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frogman3	Posted: Mar 16 2009, 08:58 PM
Super Fishy Group: Senior Members Posts: 932 Member No.: 2,439 Joined: 27-February 08	I actually found a pump pre filter in the Aquatic Eco catalog that is self cleaning. New one on me... it uses some of the pumps water to flush the crud off. Not sure if it works but if it does what a time saver!!!!! Anyone tried it???? https://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/16...p-Filter/pf65/0 -------------------- One preform pond aprox 100 gallons with Bullfrogs & Goldies. Two additional ponds, one is 1000 gallons connected by a stream to the second 7000 gallon pond. With Sarassa's, Golden Orfe, Bitterlings and a few fresh water clams, Zone 6, Southwestern, Ohio

Maestro loco	Posted: Mar 16 2009, 09:29 PM
Unregistered	Haven't tried it and never saw one of those before. I'd like to know if it works, too. For sixty bucks, it had better work. Don

Otter	Posted: Mar 16 2009, 09:30 PM
Fishy Lover Group: Full Members Posts: 348 Member No.: 2,046 Joined: 29-October 07	Interesting, but what happens to the crud that gets flushed off? With a barrel filter, it gets washed away out of the pond. But it looks like with this thing, debris will just keep coming back to the pump until you take care of it the old fashioned way. Am I missing something?

Maestro loco	Posted: Mar 16 2009, 10:26 PM
Unregistered	What's a barrel filter? Is that a type of settling tank? Don

Otter	Posted: Mar 17 2009, 01:58 AM
Fishy Lover Group: Full Members Posts: 348 Member No.: 2,046 Joined: 29-October 07	Sorry, the only barrel filters I know about are filters made from old barrels. I meant rotary drum filter http://www.koipondfiltration.com/RDF.htm

Broxandval	Posted: Mar 17 2009, 04:29 AM
Daveandval Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,383 Member No.: 4,124 Joined: 1-November 08	Hi Otter I would hazzard a guess that with each flsh flush the dertitus would break down just that little but more until it is fine enough to enter the filter. rgrds broxandval -------------------- Weve been Keeping Koi now for 26 year's we have 20 Koi, 1 orfe , 6 newts, a rescue female cat aged 4 called Suki (four white socks white running from chin to chest, white streak down belly the, body being black, have a russian blue type cat with while leg markings white chin etc and the cutest young boy cat, Jet black in colour (who has two tails) A growing collection of fishy art and Badger/Otter/Dolphin/koi fine art prints. Collection of Figurines/Plates/Cups/Slates/Clocks all of them are Badger/Otter/Cat/Dolphin Collect Benaya koi tiles. Large Library of Koi/Koi/Fish Health Books plus another Library of Tropical Fish/Fish Health Books. Member of the Koi Magazines Koi Hall Of Fame. Our deceased cat family:- RIP Dusty 1990- 2008 RIP Dillon 1997- 2010 RIP Sammy 1989-2007 RIP Baby 1991-2006 RIP SpookyII 1995-97 RIP Spooky 1990-95 Time Zone GMT Note:- Vals birthday 19/3/59 http://xat.com/FishPondInfo

Posted: Mar 17 2009, 09:48 AM

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QUOTE (frogman3 @ Mar 16 2009, 06:58 PM)

Anyone tried it????

So Froggy, are you going to buy one and let us know how well it works?

Tia

KoiKrazy	Posted: Mar 17 2009, 10:10 AM
Fishy Connoisseur Group: Senior Members Posts: 2,049 Member No.: 1,843 Joined: 16-September 07	I don't know about this contraption, but I wouldn't personally want to try it! Definatley haven't seen one before so it was a cool link to look at. Might be okay in a little pond???

Robyn	Posted: Mar 17 2009, 01:51 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 9,649 Member No.: 1 Joined: 1-September 03	It looks like some of the pump output is always flowing back out where the filter is. That would reduce the intake suction but there would still have to be more in suction that out flush. It looks like the mesh is really, really fine so, in my pond at least, it would clog almost instantly. I doubt it would work better than a standard pump and certainly not as well as one with a more coarse intake. -------------------- Robyn, Former Analytical Chemist, Zone 6/7, Maryland Servant to 4 cats, 2 rabbits, 3 guinea pigs, 3 chickens, 1 redbellied turtle, 3 freshwater aquariums (65, 50, & 20 gallons), 2 saltwater aquariums (6 and 12 gallon nano cube reefs), 7 outdoor ponds (1800, 153, 50, 30, 20, 20, & 12 gallons), 1 indoor pond (50 gallons, winter only), crickets, mealworms, six-spotted roaches, and hundreds of fish (of about 18+ species), amphibians, snails, shrimp, corals, crabs, worms, and so on in those aquariums and ponds. A mostly full list of my current animals is at http://www.fishpondinfo.com/animals/animallist.htm http://www.fishpondinfo.com http://www.pondshowcase.com

frogman3	Posted: Mar 17 2009, 02:08 PM
Super Fishy Group: Senior Members Posts: 932 Member No.: 2,439 Joined: 27-February 08	My oldest pond, a small preform, has little giant pump with a filter box with bio balls attached to the water inlet which is always been a pain in the a** since all the dirt, plant parts all get sucked into the filter. It requires cleaning which requires draging everything out probably every two weeks which I don't do that often. Which limits the amount of fish I can keep in this pond. What I plan on doing in this pond is building a skippy style upflow filter which sits outside the pond. The pump will still sit in the pond, probably a mag drive pump (which does not handle solids well). This is where I see an application for this device. Otherwise if I use just a regular inlet screen I can invision it clogging or passing something that might possibly damage my pump. That's why it caught my eye when I was scanning my new catolog. As KK said it's for use in a small pond because in a large pond you would normaly have a skimmer which has screen and leaf backet to stop all the unwanted stuff from getting sucked into the pump. -------------------- One preform pond aprox 100 gallons with Bullfrogs & Goldies. Two additional ponds, one is 1000 gallons connected by a stream to the second 7000 gallon pond. With Sarassa's, Golden Orfe, Bitterlings and a few fresh water clams, Zone 6, Southwestern, Ohio

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