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Yes, the collar is about 6" thick and the width varies from 10-12". The sieve is between the pond and the pump, so the pump is sucking directly...

Really, really nice!! Scalation, body structure, color...exceptional.

Yes , right here on this forum https://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?170689-SIEVES-For-Sale-in-Fenton-Michigan

Thanks. I just went down the internet rabbit hole looking for such a beast, and came up pretty empty. For the prices I was looking at, I could make...

Thanks so much for this link! I'm mostly a woodworker, and set up for wood - we even have a woodshop instead of a garage. So It's nice to know a...

They postponed until April 6:cool3:

Steve, Wow, there must be a thousand ideas in that thread. Thanks for linking. And thanks for the youtube link as well. I've got a lot of thinking...

For years, I had S&G filters made from these olive oil barrels with a narrow neck. They worked fine, but I had to make the air manifold in 2 pieces...

You can hang pots from the side. Mine are hanging from eye bolts embedded into the concrete, but depending on your border, you could use some kind of...

The real wedge wire screen sieves are incredible and make maintenance of the entire system so much easier. Most of Us have originally balked at the...

I am about to make one..a friend has a 55 gallon food grade barrel I can use, but wondering if it will be ok, since the top is "crimped" around...Or...

My DIY sieve isn't self cleaning, but it does wash out quickly and easily by turning a couple of 3-way valves. The build starts at post #13 here:...

If your pond is a liner pond make sure you have something too keep the legs from poking through the liner you add weight on top and the legs will...

OK, you win. I saw the price tags on some of those ready-built sieves, and fainted. But it looks like DIY solutions exist. Now I'm wondering if...

To answer your question yes it will be safe to submerge your wrought iron table into your pond. It will rust. If its weathered, the paint may...

This is a massive amount of work, and would be a shocking expense. You'd need heavy equipment to mess with those rocks. There's a reason renovation...

Your best bet would be too make a table out of PVC pipe and filling the legs with sand or gravel just use t's too make the top

It will rust pretty fast

Hi Bill, Yes, if the wall is raised to sitting height it can make a nice place to rest and enjoy the pond while preventing ground water from...

I wouldn't want to lose that 8 ft. depth. I wouldn't want to move all those rocks, and I wouldn't want to re-use a 20 year old liner that's been...

Ditto for the skimmers.

Awesome job man. Moving along real fast.

Little back pressure on outlet so pressure mostly depends on flow rate through filter. It has the potential to be low. This design will channel...