DIY Mini *Wildlife* Pond. (step-by-step)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I build a fully planted, DIY Wildlife Pond, including a mini bog filter.
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i love this channel and all your projects. there is only 1 downfall and its a huge downfall by the way.. there just isnt enough videos 😉 please keep them coming alot more often mate.. GREAT WORK AGAIN!!!
Thank you, mate! I shall try!! 😁👊
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underrated video. i rarely watch through a full pond or aquarium build on many channels! you put in a tonne of effort that was awesome
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Great project but a lot of those things including the slate and your little frog house will be ideal slug and snail houses and your hostas will be gone.
Stunning project!👍❤️
Thank you! 😊
Not sure about the plants you used, but if this is a wildlife pond, you should think about using all native plants.
Always someone who nitpicks at a minor detail instead of appreciating the beauty of all the hard work that was put into it.
@@LeeDfinedI don’t think that this is nitpicking, its providing useful advice, native plants attract native wildlife
If you can do better go for it
I had good experiences with the following technique with premade ponds.
Dig the hole a little bit bigger, level the plastic bin, on a sand bed, fill the pond half way up with water and then use a water/sand/earth slurry to fill up the gap between the pool and the ground sounding it. The gap will be perfectly closed.
Then fill up the pool completely and repeat with the sand or mud slurry.
It's a quick method.
Thanks for the tips, I’ll defo put them to use if I do another of these preformed ponds!
I like you work
I built one like this for my turtle and even with mosquito fish breeding year round you still get mosquitos attracted to the water
Really enjoy watching your videos. Educational with plants that can go in a pond and that's what I am looking for as well as building and decorating the ponds for the fish. You make it look so easy. Also the filtering systems. Thank you. Keep posting and teaching, please.
Thank you! That’s very nice of you to say!! 😊
Adorei suas dicas e ideias de montagem desse laguinho só com plantas.
Também pretendo aproveitar um espaço pequeno aqui no quintal para realizar um projeto que já tenho em mente...
Agradeço por compartilhar sua experiência.
Whoa great job😊
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It is really cool frog pond ❤
I wish i could have a little pond like this. Unfortunately we have waaaaay too many naughty raccoons.
Love this. Your videos are, without exception, excellent. Please keep them up!
Thank you, mate. I really appreciate that! 👊
The pups are always so good at supervising ehh? lol
You shoulda kept the sink and hung it on the wall and made a waterfall out of it😀😀👍👍
Super fun project Ginger Fishy…..we hope you get some lovely little amphibious creatures in there to enjoy and observe….for sure you will with that inviting area you’ve made em!!
Thank you! Yeah, I do think that sink is just screaming out to be some sort of water feature! 🌿👊
Lovely build!
Thank you, mate! How’s your ponds doing this season?
Amazing transformation 😮😮
Thank you!
Thank you for helping wildlife, but if a turtle gets in there he might drown. There's no gradual slope for escape.
Hi there, we don’t have turtles here, but good call, I should have probs mentioned that for people in areas that do. I do agree though that a gradual slope is probably better for a wildlife pond generally, even if you don’t have turtles.. in this case though I thought with the pond being so small I didn’t want to take up too much space with a ramp. 🌿🐢
Awesome 😎
Thank you! 😎
I like the mini bog filter -- thanks for showing how you did that!
Thank you, I’m glad it was helpful! 👍
Bruh.. Buy a proper shovel. painful watching a man work like that.
Best natural diy pond video. Thank you so much you show and explained everything so well I actually feel confident enough to have a go at my first pond 😁
Thank you! Good luck with your pond build!! 😁
This is a fantastic video, really well done! 🐸
Thank you! 👊
Lovely job mate . I do think you put to many plants bud they grow like made your be constantly pruning. Still great job
Try use it more native plants for the pound next time and if you do you can get it as a certified native wildlife habitat if you have a HOA that gets angry because it will he illegal to destroy a native habitat that helps endangered species
very nice. Can you make a fish aquarium and add a yellow boxfish.
Very nice. Do you ever provide some oxygenation or you let it happen naturally?
Wow, that is beautiful
Thank you! 😁
Moving water has oxygen in the water , water that doesn't move no oxygen
LOVING THIS! Gonna browse your archived vids. Subbing! 😊😊
Thank you! 👊
Love how natural you made that area 👌 would love to do something like this for my backyard one day
Thank you! You should do it!! 👊
Excellent video, king
Really helpul video 😊. A couple of questions: would a solar pump be powerful enough for the bog filter? Could you give a rough idea of costing for this project? ( I know you said some items were free) and lastly, where do you source your pond plants - shop or online? TIA 😊
Thank you! It may work ok if you in have plenty of sun. The only thing you would need to do is to make sure the waterfall filter is not too much higher than the pond. Otherwise when the power goes off at night the water will back flow out of the filter and back into the pond. You could add a non-return valve which would stop this from happening. Personally though I think if I was going solar I would go for a solar air pump, perhaps attached to a small sponge filter, with air stone inside. This would still filter the water, oxygenate it and add some slight water movement.
