DIY Stream, Creek| Dream pond build
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- This is how I've build the creek leading into my dream pond. I hardly did any digging this is really a very simple build. Something like this can is really easy to create.
To learn more about DIY ponds and water features visit my website ozpond.com
Equipment i used to create this stream:
2 inch Check valve (Amazon link) amzn.to/2VYFSVv
PVC Cement to glue valve to pipe (Amazon link) amzn.to/2VQNI4c
2 inch Flexible pipe (Amazon link) amzn.to/3jQKju0
Low volt pond pump I'm using for this project (Amazon link) amzn.to/3imwUcy
Geotextile underlayment (Amazon link) amzn.to/3yWQJyc
Epdm rubber liner (Amazon link) amzn.to/3AQrQop
Expandable foam (Amazon link) amzn.to/2XkmiDV (this isn't the brand i used as I'm in Australia i couldn't find the exact match on amazon, looks very similar though)
7mm scoria that i bought from the local garden supply.
Large and medium rock again purchased from garden supply.
Decorative pebble from local hardware store.
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Brother your pond looks so natural it looks like you are in a vacation all the time
It’s going to be special once all the landscaping gets done 👍
I can tell you the standard expanda-foam will be safe for the fish, I've used it in aquarium backgrounds for years and haven't had a problem 👍🏼.
Ponds looking great Kev
Thanks mate. That’s great to hear 👍
Such a natural feel. Most I see online flow too hard and noisy. Thank you for your in- and output. Going for pragmatic solutions, following the laws of physics instead of following the commercial guidelines. I like that very much. All the best from the Netherlands.
So glad I have found your page. Really giving me the confidence to go full DIY with this thing. Thanks
Great video, especially the flow rate advice. I also used the cheap generic foam for my waterfall and it's working well. I plan to add a stream next spring, so I've bookmarked this vid for reference. Cheers from Bulgaria.
Thanks Paul. That’s good to know 👍
Thank you from Washington state! It’s dead of winter. My first pond is frozen over. I am very excited to build a bog filter once the permafrost is gone. Love your videos
You won’t ever regret adding a bog filter👍
@@Ozponds I think that’s exactly what I was missing with my first build. In summer I would get algae, not too much but enough
Looking great, I used the regular foam also when I was building my pond this summer in all the areas that were not highly visible, and used the pond foam for the waterfalls and highly visible areas. I could by 5 (bigger) cans of the regular foam for the price of 1 can of pond foam. Worked out great for me. The new intro video is awesome btw :).
Thanks mate. That’s great to hear. I was sure they were the same it’s an exorbitant amount more to pay for some black dye.
Looking great. Not digging is a nice change.
😂 I agree! And it was so much easier than the pond.
Just incredible Kev I got pond envy its going to be amazing when it’s finished 👍
I’m getting excited Sam👍
Looking gorgeous, Kev. I don't know for sure, but I think the only difference between the normal foam and the pond foam is the black color which probably gives it some better UV protection. But if you cover it w/ gravel, that should do just as well.
That was my understanding also. 👍
This pond build is looking awesome, I’m far to into bog filter these days 😂
Dude, it was a game change for me, with Kev's help....
😂 that’s awesome 👍
Great stuff Alex 👍
Your my favorite pond person on youtube
😂 thanks mate you’re too kind. 👍
Good Afternoon Mate,
Thanks fer sharin yer information me friend, I did a 1 day build a little over a year ago, small creek about 5 meters in length, in front of our home in Oregon USA.
Now goin REAL BIG, by building a MINE, where the new streem will flow from above, and ponding about the entrance ta the mine, which we can plant any assortment of minerals for people to seek out & find.
The streem will branch off into two separate creeks that will flow over several acres into a 30x10 meter pond!
The drop is natural & about a 1.5 meter drop.
I'm by no means have a clue about what I'm doing & have learned from mates such as yerself that share their knowledge with others like meself!
I was thinking about a series of small ponds that appear to be a part of the stream/streams beside them, however are merely an illusion setting up a series of smaller reservoirs, allowing me ta pump H2⁰ up the grade.
Wondering what ya may think of the concept, or might ya believe that I should forgo the idea, & seek a much larger single pump system?
