"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message
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Marco,

It may have been in one of my posts that you heard the term 'berm
pond'. I am sorry not to have responded. I missed your query.

We have a 4' berm (dirt hill) at the end of our main pond. It is
about 25' long. On it we have a variety of veggie filters (small
ponds with a million plants that grab nutrients (fish waste)) and
provide surface for bacteria to handle the nitrites and to allow for
settlement of solids. There are three 55 gal barrels embedded, two 4'
x' 8' ponds and a 4' x 4' pond. The returns are via waterfalls and
streams. The water slowly moves through them as our filtrtation
system. You can see the layout on our pondsite...

home.bellsouth.net/personalpages/pwp-jameshurley
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One of my ponds is a berm pond and I didn't even know it. :-)
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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