Dreaming of my lagoon.... - Tiki Carving

P pariartspaul Member Martiniland, California Joined: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 159	P pariartspaul Posted posted on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 9:57 AM Thanks again for good advice. I got another email also about filters and I think I've narrowed it down to a sand filter, sounds like the best. I used to have a DE filter and although the water was beautiful, it was a pain to maintain, plus this pond will not have much volume so it should stay really clean. For plumbing, I got advice on the benifits of using the 1 1/2" size as opposed to the 2". The 1 1/2" is always available at home depot, so that counts for a lot. I'd like to keep the plumbing pretty simple. For the lighting, yes I'll look into a pool electrician to help with it. I think having it lit from underwater would be a nice feature. PS - I forgot to mention I'm in Sacramento. Another addition: With our old pool, before we had it replastered with dark plaster it had white plaster. So for parties, we used to dump a bottle or two of Mrs. Stewart's blueing into the water and it looked great!! But it wouldn't last very long - that DE filter would filter all the color out in a day or so. Boy those DE filters do work good. But after we had it replastered with the dark color the water always looked good on its own. [ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2005-02-23 09:58 ] [ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2005-02-23 10:03 ]

Thanks again for good advice. I got another email also about filters and I think I've narrowed it down to a sand filter, sounds like the best. I used to have a DE filter and although the water was beautiful, it was a pain to maintain, plus this pond will not have much volume so it should stay really clean. For plumbing, I got advice on the benifits of using the 1 1/2" size as opposed to the 2". The 1 1/2" is always available at home depot, so that counts for a lot. I'd like to keep the plumbing pretty simple.
For the lighting, yes I'll look into a pool electrician to help with it. I think having it lit from underwater would be a nice feature.
PS - I forgot to mention I'm in Sacramento.

Another addition: With our old pool, before we had it replastered with dark plaster it had white plaster. So for parties, we used to dump a bottle or two of Mrs. Stewart's blueing into the water and it looked great!! But it wouldn't last very long - that DE filter would filter all the color out in a day or so. Boy those DE filters do work good. But after we had it replastered with the dark color the water always looked good on its own.

[ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2005-02-23 09:58 ]

[ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2005-02-23 10:03 ]

Post #142744 by pariartspaul on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 9:57 AM