Second season with pond, algae, clogging Media

[sissy]

I had those , still have them brandnew and because they were just to heavy to get out of the pond and all the stuff would run out bringing them out of the pond . They just put all the stuff back in the pond

 

[Hslobo]

I had those , still have them brandnew and because they were just to heavy to get out of the pond and all the stuff would run out bringing them out of the pond . They just put all the stuff back in the pond

So what did you replace it with?

 

[GBBUDD]

Small bodies of water are soooo much harder to maintain as far as algae goes

 

[twoheadsbrewing]

I had issues with algae until I put a bog/wetland filter in. It wasn't that difficult or costly and maintains crystal clear water year round. I'm sure you could get similar results with a very large filter, or several of them, but a bog requires little to no maintenance.

 

[sissy]

stock tanks and lava rock in them . They have worked for me . My water is clear and cean with really no work . You can see it on sissys pond on here .

 

[Lisak1]

There are as many ways to construct a bog as there are ponds and pond builders - but universally people will say the same thing. They work beautifully with little to no maintenance.

I think in all my years on the forum we had one person tell us his bog failed and when he showed us what he had it was in no way a constructed wetland filter. Not even close.

 

[BarbAZCA]

I've had filters like yours with pads to clean and ditched them and built a bog for my current pond. All the water slowly flows through gravel and plant roots and then returns to the pond. The only chemicals I add are to dechlorinate the water and Mosquito dunks. I never change water or scrub - it's such a low maintenance operation compared to my previous attempts. The older I get the more I enjoy that level of effort.

Bogs can come in any size or shape, in a vessel or in the ground. Here's an article that helped me a lot: https://www.gardenpondforum.com/thr...-filter-eco-filter-wetland-filter.6894/unread . Feel free to ask lots of questions, there's a lot of experience here

I was thinking of adding a bog as you mentioned. Unfortunately I have raccoons that would dig up everything.

 

[GBBUDD]

I was thinking of adding a bog as you mentioned. Unfortunately I have raccoons that would dig up everything.

I believe I have my first racoon!!!!!! something ripped my pond apart last night the timing couldn't be any worse.