The Hybrid Pond™ Design consists of a HydroClean™ pond skimmer and HydroSieve™ bottom drain pre-filter at one end of the pond, one or more Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filters with the HydroFlush™ Backwash Systems placed at the other end of the pond. A Bottom Drain and a HydroAir™ aeration system are placed at the bottom of the pond underneath the waterfalls. The water return from the HydroUV™ ultraviolet light clarifier is positioned at the bottom of the pond underneath the pond skimmer - opposite the waterfalls and Bottom Drain. The precise placement of the filtration components is critical in the Hybrid Pond™ Design for the efficient removal of waste and debris from the pond for the health of the Koi.
Like water garden ponds, and Koi ponds, the Hybrid Pond™ utilizes a pond skimmer to remove floating debris. The Hybrid Pond™ also uses the air bubbles from the HydroAir™ aeration system to aid in the efficiency of the HydroClean™ pond skimmer. Similar to a water garden pond, a Hybrid Pond™ has a HydroClean™ pond skimmer pulling water out of the pond at one end of the pond, and a Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter pushing water into the pond on the other side of the pond. This draws water from one side of the pond to the other - creating a surface current.
The Hybrid Pond™ takes the surface circulation one step further. Since the Hybrid Pond™ has a Bottom Drain and HydroAir™ aeration system placed under the water falls at one end of the pond - when the air bubbles and rising water current reach the surface - they can only spread out in a direction towards the HydroClean™ skimmer. This "boosts" the surface current so that it draws debris into the HydroClean™ skimmer faster than a HydroClean™ skimmer and pump could do on their own.
In a Hybrid Pond™, having the HydroAir™ bubbles rise underneath the waterfalls has the cosmetic effect of "hiding" the air bubbles and the Bottom Drain from view. With the air bubbles reaching the pond's surface at the same area as the waterfalls, the waterfall's "splash" hides the rising bubbles from view. Thus, making the submerged aeration system and Bottom Drain "invisible", unlike the "visible" Bottom Drain and aeration system of a Koi pond.
