The Anoxic Filtration System - Manky Sanke

February 02-2005-2010 New Updated Version 

• POND: I 

• FILTER SIZE: 

4!X8!X24" 

• NUMBER OF 

BIOCENOSIS-POTS 

WITH PLANTS: 13 

• NUMBER WITHOUT 

PLANTS: 7 

• PUMP OUTPUT: 3600 

gph 

• AGE OF POND: 21 

YRS. 

• SUN LIGHT: 1 

HR./DAY 

• SIZE: 1250 gals 

Anoxic Filtration System ®


Anoxic Filtration System ® 

Figure 3: This is the same 

pond nineteen years later, after 

the top and waterfall have been 

completely redone. The amount 

of direct sunlight is only about 

a half-hour or less a day. The 

Taisho Sanke in the right hand 

side of the picture is about 28" 

long. 

Figure 4: Integrating the Anoxic 

Filter to the main pond by 

way of waterfall. The female 

Chagoi is 24” long and is looking 

for food all the time.


Figure 5: The female Shusui 

is 29"-long, the Shiro Utsuri 

is now 25"long, and the Yellow 

Chagoi is 24" long and 

the small speck of orange at 

the bottom of the picture is a 

female Beni-goi at 30"long. 

The female Showa and the 

male Tancho Sanke are both 

20"long respectably. These 

fish are fed about 80-lbs of 

food a season. 

• POND: II 

• FILTER SIZE: 4!X8! 

• NUMBER OF BIO- 

CENOSIS 

• POTS WITH 

PLANTS: 5 

• NUMBER WITH- 

OUT PLANTS: 15 

• PUMP OUTPUT: 

2400 gph 


YRS. 

• SUN LIGHT: 8 HRS/ 

DAY 

• POND SIZE: 1350 gals 




Top picture shows filter hidden in plain 

sight. 

Only four Water Hyacinth and a few water 

lilies and the filter is now bursting at the 

seams. All this must be thinned out every 

fortnight.



Just some pictures to get an idea of how 

to set up filter and pond. Full sun or shad 

has very little effect on filtration capabilities.


The fish in this pond 

are over 18 years 

old. The Kin Matsuba 

was bought at 

6" and is now 27" 

long in1350gal 

pond. 




The male Kin Matsuba is the 

same one that is shown in the 

top picture but is now over 28" 

long and the female Chagoi is 

25" long. This photo taken 

four-years later, just look how 

clear the water is at 30" deep, 

and in full sun, too.


The waterfall was 

completely revamped 

and now 2400gph is 

being pumped 

through the Anoxic 

Filter, compared to 

the old setup, which 

only allowed about 

1800gph through the 

filter. 


The picture shows a 

male 

Kin Matsuba @ 

28"long and 

a female Bekko @ 

29"long. These Koi 

are fed three times 

a day and very 

heavily, @ almost 

80lbs of food is 

used in one season.


• POND: III 

• FILTER SIZE: 1000 gals 

• NUMBER OF BIOCENOSIS- 

POTS WITH PLANTS: 10 

• NUMBER WITHOUT PLANTS: 

20 

• PUMP OUTPUT: 8000 gph 

• AGE OF POND: 10 YRS. 

• SUN LIGHT: 8+ HRS/ DAY 

• POND SIZE: 6500 gals 




8000 gph going thought this 

filter to keep a 65! pond 

clean.



On an average 5 to 8 water 

lily blooms a day and 

without the use of fertilizer 

tabs or chemicals.


• POND: IV 

• FILTER SIZE: 1000 

gals 

• NUMBER OF 

BIOCENOSIS-POTS 

WITH PLANTS: 20 

• NUMBER WITH- 

OUT PLANTS: 20 

• PUMP OUTPUT: 

3800 gph 


YRS. 

• SUN LIGHT: 3 hrs/ 

Day 

• POND SIZE: 2600 

gals 



Inlet water being diffused so as 

not to disturb the sediment. 

Please read: Read Me First, section 

of this book for more information 

on diffusing inlet water 

by: Syd Mitchell. 

Main Koi and Goldfish pond 

shaped like a piano. 




•POND: V 

•FILTER SIZE: 

4!X8!X24" 

•NUMBER OF 

•BIOCENOSIS-POTS 

WITH PLANTS IN 

FILTER: 10 

•PUMP OUTPUT: 3600 

gph 

•AGE OF POND: 7 YRS. 

•SUNLIGHT PER DAY: 

8hrs/day 

• POND SIZE: 1400gal 

• NUMBER of KOI: 21


As you can see, crystalclear 

water that deceives 

the ponds actual 

depth of three feet. 



All the plants in this pond are 

potted up with Kitty litter and 

Laterite and look how well 

they’re growing without Nitrogen 

Fertilizer Tabs. 




Do you see what is missing 

in this pond? Algae 

growing all over everything!

The Anoxic Filtration System - Manky Sanke

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