Clear pond water doesn’t necessarily mean a clean pond floor. You can have a working bog filter and still find leaves, fish waste and sludge building up on the bottom. That was the problem...
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Before digging a backyard pond, work out what it will be used for, roughly how much water it will hold, how you will filter it, whether you want a waterfall or stream, and what equipment and...
Can Plants Filter a Koi Pond? Vu’s Simple Planted Pond in Vietnam
Sometimes the most interesting pond systems aren’t the most complicated ones. Vu Tran’s pond in Da Lat, Vietnam holds only around 2.5 cubic metres (2,500 litres / 660 gallons) of...
The best plants for a bog filter are plants that tolerate wet roots, suit your climate and water depth, and are easy to trim or thin out. In my ponds in south-east Australia, I use plants...
From Pond Nemesis to Backyard Oasis: Lee’s 850-Gallon Pond Rescue
When Lee moved into a home in Phoenix, Arizona, the backyard pond came with it. Unfortunately, the pond’s equipment began breaking soon afterwards—and that was only the beginning. The pond...
“Never Thought I Could Create This”: Matt’s Budget DIY Backyard Pond in Southern Indiana
Matt and his wife already spent plenty of time in their backyard in Southern Indiana, USA. They enjoyed coffee there in the morning and cigars in the evening, but they both felt one thing was...