Water Gardening: First season with new filter, 1 by shadowgirl

shadowgirl wrote:
Peggy-We installed the bio-filter that is on this site.

http://www.skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm

Because we already had a 50 gallon filter, we made the new filter with a 100 gallon Rubbermade stock tank. We have a 5000 gph pump that the flow is divided half to the waterfall filter and half to the stock tank filter which then empties into the waterfall filter to flow into the pond. Eventually 20% of the flow will be diverted to a bog filter we are installing. The new bio-filter has been in operation for six weeks and we are thrilled with the results. The scrubber pads that we are using now as a filter media are awesome. As for the peroxide I wish I could be more precise but I add about two pints every three to four weeks. The parrot's feather seems to resent the addition of H2O and I love the parrot's feather so use it sparingly.

Lana-Thanks! The EE's are in a large container that is sitting on a milk crate. I put them in the GH in the winter and let them go dormant. I love the look of the black dye in the pond. It gives the illusion of very deep water and the plants reflect so wonderfully off the surface in photos. Here is a picture of one of the decks we built at the pond's edge. It's where I sit every evening with a glass of wine to feed my fish and admire my garden. lol

Loretta