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Sunterra 337106 Prefilter Box for 500 Gallon Pond Capacity, Black

Sunterra 337106 Prefilter Box for 500 Gallon Pond Capacity, Black
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Sunterra 337106 Prefilter Box for 500 Gallon Pond Capacity, Black

4.0(14 customer reviews)

A contained body of water is subject to conditions such as dirt, insects, algae and decomposed vegetation that affect the water clarity and health. A filtration system is needed to balance the ponds ecosystem. This filtration system must match both the power of the pump and the volume of the water garden. The Pre Filter Box is for use with 200 and 320 Gallon Per Hour Fountain Pumps to provide mechanical filtration for use in water accent applications. In Mechanical filtration, the water is pumped into the filter creating the necessary pressure to begin the mechanical filtration stage. There are two phases in the mechanical filtration stage, course and fine filtration. Each phase uses a specially designed foam filter to effectively remove all sizes of unwanted debris. The pre-filter cleans ponds up to 500 gallons and is recommended for use with Sunterra pump numbers 120016 and 137016.

  • Provides mechanical filtration for water accent applications in ponds and water gardens

  • Cleans ponds up to 500 Gallons

  • Two Year Limited Warranty

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755498

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Product Details:
Product Length: 6.0 inches
Product Width: 12.0 inches
Product Height: 7.0 inches
Product Weight: 1.5 pounds
Package Length: 12.2 inches
Package Width: 6.3 inches
Package Height: 5.8 inches
Package Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 14 reviews
 
 

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Average Customer Review:4.0 ( 14 customer reviews )
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16 of 16 found the following review helpful:

2Good filter but hard to clean  Sep 30, 2008
By Richard L. Elias
This filter box is a pre-filter that draws water through two foam pads -- a coarse filter, then a fine one -- before it is drawn into the pump. My Sunterra pump includes another filter inside a snap-on housing, so the pond has three filters in all. The box filter is effective but clogs quickly. The top is held on by four screws. To clean the foam pads, you must disassemble it. Awkward. Some kind of snap-on top would be more convenient. Also, my Sunterra pump has a threaded outlet which is designed to be used with a Sunterra diverter valve . . . more than I needed or wanted! (I have a small pond.) A trip to a hardware store yielded a few plastic plumbing coupling that allow me to snap a hose onto the outlet with a quick-release coupler . . . very convenient.
I had drained the pond and refilled it before installing the Sunterra kit. It wasn't possible to drain it entirely because of the fish, however. The filter got clogged quickly even with new, clear water -- well, clearER than it was! Yesterday I drained the pond again, more thoroughly, and decided not to use the box prefilter but just the pump with its built-in filter. I can get it out by snapping off the pump housing. If it doesn't clog for a week or so, I'll try to add the prefilter again. If it does clog, I'll just go with the built-in filter.

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

4Good Enough  Jul 15, 2010
By firenice
I have a pond and a couple of fountains. Sunterra sells products that make constructing and maintaining my "water work" projects easy at a reasonable cost.
The Prefilter Box is simple but it might be better if it had a "slide-on" or "snap-on" top instead of using screws. This is not a deal breaker, just a suggestion.

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

5Works  Jun 18, 2008
By Tom Kitta "tom K"
After use for about a year there have been no problems with this product. Plastic didn't crack yet.

4 of 4 found the following review helpful:

4Does the job  Sep 23, 2010
By Ryan Espy
This pre-filter box is a necessity for outdoor pond pumps that don't have a filter built in. I bought this with the Sunterra 320 mpg pump and the setup works fine. It's not the highest quality plastic, but it's affordable and should last a while. My two biggest complaints:

1. It's difficult to wire the electrical cord through the notch in the box.
2. The lid is held on by four screws, so you have to unscrew those when you want to clean the filters

Also worth noting is that the box is very light and I needed to stick a brick on top to hold it in place (which blocks some of the passage to the filter).

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

5Just sits there and sucks in the dirt  Aug 19, 2011
By Mark E. Webber "MWebb23"
In reading the other reviews before I bought the filter from Amazon, buyers mentioned having to unscrew the lid from the box in order to clean the filter, and obviously needing to screw the lid back on the box afterward. That seemed like so much work! When I received mine there were no screws! The screw holes are in the lid and box, but no screws came with the filter. The lid doesn't snap on, so I keep the lid and box together with rubber bands I get from the morning paper. I'm using the small pump that came with the pond, and it seems to do a pretty good job. I clean the filters weekly, and lots of dirt washes out. Even a few leaves have been sucked into the filter. I'm curious to know how long the filter lasts before it needs replacement. As far as getting it ready to use, be aware that there are pre-punched holes in the filters that will come out in order to fit the water hose from the pump and electrical cord through their places in the lid.

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