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GET THE GREEN GUNGE OUT OF YOUR LIFE..

Advantages: All in one solution. Neat and tidy.
Disadvantages: Needs setting up prior to installation.

...Alternatively, the filter in the FishMate gets clogged with the blighters and you have to clean them off periodically. The water overflows from the first chamber into the second chamber where the filtration is. There are two sponge elements, one for coarse and one for fine sifting. Once through these, the water goes through a biological filter. This consists of special rocks that have a massive surface area in relation to their size. Bacteria naturally ...
...to rinse these rocks in a couple of buckets of pond water prior to installation. Don't use tap water as the chlorine does not make a good environment for the bacteria - quite the opposite in fact. After biological filtration, there are two outlets (looks like a sexy twin exhaust on your car) and the water is then taken back to the pond and, in my case, a soothing waterfall! In the initial stages, you will be cleaning the two sponges daily. After ...

DarrenMoore 12.06.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Fishmate 2000TM UV + Bio Pond Filter

Top flow not Over Flow

Advantages: No drained ponds
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

...ponds both filtered with a Trident Top Flow filter...actually the '3000' model. In many ways these filters are fairly standard, consisting of a plastic box containing sponge filters and plastic pieces to increase surface area for beneficial bacteria. However these filters have a nifty bit of internal pipe work that means the water flows out of a pipe near the top of the box, not at the bottom like normal. This has the following advantages 1) The ...
...with just the top of the box and the pipe above the surface. This also prevents excessive cooling of the water during the Autumn. However 2) the raised outflow pipe also means that the filter, in effect, has an overflow pipe. If most filters get blocked, with silt or the plastic pieces inside, the water will pour out of the top of the box and drain the pond. With a top flow filter if the water level begins to rise then it simply reaches the open ...

DrC 27.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Trident Topflow 3000

Filter works as good as a plastic bucket..RUBBISH!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Turns your Koi Pool into a sewage tank!

I bought two Trident Topflow Filters 12000 in order to filter my 2000 gallon pond combined with Trident 18000 UV Unit. With this setup the Company supposedly gives a Clearwater Guarantee. Within days my pool became like a sewage tank, and fish got infections etc. The water stayed murky due to the design fault that the filter mats are too small for the filter and the filter bulges with the weight of the water. I contacted the Company who accused ...
...arrogant and unhelpful. If you want a filter which works as good as these, then buy a plastic bucket and let the water flow through it!!!! The 'Clear Water Guarantee' is a Con Trick, the Company will not stand by it, and in my estimation they are simply Con artists. This Companies motto seems to be take thier money and let them squeal. I would also suggest the Company takes lessons in Customer Relations Management as they cannot even be polite ...

LarryM 02.07.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Trident Topflow 12000

Not such a great product after all

Advantages: Claims to be maintenance free
Disadvantages: Fails to live up to its claims

...up to them. The Rotorflush Filters Uflo Self Cleaning Pond Filter, at £29.99, was not cheap but, if it did everything it claimed it could do, such as “Will wok in dirty conditions” (even blanket weed!), “Run for the whole season without maintenance” and “Fountain always running at maximum height”, we reckoned it was worth the money. For the first few weeks we had to clean the filter every couple of days but we thought that was probably because ...
...to expect the new filter to do the job perfectly from day 1. By the end of month 3 we were getting just a little bit disillusioned. At the end of month 5 we have put the filter in the garage and gone back to our basic piece of kit. It needs cleaning every day but already the pond is looking cleaner and “if you don’t expect something miraculous to happen, you aren’t disappointed when it doesn’t!” On the whole, a lovely concept let down by a poor ...

sef 23.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Rotorflush Uflo Self Cleaning System

SUNJET 150 SOLAR PUMP - PUMPED UP & HAPPY !!!

Advantages: No electric cable
Disadvantages: needs direct sunlight

Hi, I thought I would tell you about this pump. I hope you find it useful and would appreciate your feedback. ************WHY************ Ok, well the reason I got this pump was basically because I really fancied having a beautiful focal point in my garden. I have been to other peoples gardens who have a water feature and always thought there is nothing nicer than relaxing in the garden with a cold drink as you listen to the gentle sound of trickling ...
...ideal and not too expensive. **********COST*********** I bought this on-line and paid £25.99 which I do think is pretty ok. Beware if you are looking to buy this as the price really can vary from shop to shop. I think the dearest I saw was £39.99 (BIG DIFFERENCE) NOTE - This is only the pump and not the bowl (if you want to have a bird bath), but is all you need for a pond. As for any other costs - there aren't any !!!! Because it is a solar powered ...

traveller10 13.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Smart Solar Sunjet 150 Solar Powered Pond Pump