Originally Posted by
hp
Carlos – That is an eye opening photo. My pond has run for a year and it does not have string algae. I know it does not mean I will not have it in the future. There is no trees around my pond, only a couple small ones on the neighbor yard but typically they don’t go over my yard unless there is a storm. This is why I did not really think about this issue.
I really appreciate inputs from everyone and that will help to make my modification better. I don’t want to keep making update every year. I will take your inputs in consideration with the limitations that I have. Two main issues I have now are:
1. My pond is ~4000 gallon and only has one 2” BD. It’s currently gravity flow to bed filter before going to a pump. The flow is not sufficient to remove stuff at the bottom. That’s why I want to increase the flow to ~4000 gph by connecting it directly to the pump, then pump to a “to be built” shower.
2. I don’t have enough room to build a sieve between pond and pump. I have to run the plumping ~25ft to do that. The plan is to pump it to a pre-filter then shower, where I have more room.
Can someone give me inputs on this: I know the poop will be crushed by the propeller, I just don’t know how small it will be. I am planning to have 200 micron sieve screen for the pre-filter then couple layers of fine mat. Do you think this will be sufficient ?
Thanks,
hp.