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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- This diy barrel pond was a little project I was able to complete one Saturday. It was a few more weeks before I added the fish as I waited for the pond to “cycle”. But the build itself (basically the bog filter component) only took a couple of hours.
The idea of this pond was to provide the sound of water under our bedroom window and keep some more fish- as you know I’m pond crazy!!
Materials used
-half wine barrel ( this we already had) can be picked up for between $50-$100
Container for the bog filter. (I used a small 30L food safe container) cost around $20
-Some old timbers salvaged from a wooden pallet. (These were used to clad the filter and support it on the barrel)
-Aquaponic clay balls. (Again this was some material I already had. If I needed to purchase some rocks for the filter I would have used scoria or lava rock as it’s light, cheap and provides plenty of surface area)
A bulk head fitting. Cost $6
-A small off cut of 90mm storm water pipe (had this lying around)
-2 x 90mm storm water caps. $1 each
A bag of gravel for inside the pond $14
Small 300L/ hr pond pump $16 on eBay.
1 x Eel grass plant $7
1 x Pennywort $5
2 x Impatient plants $2
-7 x White Cloud Mountain minnows caught by my daughter in our top pond.
Tools used
-Drop saw ( cutting up the pallet timbers)
-Drill ( with hole saw & normal drill bit)
-Hammer & nails
-Hacksaw
-Tape measure
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This is so simple, I love how you can grow things in the bog filter. I have a half barrel pond beside my bee hive for the bees to drink, it gets feel pretty quickly. I think I’ll try this. The bees may actually prefer to drink from the filter as they love dirty water and places to safely land. Thanks.
The bees will for sure love the bog filter. During summer they are always up there having a well earned drink.
@@Ozponds Thanks Mate, I'm going to build this pretty much to your design, I'll maybe not overlap the barrel as much though as I have space beside it that I can use. I'm looking at the pumps on eBay at the moment, could you possibly point me to a suitable one? I have 240v close by as it is close to my pool equipment. By the way where in Australia are you located? I'm Gold Coast.
Brendan Micallef that’s awesome, it makes me happy 😊 to see someone getting enjoyment out of ponds. To your questions. You can use any submersible pond pump look in the 300-700lt per hour range. I’m down in sunny 🌧 Victoria 😉. If I can be of any more assistance let me know 👍
Great video and great idea.
Thanks Ninja 🥷😊👍
I really like this idea, esp as I am really keen to add some fish to my back yard pond, but I am stumped at how to 'retro-fit' this type of filter into my pond area?! I have 'natural rock-look' pond (Universal Rocks Co. ) with a three level waterfall set up; Two pumps, native water lillies and Blue Reed in place, with lots of froggy action; Ideally I want as little disturbance as possible so further "nutting out" is needed!
Yes it is a bit of a puzzle. It’s really easy if the filter can sit somewhere hidden above the waterfall. If not you might consider a pressure filter. Alternatively you could add another small pump and add the filter so it runs seperate from the waterfall. Best of luck 😊👍
Love your videos
Thanks Nada 😊
Darn, you put so much work into that little thing. I did a wine barrel pond and it was Jeff Goes Lazy ! Are you from Oz land I mean Australia ? Cool channel. Lot's of interesting pond stuff. Filled with much more work than I can get myself motivated to do. So, it's good to watch others like you do it.
-Jeff Goes Random
G’day Jeff. Yes I come from a land down under. Thanks for the positive feedback, it’s appreciated 👍
@@Ozponds That Ozzie accent makes me want to have you know what on the barbie and you know what beer... and... "Thars a knife !"... :-)
If I’m making a wildlife pond where there won’t be fish, would this bog filter be beneficial still? Or even work without the fish ammonia to start the cycle? I’m hoping to entice frogs or toads etc.
Even in a wildlife pond there is a nitrogen cycle. The decaying plant material will create ammonia. So yes a bog filter even on a wildlife pond can be beneficial, but not a necessity.
Hi! Very cool channel! Thank you for what you're doing, very cool!
A small note here. I don't see much point in placing the filter over the pond. This only leads to additional energy costs for lifting the water.
I also wanted to ask if you used an airlift instead of a pump?
Thanks Oleg. I love the idea of an air lift pump. In this application it didn’t make much sense. The pump is only drawing 5 watts, my smallest air pump on my shrimp tank uses 2 watts. I like the filter above as it keeps the pond nice and compact, makes filter maintenance easier and provides a nice sound/ water agitation as the water falls back into the pond.
Love it
Thanks Jason. Im pretty happy with it. Im already building another one for down the other end of the verandah.
