"rtk" wrote in message ...
I put in a humungous filter behind my pond which is really ugly and
needs to be disguised somehow. Someone told me I should have used a
filter that can be placed in the tiny pond that makes the waterfall.
Someone else said that would be too labor intensive. Probably everyone
on the news group knows which is better and less work. I would
appreciate your opinions.

Ahhh, the age old question of Veggie filter or Mechanical filter. That is as
easy to answer as Coke or Pepsi...hmm...no...how about McDonalds or Burger
King? Hmm...no. OK, I guess it is NOT so easy.

I chose a VF combined with a Bottom Drain. My line of thinking says, BD
empties mulm from pond, mulm feeds plants and settles in VF. VF is shallow.
Once a year I will have to clean shallow pond, and hopefully never the main
pond. No Mechanical filtration means no filter materials to clean on a
weekly basis. This is all theory, as my pond is just months old.

BV.