Hey y'all, long time no post!
My pond is coming into spring time and looking pretty bad right now, but I am sure that in a month or so it will be great again.
In the meantime I need to replace my mechanical prefilter. it was a simple DIY affair when I built the pond in 2006, and the media was the blue aquarium batting from Petsmart. I replaced the batting last year and find that the new batting is just falling apart; it doesn't last as long as the stuff I bought in 2006.
So please link me to your favorite DIY mechanical prefilters for a SMALL pond! If you have pics of your own please throw them up here!