Patio Pond with Bog Filter | Planting the Pond Plants - Part 11
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2013
- Planting you pond plants right in your bog filter is key for effective filtering.
Learn how to from a professional pond builder.
We will give you tips on planting and placing your plants for maximum bog filter operation. - Навчання та стиль
I found your videos when I was researching how to go about cleaning up a koi pond this summer to make it easy to maintain. I have learned LOADS from watching you !! I so appreciate you don't hide any steps and share your knowledge and personal tips so a true DIY'er like myself can get great end results the first time. In watching these bog videos I was so impressed with how much of an "artist" that you truly are!! You not only have educated and inspired me but you have also shown me that I am not the only person out here who's bent in life is to create things that are balanced and symmetrical. love love love your contributions here so much!!
Definitely the most detailed instructions on any DIY project I've seen. Great videos!!!!!!!!
ThePondDigger: I love your videos. They're very informational. I've watched a bunch of them. Keep them coming.
Hi Eric, I just wanted to say that your videos ROCK. Thanks for all the instructions. Can't wait to get my pond finished!!!
Glad you are enjoying it!
Hi Eric. Love your videos! Its really cool how you answer everyone's questions. I just bought a house and plan on installing a pond next spring or summer. I can't wait to apply what I learned from watching your videos. Thanks for the awesome videos, cant wait for more.
watching all this series and loving them. I do not have the kind of temp. here on the Oregon coast so will have different plants, but will research which will do best. My bog is a hundred gallon Rubbermaid stock tank, going into my three hundred stock tank, anxious to get going on it thanks to your wonderful videos.
Soper79 nailed it on the head. You would need to drain the feature each year or have a green house over the patio pond each winter.
Thank you so much Ponddigger for this video...
Hello ponddigger
Thanks for sharing this great setup, I've been fighting with algae since I built the pond now thanks to you everything is spot on, no more algae no more head ache:) .
What should I do with the filter during the winter when temperatures are below 0?
This is fantastic!! Questions to follow.
i always watch this video . for 5 years now i think. its verry satisfying to watch. i hope you build a new patio pond to review
Cant wait for part 12 aswell!! :D
Nice plants 👍 the sweet flag plants is a good herbal plants for health benefits
Really like this series..
Thank you Eric.
What temperature they have to grow well?
Is 15-22*C ok for them?
How far down the temperature before I have to remove them
inside?
We don't really have any pond stores here in VA so I have to rely on places that sell non pond plants and adapt them .There is 1 place that sells pond plants and they are very limited in there stuff ,so I clean the plants really good .I have been watching your video's for years now .My pond is 11 years old and still the original fish plus some babies I have given away to fellow ponds .Your video's give me some great ideas .Thank you
Thanks for your comment. I'm so glad we have inspired you over the years. Stay tuned for more up and coming videos!
can't wait
No Terje the water lilies with large pads are all tropical. You can grow them each summer and remove them each year before the cold temps hit you. They tropical lily bulb can be stored in moss in your house over the winter!
Just curious. Why do you not put the larger gravel on the bottom and the smaller on top?
How do you clean the dirt n muck build-up ...to prevent clogging of this filter system
It's a great idea. Could I use this to filter my mini swimming pool? thanks
FOR SURE!!
Hey Eric, Could you please tell me where you buy your pond containers so i can buy them in the future. Thanks
Loved this, created one myself and its working wonders for my gold fish pond. I have a few videos of it on my page.
+Ozzie K I enjoyed your GoPro footage!
hi Eric I have a quick question how long did it take for the water to start clearing up after you put the gravel in and plants couple of days? Thanks Billy for Boston
This filter is similar to a sand and gravel filter, is there any maintenance like the air blow out required like the sand and gravel? Or will the plants use all the waste and make more plants, just requiring just thinning out the plants?
I'm using a large round pot for some elephant ears as my filter. Going to make a circle out of pvc pipe so the water drips all around the pot. Do u put the drain in the bottom of my pot?
The uv clarifier has been the very best investment we have made with our pond. In 2 days it took our pond from pea green to crystal clear. now we run the clarifier one day a week to maintain clear water. Koi Pond build UV Clarifier and filtration
hay i was just wondering roughly with out lable how much did the materials cost to build this regards england :)
Will the dirt from planting the flowers disburst thru the gravel and out into the pond
Hi Eric...
That type of water lilys,
What level of temperatures does they take?
In my pond I get like 22-23*C at moust in summer, and 5*C by the winter.
Should it be possible to make those lillys to grow with my temperatures?
If not....Do you know other lillys with big leafes like this, that survive in the temperatures I have?
Could you list the plants that were used in this video. Thanks.
Love your videos Eric! Its inspired me to build a similar design in a long below ground planter I have near our entryway. Will be about 400 gallons. My 12 year old son loves fish, frogs, plants, etc so he is going to have fun. Question for you. I'd like to have just a simple wide spillway (waterfall). I'm thinking that if I have it this way, it makes the other exit pipes (emergency and main that is under water level) unnecessary. Do you agree? There should not be a reason to have an emergency outlet with a wide main spillway?
Also, what size pump did you use on this project? Thank you!
John Funk Yes a wide spillway would make it so you do not need the emergency overflow. In this feature we used a little mag drive 600 gph pump. Thanks for watching!
Very kool
Does the bog filter still work in the winter when the plants die? Is there any type of plant to use in the winter?
Can you plant water plants in terracotta pots in a pond?
What are your temp erature ranges where you did the install?
Do you eat the taro leaves ,they make a really great callaloo
Hello from the U.K.
Have I missed something?
Which pipe is the INLET pipe ? The 1 at the TOP or the mass of pipes at the bottom?