Cost wise i think this project was about £300. Biggest expense was the slate for around the edge, but if you’re lucky you may be able to find something similar on eBay or facebook marketplace, same goes with the actual pond liner.
Hope that helps! 😊
Me and My 3 year old daughter really loved that video! Thanks for doing such a great video and putting so many varieties of species in it. You have greatly improved that area of your garden
That’s awesome! Thank you!! I’m glad you both enjoyed it!
any plants recommandations for winter in new york? thanks
Wow what a beautiful pond shame you didn't make your po d before l made my 😅😅😅 l could learn a lot from you. Saying that my is nice as wel.. ..not like yours.
Thank you! I’m sure your pond looks great!!! 😁
Loved it! Please share the materials and plants used!
looks amazing cant wait to build a wildlife pond in the future!
Thank you!
Omg I love this channel. What an amazing yard you have designed and fish pond is lovely . Wish I could do things luke this. But hoping ur channel gives me the push I need.
Thank you! ☺️
Very nice, u can add light for nigh.i think very beautyfull..❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
Love this! Are all the plants used suitable for a fish pond also?
Great project ! Is it possible to use the filter setup with a small Solar panel / power ? Dont have access to power grid where i would make a small pond
It’s only requires a small low powered pump so it may work if you have a good amount of sun. I don’t think it would work too well here in the UK as we don’t really get enough sun. Also depending on the size of the pond it may be best not to add fish, as oxygen levels may drop down at night when the pump turns off and potentially cause a problem.
Too much plants for me. I prefer to see in the water but great job
Nice job really ! No mosquitos tho?
That is absolutely stunning! I love it!
Thank you! 😊
how does it work of the pool. if the water is overflow
You should make it easy for frogs and other animals to get in and out, maybe a slope that lets them exit?
Yeah, I agree a slope would be better, but I was a little low on space with this little pond! 👍
Can I add a bog filter to my existing pond thanks for your helpalan
Yeah, it’s easy enough to add a bog filter to an existing pond. What size pond and setup have you got going on?
Nice work, wondering why the pump didn’t go on the lower level
Thank you! Because it’s just for wildlife and not for fish I didn’t want to create too much water movement. If I had of been adding fish I probs would have put it lower down (although not on the very bottom) and at the other end of the pond 👍
I thought about adding a ramp and a whole, through which wildlife passes but not the turtle shell. It would be nice if the box turtle could have a save swim and have visitors whilst helping the other animals survive.
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Love the videos. I was wondering how much this cost you to build?
Thank you! I’m not 100% sure on total cost, but I think around £300. Biggest expense was the slate around the top of the pond, which I think if I had been a bit more prepared I could have bought something similar on eBay for a lot less. It’s definitely a build that could be done on a budget though. For example the type of rigid pond liner I used can often be picked up on Facebook marketplace.
I love this video! I am planning to create a wildlife pond in my backyard as well and this was extremely informative!! A bit scared about setting up the little pump but hopefully I can figure it out! My question is can this go in a sunny spot as well and if so what changes would need to be made? Thank you so much for sharing ❤❤❤
Thank you! Yeah, if you put it in a sunny spot, just try to get as many plants in there as you can, especially plants that will provide a good amount of surface cover, for example water lily’s, as the pads will provide shade to the pond. This will stop too much light getting to the pond and causing algae, it should also help the water temp from getting too high. Good luck with pond build!
@@GingerFishyOfficial thank you🤗
Just found your channel and found some very useful tips and information. Just one question. Who do buy all your plumbing fittings from?
I tend to get them from an aquatics shop (Shirley Aquatics in Birmingham) that is fairly local to me. They have a really good pond section with lots of different plumbing bits and bobs. Also the staff are very helpful with locating the bits you may need. I do get a few bits from Wickes if I can, but they don’t tend to have much. Hope that helps 👍
Thanks for the reply. I’ll look to see if they have an online shop
an edpm liner versus that plastic tub would of allowed you to make that entire area a wet land bog and incorporate the filter / pump into the feature even allowing you to put a small cascade or water fall there. . . at this point i'd add a small air pump with a perforated line around the mid depth the entire circumference of the pond, put those plants in looser mesh baskets and look at reworking the plastic tub out and putting an edpm liner in to expand your bog area :) beyond that well done all considering.. .
Nice video but not cheap with all that slate and large selection of plants.
Yeah, the slate was a big expense. I did try looking on eBay and Facebook marketplace but unfortunately couldn’t find anything this time..
This is soooo very nice! How kind of you to provide for the wildlife❣️
Thank you! 😊
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fantastic vid..i watched the fishpond vids...great ideas nice one1
Thank you! 👊
It looks incredible and obviously the wildlife agrees. I can see that you have done research on the plants. Did you only use indigenous plants or non- indigenous also?
It was a bit of a mix of both native and non-native plants to be honest.. basically it was what my local pond plant supplier had in stock. The wildlife seems to like it either way though! 🐸
@@GingerFishyOfficial thanks for the reply. It certainly does look like the wildlife agrees. Fabulous job.
