Bog for Above Ground Pond

[eddie209]

I am going to start building a bog for our 700 gallon above ground pond. I have an idea of what I want to do. Not many pictures online that I can find. If any of you have an above ground bog, can you share your pictures? Not liking these canister filters. I had a bog I made out of a 20 whisky barel liner. That was too small and it was hard to maintain the plants in that small space. Water is cloudy all the time now. The main reason is that I have too many fish. I am in the process of getting rid alot of them.

 

[Mmathis]

@eddie209 There is a member here who just completed a similar project. Let me look through posts and see if I can find it.

It was @JenH.

So the designing stage begins.

@JenH Can you post some pictures, or if you’ve already posted them, can you include a link? I don’t know how to link to my other thread on my phone.... but here are a couple of pictures. And here is the before picture:

www.gardenpondforum.com

 

[eddie209]

Thank you

 

[mrsclem]

100 gallon stock tank makes a great bog!

 

[CSMcMullen1]

Look up the pond digger on YouTube. He did a series on the subject

 

[IPA]

Look up the pond digger on YouTube. He did a series on the subject

Pond digger is great! I think his manifold was way over complicated though , I’d just use two long 1 1/2” pipes running the length of the container.

 

[eddie209]

I have seen that video too. Thats the plan on this BOG. With the exception of using 4x4's and a pond liner. I am not 100% sure what I am doing for a spillway. I am thinking buying a cheap waterfall box and just cutting out the spillway.

 

[Phaewryn]

Who was it that their friends' kids came over destroyed their pond by throwing stuff in it? They had (have?) a raised wood bog over a similar type raised pond (bigger but same style raised wood pond). Ah, here we go, I've seen a number of this type of raised bog for that style of raised pond (I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this type of raised bog in the forums, this was the most memorable one for me because of the horror story attached to it): https://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/elevated-bog-pond.24730/
(not my pic, pic of dustboy's pond from above thread)

 

[eddie209]

Thats something in the lines how I was thinking.

 

[mrsclem]

I have raised wooden bog flowing to holding area and then back to pond, all raised and built from 2x12 lumber

 

[eddie209]

Little update, waiting for the liner from Webbs Water Garden to come in for the bog. In the mean time I got a 150 Gallon stock tank and moved some goldfish in there to reduce the bio load on the main pond. Sold most of the Koi. Just have a few left.

 

[eddie209]

I plan to start making the bog tomorrow. I replaced the warped trim 2x8 boards on the pond where the bog will sit. I used 2x6 treated lumber.

This board resembles how far I want the bog to come out. About 48 inches x 24 inches x 17 inches tall.

 

[Lisak1]

Enjoying watching your planning process! I was going to suggest the Pond Digger video too - he does great step by step tutorials, which not all the pros do. And once you understand the purpose and process you can figure out the steps that you can streamline.

 

[addy1]

That will be nice! Are you building a stand behind the filter to make the bog have more room? Where that shorter piece of wood is.

 

[eddie209]

That will be nice! Are you building a stand behind the filter to make the bog have more room? Where that shorter piece of wood is.

No, that was where my old BOG sat.