Thanks
Is part 12 coming!
yeah when is part 12 arriving?
Range 30 degrees in the winter, 110 in the summer.
What soil is being used? Gravel only?
Hi there,
is this as effective or better than a multi bay vortex filter and bead filter?
what size bog would be required for a 2800 gal pond with about 30 koi stocked?
really like this concept.
great videos as always
thanks ☺
+Matthew Cook This is a very different filtration approach then vortex filters and bead filters. Bog filtration done correctly is EXTREMELY effective and provide killer results! 30 Koi is overstocked for a 2800 gallon pond. When they are full grown they will barely fit. Keep that in mind. I would suggest a bog area approximately 6' x 8' for your 2800 gallon pond.
Where is part 12?
I need help I have a pond that is 8×10×2ft how big of a bog do I need
HELP
Hi mate what's the best types of plants for the same set up in English weather also could you give me some names lol
Nice
Are those all aquatic plants
Hello Pond Digger, I have a 150 gl pond, I love the bog filter, how do you do maintenance on it and from what I can tell is that you have to disassemble the bog to clean it?
dolphyn2 We simply remove some of the plants and roots as needed so the plants to take over the entire bog filter. You do not have to disassemble.
ThePondDigger thank you for your help
Part 12 is coming soon I've heard.
would this work on a patio in Michigan?
Still waiting the 12 part!!
I like it
ME too!!!
Can I put an elephant ear plant in a net of pea gravel and set it on a shallow shelf in my pond ?
absolutely!
I have alittle bit problem, when planting the plant i trim roots and clear and remove total the roots until the dirt completely removed, then my plant leafes turn out yellow, some of them dying, the others survive, how to solve this ? i dont want to make my pond dirty
some plants have to have soil to survive. Research the plant needs when choosing them for your pond. In a different video Eric showed how to use some underlayment material place the plant with dirt in it and wrap the fabric around the around the roots and dirt tucking it in much like swaddling a baby and placing it in the water. You have a plant the can thrive and not get the water all dirty or let the roots escape and take over your pond. A win win win scenario.
can a bog filter be used in an indoor glass fish tank of 3ft x 18in x 18in.?
+Michael Lum YES!
Good to hear that it can be done For a 3ft tank what would be the size of the bog filter and what type of indoor plants or herbs can I plant in it. Thanks
Hi, do you have any tips on preventing mosquitos from coming to your patio pond?
+ambivalenc3 Tiki torches, citronella candles and put mosquito fish in the pond.
Thanks for the tip. I have a red eared slider in the pond. Would mosquito fish be able to survive? My turtle is about 6 inches long.
I love your videos. Where do you buy your plants from? It's really hard to find water plants. I bought some from Dr Fosters and Smith
+Terry Emetic We use a local grower for our aquatic plants. Call my friend Kelly Billing from Maryland Aquatics Nursery. She can take care of you. Tell her The Pond Digger sent you!
Thank You for your help
Can I use any elephant ear
Ok so if it's a zombie apocalypse and I needed to grow a plant in a egg holder and fast what would be the best plants
+Tr Gaming Good question. I suppose it really depends on what time of the year it is and what climate you live in. The water plants that you can eat are Taro, Water Mint, Cattails, and water cress. Hope that helps. FYI, My wife and I do have an affinity for zombie culture. Thanks for watching!
ThePondDigger you are so welcome thank you for posting the videos that you do and replying to me thanks again
Part 12?
Technically yes. The obstacles you'd face that Eric isn't here is that you'd have to decide what you're going to do in the winter. Drain the pawn? Or try to heat it. I can tell you with no protection from the ground around it being elevated, it'll be hard not to have that thing freeze solid like a rock. What would you do with fish if you put some in? Plus Eric used a lot of tropicals. You might be better off using hardy water plants.
what are the names of the plants please thankss
will the plant cause any diseases and the root of the plants be a breeding medium for bacteria or parasites?? i'm new into this hobby.
what was the cost
austyn Roth I never did the cost analysis on this feature but it didn't cost more than a couple thousand dollars for everything.
Please the name of plants
I rinse all my roots off and even dip them in peroxide and water .I don't want any bad stuff from the nursery going into my pond and harming my fish .I did get a laugh at you with the little balls on the roots of the penny wort
I'm always laughing at myself! It's a good plan to clean up all your plants before adding them to the pond. All the plants used in this presentation were grown at our facility or at a specialty aquatic plant grower so I wasn't worried about impurities hitting our demonstration pond. BUT that would have been a nice thing to cover in this video incase you picked up a few aquatic plants from a big box store. Often times they are loaded with nasty fertilizers!
not just nasty stuff but i must have gotten fish eggs in the 2 plants I got here for my stock tank because I found fish in there 3 weeks after I put the plants in it .I know they were not there before that because I had just filled it with fresh water from my well the day before .The stock tank is 300 gallons and since it was just going to be plants i did not worry about cleaning them .By the way love your new video's .I now have 6 baby fish that I am not sure what they as they are so tiny .Not sure how long eggs survive in plants .They are not tadpoles
for those who want apply this watch out parasite in the plant, treat it with medicine immediately after installed the bog and the pond system
lemon grass for bugs
use water to wash off dirt an 5 days before give them organic e.m 1 tea just to make them strong for SHOCK
Good Advise~
you really should tell people to rinse all their bags of stone first j.s
The night bloomer water Lilly is way way to big for your size of pond. Would look much better in a 1000 gallon pond or bigger
Ya the water lily was a bit large for the pond. For the sake of visual effect and FUN we went for it. We will likely change it out next year when the water starts to warm up. Thanks for your feedback!
Where is part 12?