veggie filter

[melissa]

hello,
i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding. can someone
recommend a brand? or type? of veggie filter for a 300 gallon pond?
thanks for your help!
honeybe

[Bonnie]

melissa wrote:
> hello,
> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding. can someone
> recommend a brand? or type? of veggie filter for a 300 gallon pond?
> thanks for your help!
> honeybe
>

Hi,

I don't know of any "brand" of veggie filter. Most of us
just design our own. For a 300 gallon pond, you could
probably use a Rubbermaid tub (30 gallons or larger).

--
Bonnie
NJ

[Bonnie]

melissa wrote:
> hello,
> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding. can someone
> recommend a brand? or type? of veggie filter for a 300 gallon pond?
> thanks for your help!
> honeybe
>

Hi,

I don't know of any "brand" of veggie filter. Most of us
just design our own. For a 300 gallon pond, you could
probably use a Rubbermaid tub (30 gallons or larger).

--
Bonnie
NJ

[Ka30P]

Hi Melissa,

We built a filter out a rubber maid stock
tank.
The water comes in the bottom and goes out the top from three holes DH drilled
in the side. The three holes have small lengths of pvc pipe in them. The water
then goes down the waterfall.

In the top of the filter we float water hyacinths. That's the veggie part. We
put a rope around the hyacinths to keep them from clogging the outlet.


kathy :-)
<A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[Ka30P]

Hi Melissa,

We built a filter out a rubber maid stock
tank.
The water comes in the bottom and goes out the top from three holes DH drilled
in the side. The three holes have small lengths of pvc pipe in them. The water
then goes down the waterfall.

In the top of the filter we float water hyacinths. That's the veggie part. We
put a rope around the hyacinths to keep them from clogging the outlet.


kathy :-)
<A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[BenignVanilla]

"melissa" > wrote in message
...
> hello,
> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding. can someone
> recommend a brand? or type? of veggie filter for a 300 gallon pond?
> thanks for your help!

Melissa, when I built mine, I went with what I thought was the easy route.
It ended up having it's own problems, but basically I just built a second
shallow pond. I over plant that with Water Hyacinth, Iris, and a few other
misc plants for aesthetics. I built mine, much larger in surface are then
everyone recommended, just in case. The general rule of thumb is 10% of your
pond surface area. I am probably closer to 40%. So far, water params in my
first season were perfect, and dead on, and I don't have any filter media to
clean up.

Disclaimer: This will be my first post-winter experience, so we'll see how
the VF fairs. My two big worries this year are 1) jumpstarting the VF. I
need to get plants in there and get it rolling and 2) I let the leaves fall
where they may, and am hoping my bottom drain will help to move those to my
VF where they will be more easily cleaned up. We'll see.

IMHO, the VF is the way to go. It gives me a second water feature to look
at, and provides function at the same time. And the fact that I have no
prefilters or media to clean on a regular basis is another great feature.

BV.

[BenignVanilla]

"melissa" > wrote in message
...
> hello,
> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding. can someone
> recommend a brand? or type? of veggie filter for a 300 gallon pond?
> thanks for your help!

Melissa, when I built mine, I went with what I thought was the easy route.
It ended up having it's own problems, but basically I just built a second
shallow pond. I over plant that with Water Hyacinth, Iris, and a few other
misc plants for aesthetics. I built mine, much larger in surface are then
everyone recommended, just in case. The general rule of thumb is 10% of your
pond surface area. I am probably closer to 40%. So far, water params in my
first season were perfect, and dead on, and I don't have any filter media to
clean up.

Disclaimer: This will be my first post-winter experience, so we'll see how
the VF fairs. My two big worries this year are 1) jumpstarting the VF. I
need to get plants in there and get it rolling and 2) I let the leaves fall
where they may, and am hoping my bottom drain will help to move those to my
VF where they will be more easily cleaned up. We'll see.

IMHO, the VF is the way to go. It gives me a second water feature to look
at, and provides function at the same time. And the fact that I have no
prefilters or media to clean on a regular basis is another great feature.

BV.

[Ron, KC4YOY]

> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding.

You can visit our pond web page
and see the veggie filter I built
using a Rubbermaid stock tank.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/Cement_Pond1.html

Works great, I had crystal clear water last summer.

Ron

[Ron, KC4YOY]

> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding.

You can visit our pond web page
and see the veggie filter I built
using a Rubbermaid stock tank.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/Cement_Pond1.html

Works great, I had crystal clear water last summer.

Ron

[Phyllis and Jim Hurley]

Click on our pondsite and you can see our various veggie filters. They have
done well and don't need cleaning medium.

Jim

--
______________________________________________
See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley
Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net
______________________________________________
"melissa" > wrote in message
...
> hello,
> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding. can someone
> recommend a brand? or type? of veggie filter for a 300 gallon pond?
> thanks for your help!
> honeybe
>

[Phyllis and Jim Hurley]

Click on our pondsite and you can see our various veggie filters. They have
done well and don't need cleaning medium.

Jim

--
______________________________________________
See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley
Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net
______________________________________________
"melissa" > wrote in message
...
> hello,
> i am researching before i leap headfirst into ponding. can someone
> recommend a brand? or type? of veggie filter for a 300 gallon pond?
> thanks for your help!
> honeybe
>