How do you guys and gals maintain your bog?. ( not looking to for get rid of plants more of plumbing/cleaning )
I am still new to the bog game a few months in . I love it and i finally have clear water after 8 years of struggling/learning to just keep stuff alive.
So I have this 100g stock tank i made to be my active bog filter to feed my waterfall/stream. 2-3 weeks after going live with it i had to empty it as the feed manifold got clogged by roots small stuff etc ( laguna 3,200gph pump just the cage no prefilter). empty bog rocks etc re did it and about 3-5 weeks latter i noticed its clogged again clean it out again got sand type substance clogging it. ( since we used some native rocks found on our property i am double checking for sand stone ( pretty sure the sand is from me being in a hurry and not cleaning the gravel correctly ))
So on this last clean out I modified the bog tank. raised the floor to have about 5" of just water other than intake manifold, bubbling / agator for cleaning out along with a pipe for shop vac cleaning.
I am able to ball valve close the main manifold and force the overflow pipe to a 2 part system 1 part being close the main let fill and bubble out crap to a side pipe to the lawn. the 2nd part is to utilize the over flow pipe for winter and go right back to the pond and by pass the stream to prevent ice dams.
the by pass "winter pipe" is only attached for winter.
I am still new to the bog game a few months in . I love it and i finally have clear water after 8 years of struggling/learning to just keep stuff alive.
So I have this 100g stock tank i made to be my active bog filter to feed my waterfall/stream. 2-3 weeks after going live with it i had to empty it as the feed manifold got clogged by roots small stuff etc ( laguna 3,200gph pump just the cage no prefilter). empty bog rocks etc re did it and about 3-5 weeks latter i noticed its clogged again clean it out again got sand type substance clogging it. ( since we used some native rocks found on our property i am double checking for sand stone ( pretty sure the sand is from me being in a hurry and not cleaning the gravel correctly ))
So on this last clean out I modified the bog tank. raised the floor to have about 5" of just water other than intake manifold, bubbling / agator for cleaning out along with a pipe for shop vac cleaning.
I am able to ball valve close the main manifold and force the overflow pipe to a 2 part system 1 part being close the main let fill and bubble out crap to a side pipe to the lawn. the 2nd part is to utilize the over flow pipe for winter and go right back to the pond and by pass the stream to prevent ice dams.
the by pass "winter pipe" is only attached for winter.
