Don't sell yourself short; I think your sketches are perfectly serviceable. Thanks!

Thank you Kev for everything. Your tutorage finally paid off. My pond water is now pure and thriving with little to no work. 👍

Getting creative is a sign of invaluable experience. Well done buddy.

Your videos are great mate. Im in the uk and been watching hours of your videos tonight. My pond build will start towards the end of the year. You have taught me loads my man. Really appreciate it.

Looking forward to the intake bay video "papa smurf"! (harhar). You have inspired me to add a nice boggie and stream to my small koi pond. Kudos my friend, and good fortune your way!

Great video Kev, so much information in a short video. I think I will have to watch it 10 times. You have a great way of explaining things and making them easy to understand.

A BOG IS THE WAY!!! It’s that simple.

Once again this is fantastic content and great food for thought.

Yooo wtf I've been in awe for 10 minutes, my guy is a fucking wizard!!! Absolutely crazy video. Holy rabbit hole down we go

Kev, another great vid! I’m putting in a bog and this is most helpful! I think I way underestimated the needed flow….we shall see….I’m getting T’s and a valve. lol

Another clear and insightful video, thanks Kev

Great vid. Clear. Concise.

So cold today in Vic, we might need some advice on iced ponds soon! =D Thanks, great vid, as always!

I made the bog in a barrel last year, and I think it works well, I have very clear water, but I get overwhelmed with string algae. The bog only contains rocks, lava rock and clay balls, and no vegetation. I think I'm going to clean out my pond, and then have a wall of elodea along the back side to try and suck the nitrates and other nutrients out before the algae can form. I'm also contemplating building some sort of skimmer to try and catch the leaves before they get a chance to decompose on the floor. Also, I will put gravel on the bottom too as you suggest.

Thank you for all the very good information!

Anyway you can talk about rock placement/layout. Respect with the bigger rocks on the side or edge of the pond/stream

I made a mistake building my pond regeneration bays. I'm currently correcting. I had lots of extra felt so put felt under my rocks. But also didn't have enough void space for water, everything too packed in and felt liner everywhere and the rocks I put in never washed clean of mud let alone help filter. I used an old pipe I had on hand and it gets clogged. Just not enough movement in the entire bay ontop of the felt just caused issues with water. So.... pulled everything out of one regeneration bay, removed felt, new piping, and create more space for volume before putting rocks back in. Using less gravel more larger rock this time. I had some blocks I used to create tiers along the sides but had issue with a few dead zones so I'm running pipe behind my dead zones for more flow and less rocks and easy access to throw an aerator into the pipe when needed. Only minor tweaks. Glad most the rock I put into this bay I put into mesh produce bags so pulling out the rock to make changes was easy. I used bagged rock and just top dressed it. So once I'm done fixing up my problem areas I can make just move the bags back in easily.

Thank you

Hi Kev I’m still planning my first pond/stream. Your videos and articles are my bible and I am exceedingly grateful to you for all your effort creating your channel and website. I look forward to your further progress on this latest one. I’ll be sure to donate, if I’ve any money left, when it’s all done ;-) Anyhow, I wonder if perhaps you know the answer to this one: Any length of wire from the transformer to the 12V pump causes some drop in voltage. I found out how to calculate the drop. But do YOU have experience with signigicant voltage drop (>4%) and what that does to the pump? I asked a nice man with Pondteam, and he said they don’t know what may happen, because ”it’s not linear” and the pump is not built for it. Kindly, Morten (in Denmark)

Great video, thanks! Would you also recommend a bog filter for a pondless stream / waterfall? Or would that not be necessary?

You have the best videos man. I appreciate that you get to the point immediately and dont show off. Just informative and well presented. Im trying to built a bog filter at the end of a v drain to trap sediment from yard water that runs off when it rains hard. Im using a 200L poly drum and let that water run into the pond beneath where the waterfall will be in the hope that itll push the leftover fines over to a second bog filter/ skimer on the opposite side 5 meters away of a 5 by 7 meter 800mm deep oval pond. I wouldve diverted the runoff away but im not the person who decided to have the drain run into the pond. Then to a 3rd bog that will be what the waterfall comes from. I was thinking of using poly drums for the first 2 and an IBC for the third. Do you reckon that is a bad idea and i should just send the v drain away all together? Im on the tightest budget possible but already have the drums and IBC. The v drain drum is already buried too but others arent buried yet. Pond is already dug ofcourse.

