Best Koi Pond Filter Systems – Top 5 Picks of Koi Tank Bio Filters

A new pond? No Problem. Here is the new Goplus  filter which improves the water quality to give a healthy & happy life for the fishes living in the pond. The filter absorbs 13 Watts from the electric socket. This has proven to be a great pond filter systems from the beginning.

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The water is crystal clear with no exaggerations and an issue with the capstones, they were shaking and also dirty when laid – and that will be an issue in your part. A recommendation that put clamps on all hose connections when you complete the installation and use good quality hoses – nothing that will compress or break easily.

Go plus koi pond filter is a very valuable tool to fight bacteria and Algae. This pond filter will improve the clarity of the pond water within the first few days. Setup was easy and this filter was much less expensive and more efficient compared to other koi pond filter systems.

Note that 1-1/2 inch Fernco couplings can connect hoses directly to the threads, eliminating the need for adjusting for those stepped conical fittings.

Fernco has straight and 90° fittings, so it’s just a matter of finding good 1-1/2′ O.D. hose, and fitting for the pump, depending on the brand, a 1-1/2″ or 1-1/2 to 1-1/4″ Fernco might fit the outside of the pump’s hose fitting

A couple of things that were troubling in the Koi pond filter are

1. The instructions were not proper, the instruction booklet is worthless.
2. The “dirty water” discard spout for plants sounded good but you will end up diverting back to the pond.
3. Even after turning off the koi pond filter, it discards too much water nonstop flooding the flowerbeds
4. At first few tries, it leaked like a sieve out of the top. You have to make sure the rubber seal is perfectly set and in place.

It has filtration which flows down to the bio activators & removes debris & dirt from the water. The UV clarifier does a great job in removing even a single particle of algae from the water pond to keep it fit. The koi pond filter can be hidden behind rocks or bushes and can even be buried partially.

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If you are burying the TetraPond Filter, place a plastic tub in the hole. Allowing easier access to the latches, and easier to remove the koi pond filter for winter storage. Plastic tubs are cheap and can be found in any hardware or houselling stores. 20-gallon tubs are ideal for this use.

If you have plenty of oxygenating plants like – lily pads, parrot’s feather, aquatic mint then TetraPond Filter is best for keeping algae away from the pond water.

Installing the filter is easy: connecting your pump to the Koi pond filter systems inlet with tubing and then more tubing from the outlet to where you want it to flow. Make sure to purchase some Teflon Tape to wrap the inlet and outlet adapters and a few Hose Clamps based on the size of your tubing for a waterproof seal.

It will take 2 days to make the pond water crystal clear with the help of UV light. This filter does not remove all the algae in the pond, the UV light sterilizes the algae so it cannot reproduce. It makes it a lot easier to maintain though and does not disappoint.

There is a convenient knob on the top of the unit to backflush the unit if it gets clogged. Simply turn the knob from one direction to the other and it will backflush all of the dirt and debris from the filter out of the unit, turn the knob back on to resume normal flow.

TetraPond Filter works in the following ways

-Water flows from the pond to the pressure filter
-Water is filtered according to the process
-After that water is forced to the center tube where the UV light destroys all the microorganisms & also they can’t reproduce, they are filtered removed.
-Filtered water is again sent back to the mainstream or pond.

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All in all, we are very satisfied, the price is a bit steep but definitely the cheapest around and completely worth it in the long run.

The Koi pond filter contains beneficial bacteria which is responsible for the nitrogen cycle & also removes ammonia from the water. The OASE BioSmart 5000 Pond Filter has Nature-friendly technology with positive results for local wildlife and fish stock.

With a built-in cleaning indicator and water temperature display, the unit requires minimum maintenance. The OASE BioSmart 5000 Pond Filter UVC 1600 with included UV Filtration is for ponds up to 1,600 gallons; the Bio Smart 5000/10000 for up to 10,000 gallons. For maximum effect, it can be combined with the Vitronic 18 – 36 Watt UV Clarifiers.

You will be amazed by this filter, It looks like it’s an indoor aquarium, that’s how clean the water is. Clean the filter systems more than once a day about 2-3 times a day for a week. Takes 7 minutes max to backflush the water from the Koi pond filter. The flow is excellent. Shipping was fast and the product works great.

