hi all

[worthy]

For the size of your pond you may want to go for something like an easy pod and a Bakki shower i know the pod is a bit out of your proce range but if you can strech it would be worth it or a Bakki shower with one of the filters you have mentioned as you will find a shower a god send ill give you a link to my old DIY shower but i am also building a new shower at the mo so watch this space for the new one as ill be putting a link on for the build

(DIY Shower link) viewtopic.php?f=20&t=150
(New DIY Shower link) viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1067

thanks that sounds straight forwards but how do you pump the water out of your pond and in to the shower?
also do you have a main filter as well?

Yeah i also have a vor-tec 16000 running on my pond all year as i cant have the shower running throu the winter as it ripps the heat out of the water

[scooby3134]

how do you pump the water out of the pond and in to the shower?
how you have a slit in the bottom couldn't i put 3 pipes coming out of the bottom
if the shower was in a shed and pipes going in to pond would it still lose heat during winter ?

[worthy]

A lot of people do put there showers in the shed and insulate them well throu the winter so it would work. And as for pumping the water out i use a fish-mate 9000 pump in the pond which i have conected to the spray bar ill get a pic for you later to see if you would like

[ogawa only]

Welcome to the forum

steve

[scooby3134]

A lot of people do put there showers in the shed and insulate them well throu the winter so it would work. And as for pumping the water out i use a fish-mate 9000 pump in the pond which i have conected to the spray bar ill get a pic for you later to see if you would like

yes pic would be good cheers

[worthy]

Ok have managed to get a pic today as was a bit busy yeaterday but as you see i have the pump suspended under the shower and that pumps the water up the pipe so it can then be sprayed over the the biolgical media berof returning to the pond thro the crates




Any more question ask away

[scooby3134]

Ok have managed to get a pic today as was a bit busy yeaterday but as you see i have the pump suspended under the shower and that pumps the water up the pipe so it can then be sprayed over the the biolgical media berof returning to the pond thro the crates




Any more question ask away

thanks for that
right i am seriously thinking bottom drain now gravity fed system
i was thinking in getting this filter
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fibre-glass-Multi ... _688wt_732
will this be ok filter
also do i just put a sub pump in the last chamber so the water goes back in to the pond if so were can i get a sub pump?any links
cheers

[worthy]

Glad you are thinking about a bottom drain now the filter you are looking at is a good filter still a bit small thou as the rule of thumb is you want a filter that can handle twice the size of you pond ie if you pond is 1500gallons you would want a filter the can handel 3000gallons. This is the filter i run and i have 1500gallons http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Oasis-Vor-Tec-160 ... 3a5183a2c4 and i have a shower as well. And as for you question about pumping the water back you can put a pump in the last chamber and pumb back but then you are losing your last chamber making it a smaller filter again so you would need a dry filter which sits out side the filter and pumbs the water back to the pond something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sequence-750-Koi- ... 2a0554f27b then if you wanted you could have the reture water going over a shower befor returning back to the pond.

[scooby3134]

Glad you are thinking about a bottom drain now the filter you are looking at is a good filter still a bit small thou as the rule of thumb is you want a filter that can handle twice the size of you pond ie if you pond is 1500gallons you would want a filter the can handel 3000gallons. This is the filter i run and i have 1500gallons http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Oasis-Vor-Tec-160 ... 3a5183a2c4 and i have a shower as well. And as for you question about pumping the water back you can put a pump in the last chamber and pumb back but then you are losing your last chamber making it a smaller filter again so you would need a dry filter which sits out side the filter and pumbs the water back to the pond something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sequence-750-Koi- ... 2a0554f27b then if you wanted you could have the reture water going over a shower befor returning back to the pond.

thanks for the links what size drain will i need there is loads on ebay any links will be good thanks

[scooby3134]

i was just thinking if i got this filter http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fibre-glass-Multi ... _688wt_732 and run a shower there will be plenty of turn over wouldent they and turn the shower off during winter when fish are at the bottom and less active and not feeding
i have a blagdon hydrotech multi 6000 pump which i bought last year that could run the shower would this work running the shower and that filter ?