Koi Pond Filtration Basics

The Nature of Successful Koi Keeping - Oxygen

OXYGEN

Dissolving Oxygen into the Water

The only way oxygen can dissolve in water is through contact with the atmosphere. This is accomplished by diffusion between molecules of water in contact with the oxygen in the atmosphere. At the same time as oxygen is entering into the water, carbon dioxide is released or de-gassed into the atmosphere.

The Nature of Successful Koi Keeping - The Art of Pond filtration

THE ART OF POND FILTRATION

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Picture courtesy of National Geographic

Pond filtration is remarkably simple. It is not difficult to imagine the pond, the piping, the filters, the biofilter and returning the water to the pond being compared to the human body.

Filtration Facts and Fiction You Must Know

Whilst "filtration" on koi ponds has become a somewhat controversial subject full of emotion as people try to expound on their concepts of what should be used to filter koi pond water, there are basic principles that apply to all koi pond filters.