I shut down my 2000 gallon puddle for the winter and I am looking for a garage project to complete before spring. Currently I have a Skippy running bio. I made the mistake of not incorporating a BD when I built so I am looking to add a retrofit BD through some sort of filter as a separate circuit. Money is tight so here is my plan.
1. Build a 55 gallon Birdman's S & G and connect it to the BD. Suction would have to come over the edge of the pond as I do not want to disturb the liner or out of the skimmer.
2. Send the output of the S & G to a 55 gallon Birdman's fluid bed filter with Ultra media.
3. Return the output of the fluid bed to the pond. The whole filter system would at pond level with the output from the filter at the barrel outlet maybe 3' above the water level. Is this height sufficient to run TPR's ?
I was thinking a PerformancePro Artesian2 A2-1/4-58 would be sufficient for the separate filter circuit.
Thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.