koiguyoz
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May 16, 2007, 2:09 PM
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A very similar setup was used on the pond of 'Carloskoi' (see his post on www.koivet.com and www.koiphen.com). His pond used a vortex/settlement chamber and a large trickle tower system.
Now, with these bioballs, they are more effective when used in a trickle tower (TT) format (where the water cascades from the top down just like a bakki shower). Providing sufficient flow and water coverage, the TT should be more efficient than a similarly submerged grouping of bioballs.
You would therefore have a bottom drain going to the vortex, into a second chamber with a prefilter mat (just so you could get the really dirty debris out of the water) and then have a water pump in the last chamber. Here, chambers 2 and 3 would be relatively small. The pump in chamber 3 would pump the water into the TT at the top, where the water would exit out the bottom and back into the pond.
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. Was wondering if this setup is ok?