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Veggie Filter?
I'm primarily from the aquarium side of things. Can anyone tell me what a
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Veggie Filter?
A veggie filter is essentially another aquarium or Tupperware container that
is heavily planted. Plants in a veggie filter are often emmersed (not immersed), fast growing, non-aquarium plants. Water from the aquarium with fish is circulated through the veggie filter and the plants consume ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate and other stuff. The plants also oxygenate the water. Here's a picture of one variant. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...ownstairs.html Lots of plants, lot of light and water circulating between the bodies of water. Take time to work out the water movement system so that a power or pump failure doesn't lead to an overflow. chet "Sam Hopkins" wrote in message .. . I'm primarily from the aquarium side of things. Can anyone tell me what a veggie filter is? |
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Veggie Filter?
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/b...ie_filter.html
new filter. Ingrid "chet" chet-at-surewestDOTnet wrote: A veggie filter is essentially another aquarium or Tupperware container that is heavily planted. Plants in a veggie filter are often emmersed (not immersed), fast growing, non-aquarium plants. Water from the aquarium with fish is circulated through the veggie filter and the plants consume ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate and other stuff. The plants also oxygenate the water. Here's a picture of one variant. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...ownstairs.html Lots of plants, lot of light and water circulating between the bodies of water. Take time to work out the water movement system so that a power or pump failure doesn't lead to an overflow. chet |
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Hey Ingrid,
Of course.... you have created a terrific example.... There is no confusion here, is there? I did not create this veggie filter. I only referred list participants to the source. If I created any confusion, it was unintentional and I apologize. chet wrote in message ... http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/b...ie_filter.html new filter. Ingrid "chet" chet-at-surewestDOTnet wrote: A veggie filter is essentially another aquarium or Tupperware container that is heavily planted. Plants in a veggie filter are often emmersed (not immersed), fast growing, non-aquarium plants. Water from the aquarium with fish is circulated through the veggie filter and the plants consume ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate and other stuff. The plants also oxygenate the water. Here's a picture of one variant. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...ownstairs.html Lots of plants, lot of light and water circulating between the bodies of water. Take time to work out the water movement system so that a power or pump failure doesn't lead to an overflow. chet |
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nahh.. you just didnt have the latest link. thought I would post it cause it shows
the "bones" of how I put it together. Ingrid "chet" chet-at-surewestDOTnet wrote: Hey Ingrid, Of course.... you have created a terrific example.... There is no confusion here, is there? I did not create this veggie filter. I only referred list participants to the source. If I created any confusion, it was unintentional and I apologize. chet |
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Ingrid,
From the photo it is difficult to tell what the light setup is. Howard wrote in message ... http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/b...ie_filter.html new filter. Ingrid "chet" chet-at-surewestDOTnet wrote: A veggie filter is essentially another aquarium or Tupperware container that is heavily planted. Plants in a veggie filter are often emmersed (not immersed), fast growing, non-aquarium plants. Water from the aquarium with fish is circulated through the veggie filter and the plants consume ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate and other stuff. The plants also oxygenate the water. Here's a picture of one variant. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...ownstairs.html Lots of plants, lot of light and water circulating between the bodies of water. Take time to work out the water movement system so that a power or pump failure doesn't lead to an overflow. chet |
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Veggie Filter?
The idea is that the roots filter the water
"chet" chet-at-surewestDOTnet wrote in message ... A veggie filter is essentially another aquarium or Tupperware container that is heavily planted. Plants in a veggie filter are often emmersed (not immersed), fast growing, non-aquarium plants. Water from the aquarium with fish is circulated through the veggie filter and the plants consume ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate and other stuff. The plants also oxygenate the water. Here's a picture of one variant. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...ownstairs.html Lots of plants, lot of light and water circulating between the bodies of water. Take time to work out the water movement system so that a power or pump failure doesn't lead to an overflow. chet "Sam Hopkins" wrote in message .. . I'm primarily from the aquarium side of things. Can anyone tell me what a veggie filter is? |
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