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Water garden pond filter, importance, types and maintenance tips
There is popular opinion that water garden need no maintenance. This is a complete fallacy. It’s impossible to have efficient, well functioning water garden without any maintenance at all. Though it ma be little.
To maintain water in the pond there is a need for filter. And the process of filtering the water in the pond is called filtration. There are several types of filter pumps, which also varying in their use. Prefilter pump protects a submersible pump from becoming clogged with debris.
Ultra violet filter disinfects water as it passes through a contained pipe. Skimmer will remove most leaves and debris before they sink to the bottom of your pond. Other types of filter are in-pond sponge filters, overflow biological filters, large bead filter and bog filter. We will take brief look at some of this filter in this article.
Overflow biological filters use lava rock for filtration process. Place the lava rock in the mesh bags or basket for convenience. To maintain biological filter trim the plants back to make sure that they do no clog the exit spill. Then empty and wash one or twice yearly.
Pre-filter type is usually found in most new pumps. It help in protecting submersible pump from becoming clogged with debris, Unlike the biological filter it requires weekly or biweekly cleaning to maintain its efficiency.
Box skimmer help in removing most leaves and debris from water and later sink them to the bottom of the pond and begin to rot. Check and emptied skimmer twice a week and daily in summer and fall respectively.
Ultraviolet filter uses special inbuilt special light to disinfect water as it pass through a contained pipe. It kills single cell algae, bacteria and fungi during this process too. It’s very effective at eliminating green water in ponds. To maintain ultraviolet filter all you have to do is to replace the bulb every 12 months.
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