On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:35:03 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

OK, I am definitely going to include a skimmer and a bottom drain in the
pond. Does it make sense to have the output of each of these run back
through the veggie filter or right back to the pond?

The bottom drain pulls out the worst muck, the skimmer adds oxygen to the
water so the bacteria in any filter work better. So output back to filter
back to pond, imo. ~ jan

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

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