Hi Wild Cherry Jello Lover ;-)
I'm sorry I jumped on you :O)

You keep talking about large particles getting to
the pump ... we are talking
about fish poo here, aren't we? Guess I'm a bit dense
but I don't see a problem in taking Bonnie Espanshade's
suggestion. My own VF pump is a Beckett 500 gph.
Pond is a bit less than 3,000. VF has plenty of dwell
time. I don't have a bottom drain yet. Would like to
install one that goes over the top of the liner ... as
opposed to thru the liner. (I do have another much
bigger big pump that goes to the waterfall.)
Good Luck with your venture!

Nedra
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"BenignVanilla"
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"Nedra" wrote in message
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BV, I can't tell if your for real or not? Jokes
are fine ... but Gee ... oh well. For the Veggie Filter:

5-6 posts of research/questions and math...one joke about jello
referencing
another posters reference to gelatin, and you don't know if I am for real?
Lighten up. Gee whiz.

The Veggie
Filter is fed by a hose - one end of whichis attached
to a pump
that sits near the bottom - NOT on the bottom - just
near the bottom of your pond.

This is key to my problem. Originally I planned to have a pump IN the
pond,
but now I plan to use a bottom drain, have it empty into my veggie filter.
This prevents me from having the pump in the pond because I don't want the
pump directly attached to the bottom drain, in order to prevent damage
from
large debris. This started me on the concept of an intermediate or
settlement chamber, which I have found will be too large for my desired
area. So I have been playing with many different ideas on how to get a
small
set of chambers to provide enough fall out time to protect the pump, but
not
neccessiraly act as a REAL settlement chamber.

Someone suggested gelatin being used in some filter systems, not ponds
particularly, in order to help get the particles to glom together. Hence
my
jello joke.

The hose goes across
the bottom of the pond, up the far side and into the VF.
I attached a manifold to the hose that goes into the VF. The manifold
has
holes drilled all over it. This slows down the
water - allows for "dwell time" all over the VF. The
exit is a cut out, usually about 6 inches deep and 8 or
9 inches wide. Depends on the size of your pump.

Nice idea, but I don't think it will work for me in my design, as I am
looking for something to precede my pump. The manifold will probably be a
good idea for my VF, but I am still trying to solve my problem of
protecting
the pump from sucking up a large particle.

BV.
aka Wild Cherry Jello Lover