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Veggie Filter Depth
What is a good depth for a veggie filter ?
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Veggie Filter Depth
From Ingrid's post on veggie filters: "It needs to be only 8-12" deep so it doesnt go anaerobic." kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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Veggie Filter Depth
From Ingrid's post on veggie filters: "It needs to be only 8-12" deep so it doesnt go anaerobic." Won't it go back to aerobic if bouncing over the waterfall rocks? |
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"HTH" wrote in message
... What is a good depth for a veggie filter ? Depends on how many birds you intend to kill with one stone. I use two 55 gal drums, those are about 4ft tall, this setup lets me have a bio filter, settling chamber and veggie filter all in one enclosure. Also consider what kind of plants you intend to keep in the bio filter, and what their preferred depth is. Remember you can always raise the pots by placing them on bricks, upside down pots, etc, but you can't make a water filter deeper. Snooze |
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"HTH" wrote in message ... What is a good depth for a veggie filter ? My VF is in two sections. One section is less then a foot deep, and the other is a bowl shape that goes down to about 18 inches. This is part by design, part by newbie mistake. Someday I plan on tearing it all out and redoing it, but for now it works great. This depth makes it easy to clean, and maximizes the root mass to water mass ration. I get very good fallout using this setup. BV. |
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I have an initial sketch of how the VF would
fit into my pond system. http://www.howardthehumble.com/pondsketch.htm Howard -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Veggie Filter Depth
the water bouncing over yes and that is fine for water moving over rocks. I guess I
dont think it needs to be any deeper. and my waterfall doesnt go over rocks. Ingrid GrannyGrump wrote: From Ingrid's post on veggie filters: "It needs to be only 8-12" deep so it doesnt go anaerobic." Won't it go back to aerobic if bouncing over the waterfall rocks? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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It is not whether the water will change going over the waterfall, but the
action of the type of bacteria, and the waste products produced. Aerobic digestion does not produce hydrogen sulfide or methane which smell bad and are toxic to the fish. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "GrannyGrump" wrote in message news From Ingrid's post on veggie filters: "It needs to be only 8-12" deep so it doesnt go anaerobic." Won't it go back to aerobic if bouncing over the waterfall rocks? |
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It is not whether the water will change going over the waterfall, but the action of the type of bacteria, and the waste products produced. Aerobic digestion does not produce hydrogen sulfide or methane which smell bad and are toxic to the fish. So how would a 4 or 5 foot deep veggie filter be created to not have this happen? |
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those gases are light and quickly dissipate if the water is going over a waterfall
with lots of rocks. I doubt it would be toxic at that point. but it does smell bad while in the veggie filter. I just dont know why anybody would make it deep when shallow does great. Ingrid "RichToyBox" wrote: It is not whether the water will change going over the waterfall, but the action of the type of bacteria, and the waste products produced. Aerobic digestion does not produce hydrogen sulfide or methane which smell bad and are toxic to the fish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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drop in an airstone. surprisingly enough, the only luck I have had over wintering
water plants is when the water was aerated. Ingrid GrannyGrump wrote: It is not whether the water will change going over the waterfall, but the action of the type of bacteria, and the waste products produced. Aerobic digestion does not produce hydrogen sulfide or methane which smell bad and are toxic to the fish. So how would a 4 or 5 foot deep veggie filter be created to not have this happen? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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those gases are light and quickly dissipate if the water is going over a waterfall with lots of rocks. I doubt it would be toxic at that point. but it does smell bad while in the veggie filter. I just dont know why anybody would make it deep when shallow does great. Maybe because deep is available whereas shallow isn't? |
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"GrannyGrump" wrote in message ... It is not whether the water will change going over the waterfall, but the action of the type of bacteria, and the waste products produced. Aerobic digestion does not produce hydrogen sulfide or methane which smell bad and are toxic to the fish. So how would a 4 or 5 foot deep veggie filter be created to not have this happen? The key design measurement for a VF is not depth but surface area. You need to maximize your surface are in order to maximize the number of plants you can float in it. More plants, more roots, more cleaning. A five foot deep VF is probably no more prone to going aenerobic then an 2 foot deep one, but over time you are more likely to clean the 2 footer then you are the 5 footer. Once signifigant mulm builds up, then you start having the aenerobic problem. What I am saying is that it is not the depth that causes the problem it's the depth causing you to not clean it that causes the problem. Beside what would be the value of a 5 foot deep VF? BV. |
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"Bonnie" wrote in message ... wrote: those gases are light and quickly dissipate if the water is going over a waterfall with lots of rocks. I doubt it would be toxic at that point. but it does smell bad while in the veggie filter. I just dont know why anybody would make it deep when shallow does great. Ingrid Mine is deeper because I wanted it to drain into my raised pond. I guess I could have just filled in the bottom with dirt but I was running out of dirt ;-). Oh sure, I am not saying it's bad...just that for filtration it's not neccessary. Biomechanical filters need volume, VF's need surface area. BV. |
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