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Posted	Some good advice would be helpful.
28-03-2006 23:21 by markymark	Hi there folks, this is my first post! I am currently in the middle of a few projects. One of them is having my back garden landscaped. I have constructed 3000 gallon pond (circular, 3m diameter by mearly 6ft deep). It just requires fibreglassing. My next step is to sort out the filtration/pumps etc. Now this is where the problem starts: I have been to a few koi suppliers and to be honest i am no further in making a decision. I have very limited space for my filters. One decision I have made is to go for a bead type filter. Each supplier obviously recommends their own. The bead filters I have looked at are: Polygeyser Nexus Beadmaster Bubblebead. I am looking to have the bead filter connected to a sieve but which one is best? Which one will produce the clearest water? Which is going to be the easiest to maintain/how often to backwash? Which is the most economical? (on a water meter). I have so many questions and not just on the filters but I thought I would start at the most important and most expensive part! I just want to get it right first time. Lets see how this new thread goes. Thanks for reading this far, hope you can help. Mark
28-03-2006 23:33 by clownloachlady	im afraid i have no answers about the pond, but please post some piccies! should be interested...
29-03-2006 08:54 by SallyJo	We constructed 2 box filters that sit behind the waterfall (out of sight) and the water that's pumped round goes through various sized medium, the final one being sponge layers. We've kept Koi for 25 years and the filters are cleaned out about 4 times a year. The pool isn't quite as big as yours and it's only 4ft deep. The waterfall is a natural rock construction of our own (more filtration) so the pumped water runs about 6 foot through rock, pebbles and gravel. Hope some of that helps - you don't have to go for mega-expensive filtration systems if you don't want to. Best of luck.

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