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Hey guys, I am trying to better the crappy filtration I have at the moment (currently having to rely on very frequent water changes). So I have two questions.

1)What type of commercial filter do you recommend? Is the pet store or fish store the best place to buy it, or is there a cheaper alternative?

2)Has anyone been successfull creating their own filter systems?

I have an approx. 100gallon pond with 1.1 sliders, a ~50 gallon with a small snapper, and am possibly adding another enclosure with a soft-shell.

Thanks for any imput

Ian

Heres one I made
Filter I made

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iturnrocks.com

That filter is awesome... completely amazing. A lot more than I can manage myself. Definately the way to go with a permenant set up

Ian

>>That filter is awesome... completely amazing. A lot more than I can manage myself. Definately the way to go with a permenant set up
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>>Ian

Filters are not very difficult to make. I would need to see some pics of your setup before I could give you viable options.
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iturnrocks.com

Hi Ian,

I currently have a homemade gravity fed external filter on the 300 gallon stock tank I use for the bulk of my RES population. It curently houses about 1.4 RES which range in size from 6" - 10" and about 30 various sizes of feeder goldfish/koi. Seems to keep the water crystal clear, though I have never tested water quality. I usually will break the filter once a year for general cleaning. Beyond that it seems to be working well. For my smaller ponds (60 gallon/110 gallon) I use a commercial in pond filter system from PetCo/PetSmart.

The heart of my filter is a 900 gph pump which will turnover the pond 3 times in an hour.

The biggest issue I have is with a gravity fed system is balancing the input versus output on the pump.

I'd be happy to discuss details if your interested. It is not beyond the average do it yourselfer.

Ian Bevan
Silver Rose Reptiles