Water Gardening: Flirtations with Filtration, 0 by BogweedBuck

BogweedBuck wrote:
Once assembled and tested I then make some stands out of 1/2" PVC piping to set on the bottom of the old pond liner so I can could set plants everywhere. Underneath the PVC planter stands is a BUNCH of material for our little bacterial friends to populate.

Being paranoid (and given to bouts of OCD on top of too much free time on the weekends) I also built another "gravity" type bucket filter behind this one that is dedicated to making a happy home for more bacteria.

Yesterday I spent no less than two hours inside of the pond. Cleaning filters, repotting and thinning, etc. When I climbed out, the pond was a MESS. It was a mud puddle, for crying out loud. Within a couple of hours the fish and I were enjoying some wonderfully crystal clear water.

In the end, my "mega filter" wound up not only looking a little less like a filter, but it also provide an immense amount of areation as well.

Not a great pic, but you get the idea.