DIY filter waterfall outlets

[GBBUDD]

Okay, awesome! thank you for the advice. So, this may be a silly question (I guess I'm trying to understand the logistics behind it) but how do I make it so that the waterfall water is also being filtered by the bog? I think I'm assuming the waterfalls will be in the exterior of the pond... but now that I'm writing this, I think I've got it backwards and the waterfalls should be created within the pond...using the same water, right?

Maybe this will fill in the blanks for you

 

[hamstermann]

I took the line from my pump in the pond to a 3 way splitter and ran lines to the spillway, one to the bog and one to the lotus tub. I like that they're all adjustable so I can change the flow to each. Like yesterday after I stirred up the clay in the pot of lilies. Under the spillway I have a piece of tubing that helps to distribute the bog overflow which you can see under the copper. I extended the spillway with a sheet of copper.
Each situation is different but this concoction works for me.
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How has the copper affected your ecology? I've heard/read that copper can build up and kill plants and fish, but I also know it's used in the Ion Gen from Aquascape and I've wondered about using it to fight string algae. I got some more fish recently and that seems to have taken care of a lot of my Algae problem, but I still wonder about it.

 

[Hound Heaven]

How has the copper affected your ecology? I've heard/read that copper can build up and kill plants and fish, but I also know it's used in the Ion Gen from Aquascape and I've wondered about using it to fight string algae. I got some more fish recently and that seems to have taken care of a lot of my Algae problem, but I still wonder about it.

Not sure the copper has affected anything least of all string algae. It even grows happily in the copper trough but it seems to wane once the bog plants start to wake up. It just seems to be the natural cycle that makes it behave.

 

[bootsies_mom]

You could install a T-fitting in the hose so one outlet goes to the bottom of the bog and one goes to wherever else you want your waterfall, but the waterfall water wouldn't be filtered by the bog. What would work better is to build the top of your bog so that the water escapes from it in more than one place - kind of like building a rock wall to hold the water back and then make holes in the top of the wall where you want your waterfalls.

that's exactly what I was wondering. thank you so much!

 

[bootsies_mom]

I took the line from my pump in the pond to a 3 way splitter and ran lines to the spillway, one to the bog and one to the lotus tub. I like that they're all adjustable so I can change the flow to each. Like yesterday after I stirred up the clay in the pot of lilies. Under the spillway I have a piece of tubing that helps to distribute the bog overflow which you can see under the copper. I extended the spillway with a sheet of copper.
Each situation is different but this concoction works for me.
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that looks really nice! yeah, I feel I barely have the basics down that anything else would send me into a crisis. That's awesome this set up works for you though. I do like the idea of having the ability to adjust the water flow too!

 

[bootsies_mom]

Maybe this will fill in the blanks for you

perfect, thank YOU!!