Is there no store bought filter

[Canadian Wind]

Emptying and refilling will be labour intensive and will waste a lot of water, unless you use that water on your garden. So there will be costs of a sort with either option.

 

[LTAY1946]

You can also use an inch and a quarter pvc pipe that's a well point. you can make your own cheaper using a cap and a hack saw to cut the slots. Years ago I used a lot of well points.

 

[ProudRedneck]

That's been one of the biggest obstacles.....finding a reasonably priced filter that can handle waste from a duck pond. I feel like I have to be a scientist to understand how to keep the water clean and an engineer to understand how filters and pumps work. I've gotten to a point where I'm so aggravated trying to understand all this so i just feel like either point me in the direction of 1 filter/pump that will do the job or empty and refill.

I mean technically, mine is one pump & one filter. Pump in the pond, filter above ground. I added the waterfall box but it's not required, I could have just had the water return directly back into the pond from the canister filter.

 

[babybaits]

I do appreciate everyone's input, although some of these terms might as well have been written in French lol. Proud Redneck, I do understand your setup, but a filter for almost $400 isn't possible right now but I appreciate it. Emptying and refilling is the way to go. It's coming from a well so it's not that bad.

 

[telandra2]

Is $120 reasonable? Lots of sellers with the same design, so shop around. The cleaning selector broke on 2nd use and stays partially open, no biggie since I just keep that side closed.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078WK7VSH/

 

[ColtHandorf]

@MGG has a pond with waterfowl, as does @The Phantom. Perhaps one of them could offer some ideas for filtration.

 

[Budrizer]

Hello all, I'm new to the forum, I thought I would share my setup. After several tries with smaller filters I setup this filter system and has been working very well for almost a year. Basically it is 2 55gal drums with about 2feet of k1filter media each for solids collector into water plant pond's into grow beds and return. Its about a 1500 gal pond using a 100w pump up to the filter and gravity does the rest.

 

[LTAY1946]

Hello all, I'm new to the forum, I thought I would share my setup. After several tries with smaller filters I setup this filter system and has been working very well for almost a year. Basically it is 2 55gal drums with about 2feet of k1filter media each for solids collector into water plant pond's into grow beds and return. Its about a 1500 gal pond using a 100w pump up to the filter and gravity does the rest.

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