Bog filters Work!


Stephanie and Nick's Pond Bog filter up and running

Recently I received this lovely email from Stephanie and Nick who live in Santa Cruz, California. I love receiving emails like this! It makes me smile.

Building and maintaining a pond doesn’t need to be expensive and it doesn’t need to be hard. Here’s what their email said:

Hi Kev,

Our 9 foot x 3 foot x 3 foot pond with 3 koi and 7 comet goldfish had cloudy water for years. We tried multiple pump configurations, aerators and chemicals. Then we found your channel on Youtube, purchased your guidance doc and built a bog filter.

It has been a month and the results are amazing! The water is so clear!! We think the waterflow is a bit high based in your directions but it we are going to adjust that.

Anyway, just wanted to send you a note all the way from Santa Cruz, California to THANK YOU!!!

Stephanie and Nick

P.S Here’s some pictures.

Stephanie and Nicks Pond with Bog Filter

Formulas I use to build a pond.

  • How big should a bog filter be?
  • What should the flow rate be?
  • What sized pump do I need?
  • Waterfall & stream flow rates
  • Skimmers, Intake bays and Negative Edges
  • Calculate water in motion
  • Pond volume
  • Plumbing sizes
  • How much liner?
  • How much rock?
  • Bringing all the elements together

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G'day, I'm Kev. My pond and water garden started with simple aquariums. I have created many ponds and water gardens around our home: Fish ponds, Aquaponic systems, grey-water wetlands and bog filters. My favourite topic is water filtration.

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