Hi Kev, so from what I saw, you put textile liner, then black plastic liner, then a second textile lining topped with rocks and pebbles? What does the second textile liner do, please?

Hi quick small but important question. Where specifically is the breather T hole fitting located in the main pond water, or in the bog water area?

Interesting

Thank you for the information If I understood correctly the different size stone have to be 30 cm each? If it's less will there be a problem?

Hy kev! I was thinking on doing a venturi efect on the pipe that goes into the bog filter... i would like to know your opinion on that. Do you think aireation help the water to be cristal clear?

Hi Kev, I have the bog dug out and am acquiring the materials, since I have not been able to get the bottom half pipe you recommend do you think this will work it is 12 in. x 9.75 ft. Corrugated HDPE Culvert Pipe from tractor supply? I think this may be better than messing with PVC that large. Its made out of HDPE (Plastic) . I tried posting the link but I don't see it, so maybe KZfaq does not allow it.

After several hours of research all point to the same answer. "ABS is perfectly safe for aquarium. There is no algae killing ingredients etc. The only difference is that it is not rated for pressure. Aquarium returns do not typically produce enough pressure to worry about."

By the way, I had a question. Are there any setbacks to making the wetland filter a small waterfall? I keep seeing it being designed to flow, but never to pour into the pond. Thanks.

Question: Do you cap the ends of the leach pipe at the bottom of the bog?

Here in Sunny Florida. I've got a giant sandy hole in the ground and I want to drop in a 300 gallon tank. I'd like to build a pond and keep it clear enough with only solar, no batteries and minimal maintenance (at most once a month). Possible?

Hey Kev, I have a question regarding garden ponds. I just finished building my 12x10 feet garden pond and I wanted to know what I need to do before I add fish. Would it be adding plants, beneficial bacteria, or even dechloronator? Can you please help. Thanks

How far below water level do you have the pipe entering the bottom pipe? Or does that not matter with the breather tube

Thanks for the great Infos! Did you experiment with solar panels to run the pump to not rely on elextricity at least in the Sunny months? Maybe excess Energy Could even be stored with modern Power kits like the ones from ecoflow?

Hi Kev, thanks for the information, very interesting and helpful. Just a question I have an existing mud bottom dam 40x50m (estimated 300 m3) that I swim in it is the colour of tea and gets lots of leaves from surrounding trees. It has a basic fountain pump to help aerate and would love to turn it into an ecopond. I am wondering what the cheapest approach would be as I would love to build what you have? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

We have a 1300 gallon pond, what size bog in gallons do we need? If we use a smaller bog than 10% will it work?

Hi Kev where do you buy the hex cell sheets?

Hi Kev, can you please explain a couple of things. If using a container for a bog, can the pipe coming from the pump go straight in the bottom of container or does it need to go up and over container and down like iv seen? Also if using a liner for a bog, the pipe obviously has to come up and over and down into bog, but I'm unsure how to clean. I know you attach an extra pipe that sits just above bog but if there are no cleanout taps like on a container, what does forcing water down the pipe actually do? How does the waste and muck come up through all the gravel? Thanks

Is black ABS Pipe fish safe or should buy black PVC fittings to help hide piping?

Hi Kev, one question: if one were to use a closed box, high-flow filter, for the biological filtration, which obviously has mush less underwater surface for the nitrifying bacteria to colonise, what type of flow and pond turnover would he have to achieve so that the bacteria in the box have enough "personal time" with the volume of water to do their thing and provide the same clean water output as a wetland filter? Hope i've made my question articulate enough....

I have been looking into solar water pump set ups. You will need batteries. Just running panel to pump will kill the pump. Batteries equal maintenance with monthly (at least water top off). Here it is hot so batteries would need cooling and maybe aircon. I give up. Calling an electrician.

Hi Kev I have already built my bog but there one thing I didn't do was make a clean your idea is sweet but is there any way to make a clean out for a existing bog. My bog is 12 inch deep it would be a nightmare to pull everything apart to build your cleanout any help would be greatly appreciated .

Have you ever done a pond that would require solar or wind power to run the pump? Where I would like to put my pond is quite a distance from where I have electrical service. When I search for solar powered pumps on the internet, all they offer are very small one that pump around 360 gallons per hour and I don't believer that would handle the size of pond that I want.

whats it the name of the tall plant during the start of the bid like 00:29

How do you clean it out?

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I couldn’t understand much here. A book that explains step by step would be much better.