Appreciate any information & input that you or yer amazing viewers may have!
We are a Rescue Ranch that pairs our Rescue Horses & Animals with Veterans & peoples with disabilities & on a very, very, tight budget, & at 63 doing virtually EVERYTHING on me own on a tiny budget!
Thanks for any input & no worries if yer too busy ta reply me friend...
I completely understand that meself!...lol
Peace be wit ya & thanks again fer yer inspiring video, liked & SUBSCRIBED & looking forward ta seeing more of your projects!
Ricky - SunStone Rescue Ranch Oregon us🙏👈😉👍
Gday Ricky. Sounds like you are doing amazing work. The project you talk of sounds massive! I like the idea of having smaller isolated systems that appear connected. Best of luck with the project 👍
great tip (stream side dirt fill-in), thanks. man, it's gonna take a while for that dye to go away, lol!
inspired by you, i recently built a small bog filter pond that's (basically) a 5 gallon buck of lava rock w/ bacopa atop and creeping down the sides (eventually soon you won't even see the bucket).
Awesome Bo 👍
Loving the updates keep them coming 👌🤘
Thanks Mate. Glad you’re enjoying them 👍
As always, very helpful information!
What did I do to deserve another super thanks 😊 thanks so much!!
@@Ozponds I have gotten so much out of watching all your videos this past year and applied so much of what I've learned to create my creek/hangout "pond". I would have paid a fortune for the education or the consultation so this is the least i can do to say thank you.
Well, I really appreciate your support. 🍻👍
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
Thanks Pearl. 😊
Hi Kev. I am so amazed with your ponds. I am from the Philippines and just started our farm on a mountain top and we have dug ponds to hold in rain water for our use in the farm. It's a slopy area. Do we start fixing the pond from the higher area first? Since we had a mini backhoe come in, we took advantage and had them dig up a few ponds and increase the small creek already in the farm as water runoff during rainy season. Hope you can advice us. I can show you the diggings my son has done. God bless you!
G’day Criselle. I would start at the top. That way you won’t muddy everything up.
Hi Kev- Always gaining more knowledge from your informative videos. Question: For a High Flow Barrel Filter - How effective could it be on a 1K Gallon pond with goldfish used not with a stream and intake bay - but use it as a waterfall into the pond with the pump at the bottom of the pond? Updating a pond the former owner installed and there is no room to add an intake bay and or stream. Thank you for your insight.
There’s always room for an intake as you can build it inside the pond. High flow filters are great the more bio balls in there the better. The more pond turnover the better.
Looks amazing Kev. I'm looking at doing a small stream in my backyard, approx 3m. But don't have the space for much of a pond (probably around 100-200L of volume max)... anything I need to keep in mind and consider to avoid having a pond that empties quicker than the stream can feed it with water?
Yes you need to workout the amount of water in motion. John @ Modern design aquascapes did a great little series on water in motion you should definitely check it out. Because your pond is so small I would eliminate it completely and go pondless that way you won’t see the water level drop. If possible create pools within the stream that can hold some of the water.
Just love it! You need a go pro on your head so your fans can watch it all!😂😂
That will be a lot of me walking around in circles 😂
The normal yellow foam deteriorates in sunlight. I would love to see some additional video of the filter setup and how the pump is used to bring water in. That part was not clear to me.
Maybe. I’ve had some we used in our shed to stop leaves coming in under the colour bond sheeting. It’s been exposed for 15years no deterioration..It seems you can get stuff for outdoors and stuff for indoors. There is a video on how the filter was made and that should help you 👍
Any update on the foam o fill usage? Love your channel Mate!!!
No issues with it at all. 👍
I've never done anything like this, but want to try it. I have a big farm pond on my land and would like to pump water from my pond to create a stream that flows back to the pond. Would you mind to share where and what kind of liner you bought and pipe and pump?
Epdm pond liner, jebao dcp 15000 pump, 50mm or 2” flexible pvc pipe.
So the waterfall foam is a bit of a scam? They charge so much more for it.
It seems to be. I’ve had multiple people contact me saying they’ve used the normal expandable foam for years with no issue.
