Originally posted by Sunking
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Doing a pond right is like a balancing act, flow rate, amount of media, water depth, surface area, pond lining, and location. I recently met a person I grew up with who now designs high-end ponds, nothing I could afford. We had a nice talk about ideas, mine is the poor man's version but it works.
I change out my prefilters once a week and flush the filter twice during the summer.
The flow rate through the filter is relatively low (350GPH not including head loss) and to enhance the waterfall I use a second pump. Potted plants that the turtles don't eat also helps with water quality, maintenance is low, adjust the PH after heavy rains and top off to account for evaporation.
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