Did some more rebuilding on the pond today under the cover of a tarp to keep the sun off my back – almost done On the way home from the horse paddocks popped into Bunnings and bought another water plant and a pump prefilter (see next post).
Above: Hot day so erected a temporary tarp to keep the sun off my back.
To avoid frequent cleaning of the (small) internal filter of Aquapro AP-1050 pond pump I purchased the AQUAPRO 200 x 100 x 100mm Small Prefilter Sponge for $7.98 – from Bunnings . Took me a few minutes to work out how to fit the pre filter sponge onto the pump. Once fitted you end up with some left over pump parts!
The filter sponge has a plastic tube running down its centre. This tube is threaded at one end which screws into the pump inlet. No more fiddling with the pump, cleaning now is simply a matter of sliding the sponge off its tube and rinsing under tap water
