welcome to the 3rd edition of DIY & MODS thread.
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INDEX by post #
- ( this post ) main index post.
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- Barrells
- Drums
- trash can filters
- fluid bed filters
- moving bed filters
- mechanical fine filters
- sand and gravel filters
- static filters
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- pre mechanical filters
- SC ( settling chambers )
- settling chambers with static baskets
- settling chambers with micro screens and spray bars for self cleaning micro screens.
- vortex chambers
- VMS ( vortex micro screen settling chambers )
- seives
- leaf basket pots / priming pots.
- Tip. if you search for "septic tank", or "plastic tank" on your favorite search engine. you will find many places that sell large size plastic containers. that can be easly modified into any sort of filter chambers. also going to local farm supply stores. and agricultural stores. you can find tanks that can be turned into a filter chamber.
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- Rubbermaid Stock Tanks
- other Tanks
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- TT ( trickle towers )
- BS ( Bakki Showers )
- general type of shower filters
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- FF ( Foam Fractionators ) with or without ozone
- PS ( Protien Skimmers ) with or without ozone
- ozone
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- pressurized filters
- bead filters
- conversion of sand filters to bead filters
- ( click here ) old school filteration
- ( click here ) misc type of filters
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- BD ( bottom drains ) (( plumbing under the liner ))
- retro bottom drains (( plumbing inside the pond itself ))
- clean out drains
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- TPR ( trigental point returns )
- GPR ( gap point returns)
- MWP (mid water pickups)
- MWR (mid water returns)
- SSR ( shelf sweep return )
- pipe boots
- bulkheads
- tank connectors
- toliet flanges
- shower drains
- diy bulkhead wrenchs
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- skimmers
- diy skimmers
- skimmer modifications
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- UV ( ultra violet lights )
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- MISC. / OTHERS
- anything that just doesn't fit into any above filter catagories
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- filter pits
- filter pit access
- decks with hatchs
- filter pits with lift up lids
- filters that are burried in the ground.
- pump enclosers
- dry chambers for stuff that should not get wet.
- sump pits / sump pit chambers / trash pumps or sump pumps.
- TIP trash pumps are not ordinary pond pumps. but pumps that can handle a certain size piece of muck before clogging. example 1/2" in size.
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- Fake Rocks ( making your own )
- Faux rocks ( making your own )
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- winter-rizing and shading your pond.
- winter covers
- solar covers
- shade sails
- green house covers
- keep hole in the ice during winter
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- those thinking, that it is just digging a hole and dropping in a liner, is all it takes, for a pond
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- structure and liners for ponds
- concrete collars
- DIY concrete block pond shell creation.
- poured concrete
- EPDM liners installation
- dealing with folds
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- ** mostly pictures **
- (Quartine ) QT tanks
- Temp tanks
- hospital tanks
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- ** actuall construction of the tanks **
- (Quartine ) QT tanks
- Temp tanks
- hospital tanks
- ( click here )
- old stuff that is on a short leg of getting removed from this thead.
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- waterwheels
- home made diy fountains
- home made waterfall weirs
- waterfall basins
- streams
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- air lifts
- jets (aka sending high speed water into a slower flowing water in a larger pipe. to move more water.)
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- plumbing how to's((suggested reading))
- pressure testing plumbing ((suggested reading))
- valves
- stand pipes
- extension handles for valves
- dealing with different types of leaks.
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- Updates
- misc info upon thread.
- an attempt to spure on additional info.
- additional links not yet added to the main catagerios / posts above.
p.s. if you have a question or not understanding something. ASK! this is what this forum is all about! if it wasn't for folks asking and helping one another this forum would be dust, without a lick of water in sight!