though :D it will be really...