What exactly does the veggie filter do, and will it help keep the water
clear?
Hubby wants to know.
Priss

Priscilla McCullough wrote:
What exactly does the veggie filter do, and will it help keep the water
clear?
Hubby wants to know.
Priss



To put it simply, the plants eat the nutrients that would
feed the algae.
--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

Priscilla McCullough wrote:
What exactly does the veggie filter do, and will it help keep the water
clear?
Hubby wants to know.
Priss



others will provide other probably better answers
--
it does several ;things the plants provide a medium to get rid of
nitrate and also some of the benifical bacterisa grow on them to help
with amonia and nitrite for chemical control
the plants roots trap a lot of the fine solids that are in the water
letting it settle in the filter instead of floating around in the pond
the plants provide some oxygen to the water

all in all it does quite a bit to clear the water it should be at least
10 percent of the surface area of your pond IE 10x10 pond = 100 sf so
vegie filter should be 2x5 or 10 sf bigger is always better

hope this helps




John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico
If it can't be fixed with bailing wire or duct tape
its not worth fixing

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

A veggie filter can be as engineered to have all sorts of marginals planted or
placed in its own pond or dyi lined box (most bang for your buck).
And it can be as simple, as mine, which is floating water hyacinths in the top
of your filter.

It *could* have watercress in baskets in your filter if whomever is eating them
would STOP!
Mice and snails are both suspects of interest.


k30a