Thank you for your video, where do u get all this liners? Could u leave some more details what liners u used and where to get them, thank you so much, much appreciated
I have in other videos. But to answer your question I purchased this liner from rock around the block it’s epdm rubber. Look through the comments on some of the other vids because a subscriber mentioned a place where the liner is half price but I can’t think of the name off the top of my head. I think they were based in Wagga.
How is the yellow foam doing two years later? I've heard that it degrades faster than pond foam, but I'm not sure if that was just someone trying to sell the pond foam.
Still going great for me. 👍
Hi Kev - another great video! Quick question about waterfalls. I’m building the bog pond slightly raised above the main pond and want a waterfall to get a nice sound effect.
I don’t want to raise the level of the bog pond much higher as I don’t want to create a volcano effect.
What in your experience is the minimum waterfall height to get a reasonable sound? Would a 15cm drop from bog to pond be enough?
Many thanks! Sheila
It’s not really the drop. It’s the amount of flow that gives you the sound. The more flow the louder it will be.
Thanks! That’s very helpful. I’ll narrow the falls and there should be enough diverted overflow from the bog to give it some umphh. Couldn’t have tackled this without your amazing videos.
i might add 30+ golden white clouds to my goldfish pond, but what if they will all get eaten? or i could build a "fish crib" (image search that) where minnows can hide to be safe goldfish? i'd be interested to learn more about your experience and opinions on any kind of pond minnows (white clouds are my favorite).
I’ve got hundreds of normal white clouds they breed like mad! I had them in a pond with 3 silver perch the perch are carnivores but the white clouds breed so fast there was always more.
Hi Kev, I love your channel. I'm in Brisbane and I've always wanted a pond now that I've found your account I've started digging one out. It's only going to be about 1,500 litres and I want to have a little waterfall and stream coming into it. Can I just use a waterfall filter like you did for this or should I be using a bog filter?
Either filter will work well for your 1500 litre pond. Just remember the waterfall filter wants a high flow and a bog filter a slow flow. Let me know how your pond turns out 👍
@@Ozponds thank you so much! I will ☺️
How did the normal expanding foam go? Any problems with toxicity or anything?
Worked great, no issues.
Beauty
Thanks Don 👍
Thanks Kev! Have dug the pond... its medium size using a 9m a 4.25m epdm liner.
I used bunnings weed mat as underlay, then 2 x pvc pond liners that I had spare and then the epdm liner. I hope that's enough.... what are your thoughts?
Its not to late to pull it up.
Also I noticed u used an overlay. Your the only person I have seen do this. Basically I am out of money. Is it essential?
Any cheap alternatives as an overlay?
Where is the overflow in your ponds?
I think I already relied to this question👍
did u find any effects on fish from using normal expanding foam?
None.
No additions or corrections. I'm just feeding the algorithm monsters before tapping the thumbs up 👍 button.
😊👍
Awesome, how do you plug in your pump outside?
I use low voltage pumps and extend the cable. They are plugged into power points under cover either at the house or in the shed.
Thank you!@@Ozponds
It looks beautiful. But I hate the foam! It's bad for the enviroment. Do you know an enviromental friendly alternative for the foam?
If I did I’d use it. You need to remember that lots of things are bad for the environment. All the equipment for the pond was delivered by trucks burning fossil fuels. But on the other hand this pond and landscape is going to improve the biodiversity in my neighbourhood so….good with the bad I guess.
@@Ozponds You are right but the foam is special waste sticking on rocks in a view years. And you can always say "there is a lot of worse stuff" - because there is always worse stuff - but then you change nothing. Every small step counts. Every plastik bag you don't use. Every energy you don't waste, every waste you don't produce (or at least recycle). and everyone has an effect because what you do multiplies. Other people will do what you do (even more when you make videos on UA-cam).
I’m happy if you want to post a link to better alternatives 👍
I wanna do this but here in the philippines we have an overpopulation of frogs. I notice your ponds dont have frogs at all
There’s lots of frogs. They come out mostly at night here.
Kev would a stream like this attract mozzies? Or is there enough movement?
I think any water has the potential to attract mosquitoes but they cannot breed in this water. I have many ponds and water features, my mosquito population has definitely not increased. If anything it’s probably decreased because of the amount of dragonflies my garden now attracts.
