building a waterfall

I am planning to build a waterfall. I wonder if I should use a
waterfall filter with a weir or simply pipe the water from a filter?
What's the advantage or disdvantage of using a weir?

- Tak

The waterfall filter with weir is a convenient way of getting a waterfall,
filter and planting bed in one ready made piece of equipment. You can make
the same thing using timbers, blocks, or rocks to form a veggie filter, and
create a weir to your own liking. A piece of pipe discharging directly as a
waterfall, doesn't create the same appearance as water flowing over a weir.
In nature, each waterfall, is in essense a weir.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

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I am planning to build a waterfall. I wonder if I should use a
waterfall filter with a weir or simply pipe the water from a filter?
What's the advantage or disdvantage of using a weir?

- Tak

On 31 Jan 2005 11:02:36 -0800, wrote:

I am planning to build a waterfall. I wonder if I should use a
waterfall filter with a weir or simply pipe the water from a filter?
What's the advantage or disdvantage of using a weir?

- Tak

I pump directly from my filter that has a skimmer & bottom drain (is a
skimmer the same as a weir?) in the pond. Click on *My Filter* and *Demon
Pond Filter* for pictures and how-tos if interested. ~ jan


See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

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