"k" <ka30p@aol.com> wrote >I am the token lazy ponder. > We filter by > - having lots of water > - few fish > - lots of underwater plants > - lots of rocks in the waterfall. Same here, I use an air pump for aeration, lots of plants but no water pump and no filter. I only have golden shiner minnows which just build up to a sustainable population and size. No filter, no UV, no water pump, no Koi, no feeding, no problem. -- Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to rhodyman@earthlink.net 18,000 gallon (17'x 47'x 2-4') lily pond garden in Zone 6 Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA

In article <5prcddFsjfq3U1@mid.individual.net>, DavidM <newsNO@_SPAMdjmorgan.org.uk> wrote: > ~ jan wrote, On 10/11/2007 22:22: > > Recently mjl asked about filters. How about a thread with each ponder > > either describing their set up or pointing to their website? > > Here's mine. > > Based in the South East of England. We have a 800ish gallon pond with 5 > koi varying in size from 9-17", hand dug and lined with PVC. > Water is moved from the deepest part of the pond by an Oase in-pond pump > to the bio filter. This is the square tank from an old Oase How big is your pump? -- To reply by email, remove the word "space"