Planting Your Pond or Bog Filter - Episode 4 How To Build A Bog Filter
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- This video series captures the process of building a bog filter with materials that should be readily available anywhere. We are using the bog filter to help clean the water and eliminate an existing algae problem.
In the fourth episode of this series we will walk you through the process of installing the filter media and adding the plants to the bog filter. The plants will work just as well in your pond.
Material List
2/3 Cubic Yard of Pea Gravel (3/8")
You can calculate this by multiplying the dimensions in feet then divide by 27 (there are 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard) (depth x width x height ÷ 27)
Enough Plant Material To Fill The Filter (Appropriate For Your Climate Zone)
Keep an eye out for the rest of the series where we jump forward to year two and begin the reconfiguration of the stream and the addition of a smaller catchment pond for the bog filter to drain into.
In episode five we remove the stream and re-grade to give us a greater change in elevation and a more lively steam.
We hope you like the video, if you have any questions leave a comment and we would be happy to answer.
Thanks for watching. Keep it fun....
Transcripts
Thanks for joining us on episode four of building a bog filter. In this episode, we will walk you through installing the filter media as well as planting the aquatic marginal plants into the bog.
Based on the dimensions of our bog filter we required around two thirds of a cubic yard of pea gravel as our base media. You can easily calculate what you need by multiplying your 3 dimensions in feet and divide by 27.
To minimize the amount of particulate deposited in the pond we decided it would be a good idea to thoroughly rinse off all of the pea gravel before adding it to the bog. Even though we rinsed off the gravel, you can still see a fair amount of clouding of the water from rock dust and debris.
Once we filled the bog to the level of the drain pipe, we added in a small section of French drain.
We made the French drain by cutting slots into the bottom half of a section of 1 1/2” schedule 40 pipe as you can see in this picture. Once the water in the bog gets to a certain level, the French drain allows the water to seep into the pipe and drain into the stream preventing the bog from overfilling. We added schedule 40 tees in front of the section of french drain. This allows for a clean-out should we ever need to remove debris or roots. We 3-D printed black cover caps to finish off the clean-outs to make them less noticeable and to keep gravel and debris out of the pipe.
We continued to add pea gravel until we reached the final grade level that we desired.
With the filter media in place we were ready to layout and add our marginal aquatic plants.
We chose a variety of hearty marginal aquatic plants that were rated for our climate zone, which is a zone 3. Make sure to choose aquatic plants that are rated for the zone where you live.
Next, we spent some time laying out the plants while they were still in their pots in order to get the most appealing arrangement. Selecting a variety of different heights and colors of plants will provide an interesting and appealing bog.
Once we were happy with the overall arrangement, we removed the plants from their pots and rinsed off all bedding material so that we were left with just bare roots . We then planted the bare root stock into the pea gravel making sure the roots were below the water level
Be careful handling the bare root stock. They are very fragile and make sure that they don’t dry out.
Once our plants were in their final position, we trimmed off the rest of the liner, and our bog filter was finished
If you enjoyed this video, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on the remainder of the series where we jump forward to year two and begin the reconfiguration of the stream and the addition of a smaller catchment pond for the bog filter to drain into.
In episode five we remove the stream and re-grade to give us a greater change in elevation and a more lively steam.
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Cool video...liked and subscribed
Thanks.
I made my first bog sisimilar to this. Two years later, I rebuilt and made out of rock and concrete.
I would be interested in seeing some pictures. Thanks for watching.
Just looking at turning my brick built above ground level pond in to a bog filter to waterfall in to a larger ground level pond. From the UK and a wooden built filter container would last about 2 years max. Really helpful video. Out of interest, would you know the best plants to choose for our climate? 👍
Thanks for watching. You should be able to use the same plants we used in the video as you are in a warmer climate than we are. Otherwise you can do a quick search for marginal aquatic plants for your climate zone.
Sick bogg, but Who made the music!!??
The pond looks beautiful. Home is looking for some help. I have about 300 surface feed 25 x 12 and I’ve been Greenwater for about seven or eight years now and I’ve seen these bog filters recently I want to try it I was just looking for some help to know what size Bob filter to use I’m looking. I don’t know if it should be 100 gallon and then they say to use 12 inches of gravel and then I see someday you can use the 2 feet of gravel if anybody can give me some suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it, 2 inch pipe into my waterfall now. Just need to know if I should lower the volume and see what’s going on. Any help would be appreciated again thank you very much.
Green water is a result of too much nitrate in the water. The algae will spread to eat up any excess nitrate. Do you have fish in your pond? If so how many and what size? Do you know the volume of your pond? What do you currently have for aquatic plants?
Thank you for replying yes I have water lilies and elephant ear yes I have gold fish last time I cleaned pond I had about 35 and about 6” long I know I have to get rid of some and a 3600 gal pump we just want to enjoy pond and it looks like a big filter will work just don’t know what size I have to clean pond soon just looking for some help thank you Frank for got to tell you have 2”pipe running to water fall thinking to go to 1 1/5
Sorry 3300 gal pond
Look up Ozponds bog filter for sizing requirement
How do you clean it out?
You can back flush the filter. I haven't had to do it yet, but plan to clean it this year when I shut down for the winter.
Does the bog filter attract mosquitoes?
Not that I have ever noticed. The water in the bog is constantly moving and the top surface of the water in the bog is below the gravel, so it would not be a good breading area for them. Typically, they want still, almost stagnant water.
@@gtrsquared919thx for the info
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Hey. Thanks for watching the video. If you have any questions feel free to ask.