We love the new water feature.... but these kinds of things come with a price. After buying a larger tank ($265.00) , we had to purchase a new pump ($200.00) and replace the filtering system. After much research, I could not find anything different than what I had in the past. Until I came across a different web site that showed a filter with the filtering pad on top so the cleaning process is very fast and easy ($360,00). It does take up alot of room in the tank, but it does a really good job of filtering the water. The problem we have is how to take the pad off of the platform without the material it has collected falling back into the pond.
We have always had a simple inexpensive gold fish pond. The 4 foot round metal tub was rusted at the bottom so we lined it with black plastic and attached with a rope around the end. It slowly developed leaks and was impossible to keep clean because it had so many folds. The only filter we could find was labor intensive to change and keep clean. So when we decided to retire this old tank we wanted a larger pond. We did not want to have to line it with plastic so we invested in a new 7 foot diameter tank and moved it to the center of the yard away from the fence corner. SoOOO the "have to do this right" research changes what we thought we were getting into.......
We love the new water feature.... but these kinds of things come with a price. After buying a larger tank ($265.00) , we had to purchase a new pump ($200.00) and replace the filtering system. After much research, I could not find anything different than what I had in the past. Until I came across a different web site that showed a filter with the filtering pad on top so the cleaning process is very fast and easy ($360,00). It does take up alot of room in the tank, but it does a really good job of filtering the water. The problem we have is how to take the pad off of the platform without the material it has collected falling back into the pond. 
We have always had a simple inexpensive gold fish pond. The 4 foot round metal tub was rusted at the bottom so we lined it with black plastic and attached with a rope around the end. It slowly developed leaks and was impossible to keep clean because it had so many folds. The only filter we could find was labor intensive to change and keep clean. So when we decided to retire this old tank we wanted a larger pond. We did not want to have to line it with plastic so we invested in a new 7 foot diameter tank and moved it to the center of the yard away from the fence corner. SoOOO the "have to do this right" research changes what we thought we were getting into.......
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