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Bog filter types and sizes
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I do a big chop down now and then, some control!
The west yard sort of west , this is the deck pond that waterfalls down a 85 foot stream to the big pond.
Guess I should post this in my pond thread also lol a update!
The "back" yard, facing south full sun, 25 degree slope down to the pond. You can see the big pond there are 5 other ponds that are hard to see. The lotus pond is just behind the bird feeder pole.
The bees and east wild garden. way over on the slope a circle of flowers, wild, for the critters.
The west yard sort of west , this is the deck pond that waterfalls down a 85 foot stream to the big pond.
Guess I should post this in my pond thread also lol a update!
The "back" yard, facing south full sun, 25 degree slope down to the pond. You can see the big pond there are 5 other ponds that are hard to see. The lotus pond is just behind the bird feeder pole.
The bees and east wild garden. way over on the slope a circle of flowers, wild, for the critters.
I came across this article, not sure if any of you have seen this...
MAKING YOUR OWN UPFLOW BOG FILTE
www.bogfiltration.com
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No I have not but I have not looked for how to do a bog in a long time.
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I had not found that post and i am kinda glad i didn't. Not because i see something wrong it's just none of the builders notes rubbed off on my build. I did not reduce the horizontal pipe. I used 24" for the snorkel and 24" for the horizontal CENTIPEDE . The idea was for the water as it came into the bog to hit a settling chamber right off the bat . a 8 or 12" pipe will still have some flow within the pipe at my size pushing at least 6000 gph i was concerned the heavier solids would blow out of the centipede and lodge in the rocks. using a 24 inch centipede. i felt would eliminate this concern. The solids would never leave the pipe and when it was time for a cleaning it would be pretty easy. The other issue I have is the author did not utilize aquablocks. He installed the larger stoner on the centipede and reduced to the 3/8" which is the same process, but I feel a lot of the organics will get locked in the gravel. In short i believe there are a great deal of configurations that can work with a bog i have even seen the bog installed at the bottom of a swimming pool conversion. No plants what so ever and that pond was crystal clear. Will it suffer from lack of plants i can't say . I can only say it won't benefit from the use of plants. You can see my build in the link below these posts.
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Hi Mitch. I just built a bog that I showed in my thread my goldfish pond. I used 12 inches of pea gravel over about 10 inches of river rock. I have about 8 inches of water on top for floating plants and bog plants. Everything worked out well. Good luck with your pond ! https://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/my-goldfish-pond.6742/post-438087
I did look at that...very nice, thanks for the detail.
Very true, @GBBUDD! There are so many configurations, ideas and recommendations. I still haven't decided what to do with this bog...I figured I'll get the liner in first, while I decide what to do. Most likely, it will be something like you did and also have to consider what @addy1 has done, I think her's is very successful. From what I've read, it seems the stones and the pea gravels that are doing a lot of the work.
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I did the lazy ponders bog, liner, pipes, pea gravel, plants. No rocks, aqua blocks snorkels etc.
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Same here. I followed what addy did and the results are amazing. My water had never been this clear in over a decade. It gave new life to my pond including the mental excitement of having crystal clear water.
@addy1, @poconojoe...yeah! More and more I read about this, I am leaning towards this. When I consider what @CometKeith's consultant mentioned, it makes a lot of sense. I still have this fear of a clean out pipe...and what I have to do clean it out...I guess, I'll find out soon enough. It's too bad that we aren't close enough to each other to do a pond visit
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lol I planned on putting one in, did not put one in. Never have had a issue where I would have needed it in the past 9 years.
I do not draw my water for the bog from the bottom of the pond which probably helps with a debris build up in the pipes. My in put is about a foot from the bottom of the pond. I do have a external pump with a leaf basket before it. Over the summer I never need to empty it. So mainly large debris free water enters the bog.
So, do you clean the bottom of the pond at all?
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I used to, go out with my net and scoop, dump in on a screen to save the critters, put muck in bucket. After only getting 1/2 of a home depot bucket worth a few years in a row I quit doing that.
Have not cleaned the bottom in a few years. When I walk in the pond, it is mainly on dropped pea gravel, dumped over kitty litter and snails. Oh and a few rocks that the deer etc tend to knock in.
I have a good aerator I move around now and then it stirs things up for the bog to filter.