Anyone use a filter for their duck's swim water??

[Rex Mom]

Hello All~

As stated in another posting.. I am in the planning stages for my duck enclosure. Because I live in an urban/suburban area I don't have the luxury of dumping out a kiddie pool of dirty water into my backyard everyday. I want to be able to accomodate their love of swimming so was wondering if anyone has info on a filter system for their swimming area?

Thank you in advance!

Susan

 

[Amiga]

Wifezilla is someone who has done quite a bit of homework on this topic. She has recommended looking into Skippy Filters (if I recall correctly). That may be an option for you. Do you have any garden area that could take some of the enriched water?

 

[Rex Mom]

Amiga~

Yes I do have a compost pile that I could water down with it. But long term I wanted to see if there was an alternative. Thank you! I will look up the Skippy Filters.

Susan

 

[HottentotTeal]

I recently set up a filter and pump for my pond that i bought from Home Depot. The problem is it doesn't seem to catch large particles and by large, i mean anything larger than sand grains, because i get a lot of sand at the bottom.

I think a big part of it is that there isn't a good way for me to circulate the water enough to get to the filter.

I also don't run it all day which of course factors in.

If you set one up with a pool type vacuum to go with it or just use it manually, it might help, but i still plan to dump my water out weekly.

I try to stir it up by using a pool net every few days, but should probably stir it up daily or more than once a day. I think that would probably help in my case.

The water is fairly clear though.

I will probably take a pic tomorrow and post in my thread so i can compare how well it's worked for the past week.

 

[Rex Mom]

I checked out the Skippy Filter.. WOW... they have a Mini Me version that filters up to 750 gal and the kit is very reasonably priced. The beauty of it is.. it's a bio filter so you never clean it. How cool is that!! I am going to email them and ask how it does for a backyard duck pond. Thank's so much for the suggestion!!!!!

Susan