I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

Joel.

Superkitt wrote:
I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

You won't filter out the green with a mechanical filter: anything fine
enough to filter out the green will get blocked after a few moments.
Either play around with the plant load/shading etc. as recommended else
where or get a UV filter.

--
Matt Helliwell
www.helliwell.me.uk
matt at helliwell dot me dot uk

IME, bug screening has made an excellent mechanical filter for my pond and
many others. Open Cell foam from Aquatic Eco-systems
http://www.aquaticeco.com/aquatic1v1...assitemid=3030
will sieve out suspended algae, but..... if you've got serious growth going
on, it can't keep up, even with once an hour turn around time. ~ jan

See my filter designs:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:55:29 GMT, Superkitt wrote:

I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

Joel.

polyester batting. will need to replace as soon as the water flow slows down.
remember, that algae is busy, busy, busy, dividing in teh pond. Ingrid

Superkitt wrote:

I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but
what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical
filter to clean out the green.

I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now
just a low density foam filter to take out larger objects, need something
to clean out the micro stuff.

Joel.



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