The Perfect pond maintenance, pond filters, water clarifiers and biological filtration...

Trouble shooting green water, and why isn't your biological filter working ... There are many effective way of cleaning water. What will concern us here will be the most effective way of removing algae, organic matter and the chemical nitrites and ammonia from pond water.

Things to consider before you get a pond filter ... By using this and processes of deduction you can make your own conclusions about the need for a filter and subsequently, how effectively it is working.

Summary of cures to filter problems ... Check filter specifications and pump performance. See how long the pump delivering water to the filter takes to fill a gallon bucket. In this way you can work out how many gallons go through the filter every hour.

Filters and filtration: rules and parameters ... For every pond there is a specific size of filter that needs a specific size of pump to recycle the water through it.

Trouble shooting the kit, how to avoid problems with water gardens? ... The first rule for avoiding problems with water gardens is to get things right from the start with regards to the position it is in, its size and shape, design and construction.

UVC, lamp, quartz sleeve, bulbs and water clarifiers, find out how it all comes together in your pond ... The water is pumped from the pond into the sterilizer unit where it passes over and around a glowing ultraviolet tube protected in a quartz sleeve. T