Water Gardening: Re-using a above ground pool filter and pump?...help please!, 1 by randbponder

randbponder wrote:
Thanks for the warning on furnace filters. I am not using the ones that have any paper or spun fiberglass. Those are the ones that may or may not be treated and some are said to be electrostatic. The ones that are the washable plastic stuff made to be washed over and over, are the ones I have been useing. Been using them for three years. and they hold together better than the fiber filter that nursery pro sends with their skimmer filter, and at a fraction of the cost.
My pond "round figure" 3000 gal at most times has about 60 very prolific Koi and they spawn about 3-4 times per year.
I have a hatching tub, floating in the pond. where I place the water lettuce in when they are full of eggs, I have been giving away many little ones to friends. Now on the pump I do appolgize. A pool pump does use more juice, and the pump I was refering to was not big enough for the job they wanted to use it for. But it would work till they could afford to get the right pump. The amp draw would be greater very true. My pump for the waterfall, 7500 gph draws like 3 - 3.5 amps. I have a smaller pump to operate the skimmer filter. which then goes to another pond before flowing back to the lower pond. The only fish kill I have come close to, was having a kiwi vine too close to the pond and letting some of the vines droop down into the water, in the upper pond. One morning I found 5 big Koi floating. I used "well water" a hose running slow, and took turns flushing their gills with fresh water. they would try to swim but would give up very soon I kept repeating this proceedure till all but one survived. I then tested the water all levels were within range. Then noticed the kiwi vine so looked up the toxic properties of kiwi. I haven't dug it up yet but it is going. I just make sure that none of it gets into the pond. I have also heard that a honeysuckle will do about the same thing. The kiwi is in the way of a stream bed I plan to put in anyway. Along with the stream I want a natural bio filter system. There I will have lotus, now I realize lotus need fertilizer, I think the fish fertilizer will be enough, and the lotus should use all that gets in there.