I have a wine barrel pond that needs a filter as it keeps turning green. I have watched several of your videos on constructing a bog filter for small ponds. Why in this video does the filter take water in from the top and then trickle back in the pond from the bottom, whereas in other of your videos you use the opposite pattern (water in from the bottom out from the top? ) Also do you move the bog filter off of the barrel pond before flushing the solids? Thank you!
There is a few more videos on this pond. You can see how I clean it. This is like an aquaponic filter. I these little ones I tried water over the top and water through the base. It didn’t really seem to make a difference.
I don’t suppose you have a parts list for the bog filter do you? I’m a bit useless and can’t find these things on Google! Just bought a 110 litre whiskey barrel and hope to do a similar filter. Thanks!
There might be a parts list in this video. I made it a while back. Building a mini bog filter for a small pond
th-cam.com/video/xLQBmu5Bb1s/w-d-xo.html
You’ve helped me tremendously with a project I had in my front garden. With this, you drop the solids out of your bog, but what happens when those solids end up in your pond? Or do you catch them from underneath before they fall into the pond?
The solids get trapped in the filter. Once a year I flush them out. Wine barrel pond update 12 months on
th-cam.com/video/ZeeJf-vVIHQ/w-d-xo.html
I'm a bit lost. After you unscrew the pipe, the solid crap falls down where exactly?
I connect a hose and run the muck onto the garden. There is a maintenance vid if you want to see how that’s done 👍
Would an elbow piece under the filter make it easier to connect a waste pipe etc?
You can add any connection you like 👍
Woodglut has a very large project base.
Do you have a link to the 30L container? Nice Job
I’m not sure if this is the exact one as I built these ponds a few years ago. www.bunnings.com.au/handy-storage-black-heavy-duty-crate-30l_p0056608?store=6415&gbraid=0AAAAADtbEB8js7Sdtki47BoR7M5IjBROh&gbraid=0AAAAADtbEB8js7Sdtki47BoR7M5IjBROh&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6Yyvob2u-AIVM51LBR1Umw1bEAQYASABEgJ5evD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Have you got any recommendations for brands of expanded clay balls that sink? I just opened the bag I ordered over a month ago and I can't get them to stop floating 🤦♀️
😂 unfortunately they all do that. You just need to wait for them to become water logged. Cram in as many as you can it seems to help👍
@@Ozponds I've had some soaking for 2 days and nothing 😅
Hmm... I don’t even know what my brand are. I bought them off an old fella selling his entire aquaponic setup.
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Is it clay balls you used for filtering?
Yes these were clay media balls used in aquaponics.
Thanks! :)
Just currious...how have the white clouds survived? Any problem with the barrel poluting the water?
G’day Michael. No issues. I just made an update video. It’s been 12 months. White clouds are thriving and breeding. Hope that helps.
@@Ozponds That is great! I am taking on this project. However, I am waiting for the barrel to leach itself of all the vino toxins. Should be good to go by spring.
Awesome!
Great video and thanks to share. I have a question , I am planning to buy a pond with a glass window ( 750 litre ). Will the bog filter be good enough to prevent algae building up on the glass windows?
You’ll still get some algae or film growing on the glass. One of those magnetic algae scrapers used in aquariums will make it easy to keep clean. 👍
@@Ozponds Wow, thats clever. Many thanks mate.😀
Where do you place the pump and how often do you need to maintain it?
“Pump the pump”?? Do you mean place the pump? It’s in the barrel and pumps water up into the bog filter, then gravity returns it to the barrel. I’ve cleaned the pump and bog filter once in the last 3 years.
@@Ozponds place, yeah. typo. thanks
what gravel are you using? and also in a set up like this , does the flow rate matter ?
The gravel in the actual pond part is just small aquarium gravel. The rock in the bog filter part is aquaponic clay balls. These were used cause they are light weight and I had them on hand. You could use pretty much any type of small rock.flow rates do matter. For a bog filter the slower the flow the better this allows the bacteria more time to work its magic. It also allows small solid particles to sink to the bottom of the filter so they don’t return to the pond. Hope that helps.
@@Ozponds Is the best way to achieve the slower flow rate a combination of plenty of rock/clay balls and not alot of holes in the PVC pipe?
I should really stay off TH-cam all these ideas I find. TH-cam and eBay will be the death of me.
😂 you and me both!
Can i use scoria rocks as filter media ?
Absolutely 👍
How many lph is the pump you run ???
stoneycut the pump I run in this is 500 lph. Bought on eBay for around $15-
Hummmm am thinking my 350 might not be good enough goin through bio then bog filter but still using a barrel
stoneycut should be ok as long as the head height is good. I’d love to hear how you go.
I have already got a set up with observer but was only using solar 200lph filter but am upgrading 2 bio and bog filter
stoneycut can’t beat a bog filter. I love em!