"John Hines" wrote in message
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I sent it a few days ago. I resent it today.
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I got it. Very interesting reading. For my first attempt, I think I can draw
from several of your ideas...

First...My VF feeds from one end, and pumps out from the other. So I have a
deep area, which already catches a lot, a shallow area, and another deep
area. I think I'll try putting filter media between the two deep areas, say
a furnace filter. This may help, but it will at a minimum be a fun, easy to
set up, cheap experiment. I think I will also sit a 33 gallon can (because I
have one) in the VF and have the Pump, pump into there. I'll then take a
hose out from there and connect it up to the return back to the pond. This
way I can set the chamber up simply by inserting it between my pump and it's
normal outflow pipe. This is advantageous for simplicity, and for safety. If
my nutty dog knocks it over, it will fall into the VF and help prevent the
pump from draining the pond dry.

BV.