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Pond bottom drain setup.
The bottom drain will be dug in towards the center of the pond floor and the drain will be connected via piping to a settlement tank or filtration environment.
The ideal set up is to have the drain s continuously gravity feeding to the filter system s.
I would say with these additions to a pond drain installation if you wanted to push the limits you could extend the service diameter of a 3 bottom drain to 12 and a 4 bottom to 14.
The ponds bottom should be bowled to.
Use these bottom drain fundamentals that we use to professionally design koi ponds each day.
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Then you have to make a perfectly balanced slope at the bottom of your pond so that the dirt can easily move towards the bottom filter or bottom drain.
This set up is referred to as a gravity fed as it s the force of gravity that causes the water to be transferred from the bottom drain and into the settlement tank.
Follow the following steps to install a bottom filter first of all you have to dig a hole in the deepest section of the pond.
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If you are using the advantage bottom drain cover with built in air diffuser you will need to install an air line.
Installation guide for bottom drains bottom drain under liner to skimmer and bottom drain above liner to external pump manifold.
At the lowest point of the pond stub up a 3 inch bottom drain and cap it off.