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Hybrid Pond™ FILTER in Self Cleaning Backwash Mode
- Perimeter marginal plant shelf no wider than 12", the rest of the pond is the "deep area" with a minimum shallow end depth of 3 feet tapered down to a bottom drain at the deeper end.
- Can be lined with pond liner, concrete, or polyurea.
- One and Two-man boulders used as submerged retaining walls - foamed together for strength.
- Smooth bare liner on all horizontal surfaces - including plant shelf and pond bottom.
- Bottom of pond tapered towards the HydroDrain™ at least 1" down per 12" across.
- Filtration system consists of a HydroDrain™, a remotely installed HydroClean™ pond skimmer, HydroSieve™ bottom drain pre-filter, and a fully backwashable Hydro Vortex™ waterfall filter.
- Pump can be submersible or centrifugal.
- Modular UV system.
- Optional secondary magnetic pump for the UV system.
- UV return pipe submerged on shallower end pushes water across the bottom of the pond towards the bottom drain.
- Deepest area underneath the waterfalls.
- HydroAir™ air stone placed behind the HydroDrain™ - and underneath the waterfalls for submerged oxygenation and water current towards the bottom drain while concealing the bubbles in the waterfall splash.
- Aquatic plants planted in aquatic baskets on the marginal plant shelves.
- Safer pond style for Koi than the water garden type ponds.
- Less safe for children than water garden ponds, but safer than Koi ponds.
- Easier to protect fish from predators than water garden ponds.
- Blends into the landscape similar in appearance to a water garden pond.
- Fully backwashable, easy to clean Russell Technologies™ Hybrid Pond System allows for routine maintenance that eliminates annual draining and harsh cleaning.