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I just dug a massive hole . I made it work though loads rock rocks and broken slabs loads of wild plants . And brought six pond plants looking good ly
Looks really good, love the way you show it step-by-step 👍🏻
Thank you!
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I love this video! I like how it isn't "picture perfect" compared to the bigger youtubers pond diys. The little frog house is adorable and in Australia we call them "frog hotels"
Thank you!
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I want to be a toad so I could live there.
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Add some guppies fish
I can’t believe I hadn’t subscribed to you. Your diy pond and filter gave me the idea for my pond! Looks amazing!!
Thank you, bro! 👊
I like your video bro ❤
Thank you bro 👊
I think every pond should have water spinach. You can eat it 😂
Looks amazing! Thanks for the detailed quide! One question: do you have issues with mosquitos? or is the constant water flow handling those?
Thank you! I’ve never really had any issues with mosquitoes. But I think if you were living in an area where it was a problem you may need to add some small fish to eat the eggs. I hear water flow does help to deter them also!
It’s brilliant! It’s inspiring me to buy a new pond liner, I’ve got a 50 litre one but I want to move up in the world. Thanks for the inspiration :)
That’s awesome! Good luck with your build!! 😁
Like your video❤🎉
wow!! great job man, beautiful plants and love your channel, very simple and creative ..just thinking during heavy rains how would you get rid of excessive water?
Thankyou! Yeah, the edge of the pond has little grooves around it, which I think is for overflow, and I’m hoping any excess water can be soaked up by the plants around the pond. I’ll see how it goes though. I’m actually just in the process of adding an overflow pipe to my big pond that I built last year, which I’ll be showing in the 1 year update video.
What a great wildlife pond you have built. It looks awesome. Thanks for naming all of the different plants you have added, thats really helpful. 😊
Thank you, Suzanne! 😊
Amazing bro 👍🏻
Thank you! 👊
Another great Video and gives me an idea for a pending bog filter.
How do you stop the slugs destroying your Hostas? I have terrible trouble with this in my garden.
Thank you! It’s the first time I’ve had hostas in my garden, but I’m hoping the resident toad, and hopefully any future frogs will help keep the slug population down!
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That's really nice... For where you are. Fully half of those plants are considered invasive in the US, and are restricted in many states. All of the floating plants, basically, and the irises.
We have lot of alternatives over here though. And you say restricted but Ive seen a few of those plants for sale at Home Depot?
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Thank you!
What if you see a croc in there .
I’m a certified crocodile wrestler so wouldn’t be an issue.. 💪 🐊
Enjoyed watching you, on how this all came together. Any other life form in the pond that you have noticed?
Thank you! Just a few water bugs and snails currently. Would love to see some newts in there one day though!
Beautiful!!!
Love this pond!!! And so cool to have a resident move in so quickly! 😊
I know! I honestly couldn’t believe how quickly that toad moved in. He’s stuck around aswell, I’ve seen him several times.. and he even hopped into the house the other day when I left the back door open!
Well done mate! This is def one of the better "preformed" pond build I've seen and Ive watched a lot. Keep it up
Thank you, mate! 👊
Looks so awesome. Where do you get so many aquatic plants??? Excited to see the update later on!
Thank you! Luckily I have a couple of really good pond shops fairly close to me that always have plenty of plants to choose from!
Great video !......I think its probably the best I have seen on this subject. Very impressed !!
Thank you!
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Please keep us updated
I will do!
Thanks for documenting the process, I enjoyed watching it very much😃
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
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Great informative video. I was nailed to watching everything you shared here 😂. Great job 👏
I was wondering though, I've got an enclosed fenced garden: if I did something like that, how would wildlife get into my garden for such a pond 😮? Or wouldn't it 🤔?
Many thanks for giving me ideas, particularly as to what plants (I've never heard of 😅) I might be advised to invest in ❤
Hi there! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!! Yeah, if there’s no gap under the fence some wildlife will struggle to find the pond.. obviously dragonfly and birds will be able to enjoy it still.. I know some people try to leave a gap somewhere along the fence line to help wildlife move around, luckily for me there is a gap under my gate, so the toad must have come in there. You never though, a bird might drop off a bit of frogspawn for you!!
Yeah, I think all the plants I used are either evergreen or perennial, apart from the water lettuce which won’t survive the winter here in the UK, so I’ll have to remove it when the temps start to get too low. 😊
@GingerFishyOfficial Wow- that's such a GREAT amount of GOOD information 👌. Thank you.
I know I've got a frog 🐸 in my garden (somewhere): him must have hid in the flowers/plants I had in my old koi pond at our old place (16 years ago). So despite the amount of renovations I've had, carried out to the garden areas, it's a miracle he's still alive. You should have heard him in Feb/April calling for a mate 😀.
So another reason: to encourage the dragonflies back. We used to have quite a few, but the last couple of years, not so much.
Anyway, many thanks for your prompt response and further suggestions: really helps 👍
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Amazing very inspiring. I would love to see it when it goes to bloom .
Thank you, I’ll be sure to do updates as it grows in!
Amazing. I loved it. The frog house is so cute...
Thank you! Really hoping for frog spawn next Spring!!
Looks AMAZING!!!
Thank you!