When we had our pool put in, we had another 5KG pool put in adjacent to the pool - for a koi pond. I wish the internet was as useful then in pond info as it is now as I would have done it quite a bit different. They essentially plumbed/built it as a 5kG pool with a sand filter (now filled with plastic bio media). I have a UV in it with a small pump all of the time, and run the filter a couple of hours a day.
I'd like to figure out how to run a smaller pump in parallel through the same plumbing as the bigger waterfall pump, that way I can keep the filter "alive" and have better water quality w/o running up the $$$ on electricity. As it's plumed like a pool with a single line coming from the skimmer (which connects to the drain via a diverter at the skimmer), with a jandy valve on the return diverting to the fall or in-pond returns - I want to put a veggie filter out near the pool pad and be able to have a smaller pump always running.
Any ideas here?
- Jeff