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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

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

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

A solar powered water fountain for the garden.

Advantages: Cheap and easy to set up.
Disadvantages: You need the sun to shine for it to work.

...150 solar powered fountain by Smart Solar from an online garden centre who I had used before and it arrived within 5days. The kit comprises of a solar panel measuring 5 ½” x 5”, the pump with 3m of cable, two extension tubes and a choice of three heads and a mounting kit for the panel. Putting together is easy – just insert the pump, which is cylindrical and about 4” tall, onto the base which is a flat circular ring with a plastic sponge like filter. ...
...need one or two extension tubes which are each about 3” long and then decide which fountain head you want. The choices are between a simple stream of water, a narrow spray or a wider spray. The height of the water jet will depend on the strength of the sun. Very bright sun will produce a jet of up to 10” and this becomes less as the sun intensity decreases. Now place the pump in position under water. It is important to remember not to run the pump ...

perfectlypolished 08.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Smart Solar Sunjet 150 Solar Powered Pond Pump

"Two Squirrels in a Fountain"

Advantages: The sound of trickling water on a hot sunny day
Disadvantages: Must make sure that the water doesn't run dry

...(picture below). Bermuda Water Features are exclusively distributed by Aquatic Options in Halesowen. As well as Two's Company (BER142) there is one depicting two Otters on a Rock, called Watering Hole (BER141), which is equally as charming. My Out-takes = I made two silly mistakes whilst setting up this water feature, giving my husband the opportunity to say "told you so" and me to quickly empty it out and put it in the garden. Just ...
...tell you what I did as a warning:- After setting it up I decided to go back into the house to sit and listen to my handywork. After a "nice cup of tea" I went back out into the conservatory to see how it was doing and to my horror there was water everywhere and the pump was making a terrible grating noise. I quickly turned it off and investigated. Of course I immediately blamed the product, as you do, and looked all round it for a leak. I soon discovered ...

Youngatheard60 14.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Bermuda Water Feature, "Two's Company".