Return to the Ponds & Aquatic Plants Forum
| Post a Follow-Up
suggestions- best place to buy pond filter system
| | |
Posted by foodfiend_gardener 6a (My Page) on Fri, Jan 6, 12 at 12:33
| I need a good online source for a pond pump/ filter for our pond. I'm hoping that there may be some good sales running now, and am wondering if anyone here has a reliable source that they have used before. I'm looking, at this time, for a gravity filter to place beside the pond. Thanks! |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: suggestions- best place to buy pond filter system
| | |
| I wish I could help you with the filter question but I've found that all the filters I've purchased have not been up to the job so I bought a 55 gallon barrel and will be getting some Matala rolls to put in it to use as my new filter in the spring. Now, if you need pumps there are a couple places I would recommend if you're looking for submersible pumps. azponds.com is a great source for cheap Laguna pumps. About 2 years ago I got a 4200 gph Laguna Maxflo pump/Laguna Pressure-flo 3200 pressurized filter combo for around $400 and it was in the deep freeze of winter when they offered this deal. petmountain.com cannot be beat for the price of PondMaster pumps. I have a 2400 gph pondmaster running in my pond for the last 3 years without even a hint of trouble. I wish I could give you info on external pumps but I don't use them. I live in the frozen north and can't keep my pumps running all year so I figured it would be just as easy to pull out a submersible pump as to winterize an external one. |
RE: suggestions- best place to buy pond filter system
| | |
| Wow. You really are in the frozen north! ;) My pond is not very large, about 1200 gallons, so I figured that I would go for an external filter (Fish Mate makes a nice one I've seen on several sites) and a submersible pump to go with. I hadn't planned on running it in the winter, removing the pump and filter probably Jan and Feb then replacing in mid-March or so. I keep a hole in the ice so gasses won't build up, and these fish have lived without a filter system for a few years now so they probably won't miss it when they're in their torpid state. Thanks for the petmountain site info and also the recc about PondMaster pumps-- that brand was on my "short list". |
RE: suggestions- best place to buy pond filter system
| | |
Hi
I'd second the "Pondmaster" pumps. Since they only have one moving part and no gland what can go wrong?? lol
Had an "Iwaki" pump that ran 24/7 on a SW aquarium from 83 to 04 and to my knowledge is still running!!
Very expensive though. I got the PM from "THat fish place" gary |
Post a Follow-Up
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Ponds & Aquatic Plants Forum
|
|
|
