Bog piping

[Parrot lady]

I am so confused about piping my 3x4 waterfall bog filter. I've read so many different ways to do it! Some say to cap the ends of the pipe (the one with the 1/4 in. holes if I do that why does it say to use 2 _ 45# elbows? And how and where would I attach the cleanout pipe?

 

[Parrot lady]

This is what I'm dealing with , it will be a miracle if the bog waterfall filter will clean this. I already have a tub filter with plants and a small barley bale.

 

[longhair]

Is your bog 3 foot x 4 foot? Here are some pictures of my bog piping. Clean outs are the caps sticking up use the elbow to run it up from the piping underneath the gravel. Mine is 4 foot x 8 foot.

 

[longhair]

How many gallons is your pond? And what size pump are you going to run into your bog? I would do dual runs of pipe like the picture shows in mine. The more plants and water flow through the bog the better.

 

[Tula]

I agree with @longhair , I'd do dual lines.

 

[Parrot lady]

What are the six pipes sticking up for? And it looks like you didn't use elbows?

 

[Parrot lady]

What are the six pipes sticking up for? And it looks like you didn't use elbows?

I'm sorry it's only 3 pipes sticking up in your diagram

 

[IPA]

If you haven’t already read @addy1 bog build,
https://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/bog-building.6894 ,
it’s what brought me here. I still had a lot of questions and bought and returned so many pipe fittings. From the picture the area doesn’t seem quite deep enough but it is hard to tell. Also, from the picture it appears that keeping it simple with a single pipe would be the way to go. (You’ll need fittings, joined pipes, etc but I mean you don’t need a complex manifold under the gravel)
I eventually had to buy cheap PVC liner to overlay the rubber EPDM liner to place in the bog. I used a combination of cinder blocks and bricks to separate the bog from the rest of the pond and it was the only way I could keep the water from seeping out from the bog to be able to achieve a waterfall and the cheap PVC is just used as a barrier or tub inside the good rubber liner.

 

[Parrot lady]

Thankyou so much. I had read addy's post but didn't know how to save it and lost it

 

[poconojoe]

Here's what I did:

 

[mrsclem]

That's how I have mine done as well. 2 sections of pipes running full length of bog and the uprights as cleanouts.

 

[Tula]

This is how we did ours.

 

[Parrot lady]

This is how we did ours.View attachment 129076View attachment 129077
[/QUOTEyour water is coming in from the top pipe? How is the return piped?

 

[Tula]

I'll look for later pictures. That picture is to show you how we laid the pvc on the bottom of the bog. After we measured etc., hubby made gobs of small slits in the dual pvc lines.

Those lines were eventually attached to a pump in the pond, which draws pond water to the dual lines. The water then percolates thru all the slits, rising through the gravel and spills back into the pond via a small water way.

 

[Parrot lady]

Ok thanks. I was wondering about the curved outflow pipe in the picture with the water running out?