Legend 😊👍

Algorithm HUNGRY. I should probably add more words so YoutTube things it is a real comment

@@eulerizeit Kev has cool ponds, good clips, and ALWAYS answers my questions. It's a small effort to help.

Great to hear 😊👍

That's exactly what I did on my 4000L pond! It's a great way keep the water Cristal clear and very low maintenance 👌

That's crazy... who would have thought. Sounds good.

​@@gillgiebens8837cool!

Great to hear 👍

Can't beat a bog filter!

The thumbs up button is feeling good 😉

Me too, I chose large rock then lava Rock then pee pebbles.

Did you try watercress? I am told it is a kind of spicy leaf salad (cropped as baby leaves) that specifically grows in water. I had thought about growing THAT vegetable in the bog but I didn’t think of growing the whole kitchen garden in it, lol. Thanks for the suggestion. 👍

Really cool 👍

Thanks again! 😊👍

That’s great to hear mate👍. I knew you’d get it sorted.

Hope it helps 👍

Glad it was helpful 👍

I’m glad it was helpful. Good luck with your project 👍

Great to hear 😊👍

Thanks for your input 👍

Probably the lack of plants. *Something* has to suck up the nitrogen, and if you don't have plants then algae will do that job. If you're 90% better now,. it's probably nothing to worry about further. The plants should grow a bit more and manage that final 10% on their own without you having to do any more about it.

@@bobprivate8575 this year has been particularly interesting because this is my third summer having the pond and I haven't changed anything about it, but I've really struggled with the water clarity this year. The previous two summers it's been crystal clear. And even the first summer I didn't have the floating pond plants though I did have some other plants. I do still have shore plants, some kind of Iris type things that are in the pond and in the bog filter. So there are some taking the nitrogen out but the floating plants will help a lot.

Life’s better with a pond or 8 😉

@@Ozponds yeah! I might build another one next summer

@@MarvinBowen 😂 you will. It gets contagious.

That makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing 👍

🤣 thanks mate 👍

I think that was comparing a smooth river stone about 3/4 inch in size. I'd like to know how it compares to a piece of lava rock that size.

I think you would need to have a flood and drain system like in aquaponics. I think the garlic bulb would root if in a constantly submerged state. But I could be wrong. One way to find out, give it a try.

There is but it’s more focused on Australian fish.

T off n use excess water to create useful current in pond.

Yes. I like to the divert the excess water.

@@andrewdark3126 Thanks guys, could you explain a bit more about creating a useful current? Keen to learn as I'll likely be doing this sometime this weekend, cheers

@@bogglesbiggins1101 Use excess water from T junction to create a current across bottom to slow any buildup of fallen debis.

It’s very hard to test everything. But anything with a surface area will grow bacteria. You just might need more of certain materials to create the same surface area.

You’d want to put bioballs or something that increases surface area in the skimmer. Then you need to remember the skimmer pulls in lots of crap, it’s a pre filter to the main biological filter. You don’t want to much crap clogging your main biological filter. Then more filtration is always better.

@@Ozponds yeah, I meant you'd still have both a skimmer and filter, but both have a sponge and bio balls and both have the holes in the bottom and top in the same place, so they are interchangeable, just plumbed the other way around in terms of input/output.

@@BitsOfInterest that’s correct both provide degrees of mechanical and biological filtration.

@@Ozponds I think I got something in my mind, need to draw it somewhere. Both have a slot pretty much at the top; for the skimmer that's the intake, for the filter that's the outflow. Both have a hole at the top; for the skimmer it's the overflow, for the filter it's the intake plumbed inside to the bottom. Both have a hole in the bottom; for the skimmer it's for the pump, for the filter it's the clean out valve... You can't stack these holes straight above each other or the plumbing will interfere, but if you put them far enough apart horizontally it should work 😉 I hope any of this makes sense 🤣

@@BitsOfInterest just do what makes sense to you. There’s many ways to skin a cat or build a pond 😉

Lava rock is light but the most unsuitable for this purpose.

I stuck 15kg of alfagrog in the filter of a 3000l pond. The water was seriously green at the start. 10 days later it was clear. I did soak the stones in the detritus for 2 days before too though.

@@ChrisShortyAllen My bog filter is mostly lava rock. Works great!

@@MandyJane123700 mine too

​@@ChrisShortyAllen interested to hear your thoughts on why it's not suitable

I’d love to keep some koi.

Unfortunately there are idiots who release pet fish into waterways. Many Australian fresh waterways are sadly dominated by introduced and invasive fish species decimating the native species and ruining the waterway. It is a serious problem here.

Not as a biological media only as a mechanical media.

I’ve got no problem with an oversized bog.

If nothing's changed sense you made the pond (like new stronger pumps) than the filter might just need a clean. Water will come out of the "anti syphon hole" when it has problems going out the bottom, or when a lot of water is going though at once.

It’s possible that the bog filter is clogged by build up of sediment. Kev’s videos always recommend to build the bog (be it a barrel or bigger) with pipes for cleaning. I think at least once or twice a year. You should go back to the bog video and check the instructions. It’s also possible that you “think” you copied but missed a detail that now is giving you the problem. Good luck! 👍

Sounds like you just need a drain and flush to un-clog it.

Bacteria, tiny organisms, fish and even plants consume oxygen. I’ve done a couple of vids on oxygen.

@@OzpondsThe pumps broke last season, i waited for winter be over to get better pumps. My goal is to have clear and clean water in the pond for my fish. Currently, the water is greenish, probably a foot of visibility. As part of the goal, I decided to dose the pool of bacteria. On the day after dosing, the weather turned much warmer. There was no sign of activity on the surface during the day. In the evening, the fish gathered around the cascading water and gulping. They didn’t have an appetite. The following day, I bought another pump, 2000 GPH, hoping it would help the situation. I ran the pump as is without a filter hoping the faster, more powerful cascade of water would produce more oxygen. It didn’t dawn on me the oxygen was also consumed by the bacteria, but it was too late. During the day, I used leaf blower to move the surface and to create air bubbles. At night, they still came up, gulping. Some had gotten back their appetite and came for the feeding. Overnight the circuit breaker where the pumps were running from tripped, it shut down the pumps. I got the pumps back on but I couldn’t save every one. Sadly I watched seven bodies floating to the surface. Two were saved. Ten years ago, they were tiny eggs. Each day we would meet by the side of the pond, and a feeding frenzy takes place. I watched them maturing and having babies themselves.

@@MT-gk9vh very sad 😔

Activated charcoal is very common as a mechanical filtering media, helps remove impurities. I haven’t seen it used as the sole biological media. When used as mechanical filter it needs constant replacement. I’d love to hear from folks who use it as a biological media.

@@Ozponds I was wanting to use the pond to activate biochar. Biochar is great for the garden but needs to be loaded with beneficial bacteria first. Using biochar it to filter the pond at the same time would be bonus.

😂 I hate saying that word. I really struggle!