A water-flow question that needs a less-than-technical answer

[Mmathis]

For bogs, what's better for the bog to function as a filter as far as water flow goes?

A Subjective answer instead of an Objective answer.

fast.....
medium.....
slow....

(IOW, not in GPH, but "what it looks like to you" as the water returns to the pond.)
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Where this is coming from: I have a 3600 GPH pump [Home Depot "brand"] servicing my 100 gal. skippy and my little turtle bog. I'll soon be adding a larger bog and doing away with the skippy. I have the water split to bog & skippy, but I really have to keep the flow turned way down to both as even going up a little bit causes a lot of disturbance within the skippy [and all the crud at the bottom flows up & out. And the water comes out into the pond with great force instead of a flow. Same for the little bog [which was never intended to be a primary filter], but it will also cause the bog to overflow. Wondering if I could get by with a smaller pump if it's not necessary to "blow" the water out, LOL.

PLEASE, this is NOT a time to say why you do or don't like skippys or other filters. I have what I have....

 

[tbendl]

I'm going with medium. Too slow and it gets stinky and too fast and the water doesn't have a chance to filter. But that is purely subjective. Oh and for the record, my bog is fed by a 700 gph pump and everything in it grows like crazy.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Mine is slow. I might boost it a little when I get a new pump, but generally I think slow is best. Sometimes my pond is so clear I second guess that there's water in it and maybe the fish just learned to fly around.

 

[mrsclem]

I run an 1100gph thru mine. Mine cascades to a lily pond and then back to main pond. It did great the last 2 years.

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Slow, but that is based on technical and scientific fact.

 

[Mmathis]

Slow, but that is based on technical and scientific fact.

Excellent answer, Meyer! I just didn't want any GPH answers, LOL! I do best by watching what flows into the pond to judge -- and right now I'm running in the "slow to medium" range.