Mmathis
TurtleMommy
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Am doing some work on my small bog, that I call my "turtle bog," just because it's in the habitat for the box turtles -- it's their watering hole, so to speak. Right now I've pulled most of the plants and am using the Pondovac [what a life-saver it has been!!!!] to suck out all the accumulated crud in the gravel.
When I was running water in via the pond where I had pushed back a lot of the gravel, I noticed that there were bubbles coming up at both places where there is a clean-out pipe [basically, one on each end of the bog]. Sooooo......now.....does this mean that there is a break in my pipe? If so, that might explain why the bog hasn't been functioning very well. Now, when I uncap the clean-outs, the bubbles stop. I'm just confused. Oh, and this bubbling ONLY occurs here --- no where else, but is the same at both ends of the bog, at each clean-out.
@addy1, what do you think?
Shot of bubbles as water is entering the bog. When I un-cap the clean-out, bubbles stop. For reference, this clean-out pipe is the one on the left in the bottom picture.
This is a shot of the "turtle bog" when it was first constructed, about 3 years ago. It looks a lot different now, but the plumbing and size are the same. The plain white PVC pipe is where the water enters from the pond [it's plumbed now and isn't a plain pipe any more] and the square-ish brick just behind the "bloody docks" is covering the exit ["exit" PVC can't be seen in this shot]. The clean-out pipes are shorter now, as well.
When I was running water in via the pond where I had pushed back a lot of the gravel, I noticed that there were bubbles coming up at both places where there is a clean-out pipe [basically, one on each end of the bog]. Sooooo......now.....does this mean that there is a break in my pipe? If so, that might explain why the bog hasn't been functioning very well. Now, when I uncap the clean-outs, the bubbles stop. I'm just confused. Oh, and this bubbling ONLY occurs here --- no where else, but is the same at both ends of the bog, at each clean-out.
@addy1, what do you think?
Shot of bubbles as water is entering the bog. When I un-cap the clean-out, bubbles stop. For reference, this clean-out pipe is the one on the left in the bottom picture.
This is a shot of the "turtle bog" when it was first constructed, about 3 years ago. It looks a lot different now, but the plumbing and size are the same. The plain white PVC pipe is where the water enters from the pond [it's plumbed now and isn't a plain pipe any more] and the square-ish brick just behind the "bloody docks" is covering the exit ["exit" PVC can't be seen in this shot]. The clean-out pipes are shorter now, as well.