The pond size can be 20′ x 10′ x 3′ deep with about 20 koi fish, some are pretty big. You can use the same flex line for drainage so that dirty water doesn’t flow back into the pond. You can add a 3″ PVC elbow, coupling and about 4′ of straight pipe to get the water back into the pond.

Cleaning the filter it once a day or every other day doesn’t create a problem. Your pond will look better than ever. It looks like a green soupy mess. You will be amazed your Koi fish lived through it. After only one week you can almost see the bottom and, confident enough that the biosmart 5000 will continue to clear your pond water. You never have to buy another maintenance item to clear up sludge ever again!

The Koi pond filter systems is a little complicated to assemble the first time around. It’s equally as complicated and also time-consuming to break it all apart to do a full cleaning. It worked perfectly and only took about 20 minutes start to finish.

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The backwash and self-cleaning filter systems is genius! The filter pads are shaped like cogs with notches around the outer edges. Connected to the cleaning handle is a triangle shaft that goes the entire length of the koi pond filter which fits tightly into the notches on the filter systems.

When cranking, the shaft uses the notches to rotate all the Koi pond pump and filter at one time while simultaneously pressing down into each filter and squeezing out the surface crud which then gets washed away through the backwash valve, it is brilliant Repeat the sets until the water is no longer thick and dark while cranking.

After installing the Grech CPF-2500, the pond has gone from pea soup to almost completely clear. If your pond is small about 800 gallons but so muddy looking that you couldn’t see the fishes, Grech CPF-2500 can be installed. The third day you can notice a few inches down and spot my fishes. Each day it got clearer and clearer and within a week you could see the bottom.

Now your pond will be so clear You can clearly see the snail shells lying on the bottom. Cleaning the filters within, it is a matter of just a few minutes, you can turn the knob to divert the water to your garden and turn the crank handle about 15 to 20 times in one direction,  wait till the water is clear.

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Very happy with this filter!!
The backflushing is very easy; turn the flow control knob to redirect the water inside the filter and turn the crank to agitate the Koi pond pump and filter inside. A couple of minutes of incredibly dirty water outflows to feed our nearby plants. The disassembling & cleaning the filter is a bit tough work to do.

The flat rubber washers are for the smaller adapters and go between the adapter and the filter casing, not the adapter and the screw lock. Also, the flat washers are 2-sided. The indented side goes against the filter and the flat side against the adapter. You can use the 3/4 inch adapter which was a pain to insert in 3/4 inch hose. Submerging the hose end in almost-boiling water was the solution but still difficult.

Based on their instructions, fish load, and the size of the pond, you should buy this model. This one worked like a champ. If you have pond algae problems, get this filter!

The Click-Fit connectors help make installation quick and easy. The backwash water filter is contained which clears the entire filter, also the foam filters without opening it & can be easily done in a couple of minutes without opening the lid.

This feature gives surety of the filters & also maintains it super go+od. The indicators are provided within the filter to give the signal for the backwash of the koi pond filter at regular time intervals. The Laguna Pressure-Flo Filters are for use in freshwater ponds.

Laguna Pressure-Flo Clean 2100 recommended companion pump. The Laguna filter is one of the best in the business; the design with filter pad scrubbers and click-fit fittings probably make it the best in my opinion.

The only way, however, to have really clean water is to use a UV Koi pond pump and filter. Laguna has a well-designed UV filter also, it is long so that the water will be in contact with the UV light longer which maintains the pond water & does not allow any bacteria or algae to enter it.

The Laguna filter and UV light is a great combination. The only thing I find as a design flaw is on this model is after cleaning the filters and putting the filters back into the bucket, quite often one of the bead balls will get stuck in the plastic tube where the filter holder rod inserts into and stops the lids from closing all the way.

This requires you to pull everything back out and submerging your arm to the bottom of the bucket through all the fishes and move the bead balls out of the way. The plastic tube that these balls get stuck into is about 3-4 inches in diameter and six inches tall.

You can barely squeeze your hand in the tube to remove the balls. My tip on how to avoid this is when putting the filters back into the bucket to lower the Koi pond pump and filter very slowly. If you put it in to fast it makes a current which pushes the bead ball into the tube. Also, be careful to make sure the big ring is properly seated before clamping down the lid.