"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message
ups.com...
We ran our water in the top of one end of the veggie filter and out
the top of the other...after slowly moving through the roots fo the
plants. The water hits the bottom as it enters and slowly filters
through the filter, leaving junk on the bottom and exits at the top.
We don't have a mechanical filter to clean.
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That's a good setup. We have the one veggie-filter-settling-tank. The water
enters at the top back and slowly moves forward to the two outflows, also at
the top.... the crud, loads of it, ends up in the roots and on the tank's
bottom. I just remove the plug at the bottom once in awhile and flush it
out. No back pressure on the pump.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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