Thanks Kev. Would you ever do one for us DIYers building a pondless waterfall? It's huge gateway into the more advanced stuff you do - and it would just be good to hear some alternatives to the very expensive aquascape products.
I’d like to do one. I’m still convincing my wife we need a pond less stream on the other side of the courtyard. In the meantime I do have a video on alternatives to aquablox, feel free to check it out 👍
Hello,
I am at tail end of med size pond with a sm waterfall at one end. From the waterfall and it falls into a small pool about a foot deep, 3 feet wide and then before it, there is a shallower area before reaching the deeper pool. How can I make more of a stream feeling and trickle effect mid stream. I wanted more of a stream in the middle before getting to the deeper pool, but I think I dug it out too deep.
Could you just fill it in with some rock and pebble?
Hi, thank you yes, that’s what I was going to do but there are other areas. The water can sneak into that or just a few inches deep because I made the water feature wide in some areas but shallow. So what I need to seal off some of the areas where water can escape so that I could guided through the channel that I feel with more rocks? I was going to use some black foam. I’ve made a handful of ponds, I am a landscaper, but only one stream so far
Sorry, I’m talking into the computer. Just wondering if I need to seal off areas where water can escape to guide it more through the middle where I want the trickling sounds to happen the area where I will add more rock the waterfall is only 2 inches higher of a drop, then the destinations Pond.
I wish I could send you a photo or some thing!
You have the best ponds! I do have one suggestion- get rid of the new fancy intro sequence and go back to your simpler one. Part of what impressed me is that simplicity. Thanks though. I really enjoy your videos and presentation.
Actually, the video part of the new intro is fine- Maybe just replace that sped up music?
Thanks Ken. I’m not very good with the production stuff. I was fiddling around with the GoPro and put some photos and videos in an that’s what it spat out. I thought hmmm 🤔 that’s pretty cool. I might play around with it some more 👍
@@Ozponds your videos are way better than most diy pond videos out there. I like your narration, and the videos. Keep going...
And if I build a pond, I am definitely going to mimic your designs. Most likely it will be either the 9 x 12 m pond, or the wood framed one- depending on where I live in the future. I really like the ease of maintenance with the barrel bog with drain valve. Oh, and the blue water in the dream pond stream does look cool!
Thanks Ken.
what is this generic yellow foam you speak about? you mean from Bunnings? what is it called please?
The brand I tried was Sika
@@Ozponds ok thanks. Do you know if the Sika is UV stabilised (or does that even matter?)
I believe it is says “suitable for exterior use”. I’ve used some on our roof and it’s still going strong 10 years on exposed to full sun.
@@OzpondsI also emailed Sika and just got their reply back "Our Sika Boom AP is not UV resistant and cannot be submerged under water." interesting that you have had no issues though!
Hmmm very interesting. So far no problems.
oh mate that Soria is not sharp is it?
I certainly wouldn’t call it smooth. Don’t you have scoria in Mildura?
@@Ozponds yeah but don't use it as we have found it wreaks havoc with the rubber liner membrane, very sharp, it was a very popular stone here back in the 80- early 90's particularly with old school volcanic rock ponds (which there are a lot of) I know you only used in up the top but just something to consider, I recall one job where we had to basically go back and reline the pond as the scoria had penetrated the liner and underlayment 😮
Hmmmm 🤔. I’ve had no problems on my other pond using it but then again this will only be its 3rd season. That’s just the 7mm scoria on the bare liner. The kids jump around so far no problem. In this pond I’ve overlaid all the liner with 270gsm geotextile. Well I’ve overlaid and underlaid. The liner is sandwiched between the 2. Anyway it’s too late for me it’s everywhere throughout this entire pond. Will be interesting to see what happens 🤞
@@Ozponds nice one, the liner sandwich will certainly help
So you support gravel on pond bottoms. Apparently that is controversial.
Very George. But I don’t mind either way, both have their place. If your ultimate goal is just fish keeping the gravel might become a pain. But if you want to create a natural looking ecosystem pond with all kinds of plants, animals and fish then gravel is really important. I personally like the ecosystem approach but by no means is it the only way to have a successful pond, just personal preference.👍
Told you you should be selling your services.
Thanks Pierce maybe one day when my yard is full and I can’t fit in anymore 😉👍