Bog filter for plants.

[addy1]

I put my tube in the bottom no sealing it drips right back into the pond. Corner planter bog for the hot tub pond.

 

[Lisak1]

that LAST sentence...

THE KITCHEN @brokensword ... he means THE KITCHEN.

You people...

 

[Laaf]

Hey, I did put a piece of cardboard down to protect the counter! I asked myself if it was ok to work in the kitchen, and I said yes!

You all inspired me with the waterfall weir idea. I bought a small 24$ one and cut it since I only needed the weir part, not the whole box thing. (by cut, I mean drilled a bunch of holes than used a jigsaw to cut through the holes). This is the fanciest of the 3 bogs I have done. I am great with drills, not so good with electric saws. I used a knife heated on the stove to cut through the plastic bin for the waterfall edge and caulked around it. (Caution with trying this one, I turned on the exhaust fan. But it could have been really toxic. I did not check. It did not smell bad to me.)

I was going to use a 3 inch round PVC pipe as the outlet. But the side of my bog container is at an angle and I could not figure out how to get the pipe in at an angle that would be at the right water level for the bog to drain. You can buy a drill bit that exactly fits PVC pipe sizes to make a perfect hole for an outflow.

The sticking up pipes will get covered by plants as they grow. This is not a forever bog. It is just as long as the plastic parts hold up. Which I hope is a few years.

I took pics of the pipes so people can see it. Basically, go play in the sprinkler/plumbing aisles and put together pipes/connectors that work for you. This time I did it all screw together so no glue. But that limited the diameter of pipes. There are so many ways to make a working bog.

I used drill holes vs slits in the bog pipes only because drilling is easier for me.

This is a small bog, 2 feet by 3 feet. So it is not as big a deal to remake and replace.

My dream is a larger inground pond and inground bog.

Here are the pics. Of course they posted in reverse order.

I do have the water tubing entirely in or over the pond. My main leak issue with my other bogs has been up and over the sides especially as the plant roots grow and push the rocks up and make little dams. On this one I made the outflow much bigger and much lower so I hope it never overflows on the sides.

I should have taken a pic of how cloudy my little pond got when I added the pea gravel to the bog. Even though I rinsed it first, the pond got totally murky. It has taken 24 hours for it to really clear back. Since the final pic I have added some Yerba Mansa cuttings from my neighbor. My first bog is solid with aquatic mint so I want to avoid it in this one.

The little 40$ 300gph pump puts out a really solid stream down this weir. (Not running in the pic)

 

[addy1]

Very nice job and write up!

 

[Faebinder]

It has been forever since I posted but here is my current set up which is similar to you and the bog got built by a handyman whom I paid to get the wood and put together with rebar and landscape glue. I’ll show pictures of the final results if I can remember to take one. This is just a month ago.

 

[Laaf]

Really nice Faebinder!

 

[brokensword]

Hey, I did put a piece of cardboard down to protect the counter! I asked myself if it was ok to work in the kitchen, and I said yes!

You all inspired me with the waterfall weir idea. I bought a small 24$ one and cut it since I only needed the weir part, not the whole box thing. (by cut, I mean drilled a bunch of holes than used a jigsaw to cut through the holes). This is the fanciest of the 3 bogs I have done. I am great with drills, not so good with electric saws. I used a knife heated on the stove to cut through the plastic bin for the waterfall edge and caulked around it. (Caution with trying this one, I turned on the exhaust fan. But it could have been really toxic. I did not check. It did not smell bad to me.)

I was going to use a 3 inch round PVC pipe as the outlet. But the side of my bog container is at an angle and I could not figure out how to get the pipe in at an angle that would be at the right water level for the bog to drain. You can buy a drill bit that exactly fits PVC pipe sizes to make a perfect hole for an outflow.

The sticking up pipes will get covered by plants as they grow. This is not a forever bog. It is just as long as the plastic parts hold up. Which I hope is a few years.

I took pics of the pipes so people can see it. Basically, go play in the sprinkler/plumbing aisles and put together pipes/connectors that work for you. This time I did it all screw together so no glue. But that limited the diameter of pipes. There are so many ways to make a working bog.

I used drill holes vs slits in the bog pipes only because drilling is easier for me.

This is a small bog, 2 feet by 3 feet. So it is not as big a deal to remake and replace.

My dream is a larger inground pond and inground bog.

Here are the pics. Of course they posted in reverse order.

I do have the water tubing entirely in or over the pond. My main leak issue with my other bogs has been up and over the sides especially as the plant roots grow and push the rocks up and make little dams. On this one I made the outflow much bigger and much lower so I hope it never overflows on the sides.

I should have taken a pic of how cloudy my little pond got when I added the pea gravel to the bog. Even though I rinsed it first, the pond got totally murky. It has taken 24 hours for it to really clear back. Since the final pic I have added some Yerba Mansa cuttings from my neighbor. My first bog is solid with aquatic mint so I want to avoid it in this one.

The little 40$ 300gph pump puts out a really solid stream down this weir. (Not running in the pic)

Looking good! I did something similar with a basement bog for over wintering turtles. One note; be watchful of that corrugated black hose as most here will tell you, it doesn't last and leaks develope.

For something as small/shallow, you could have just used 1" pvc, half as many runs, and cut slits rather than drill holes (a lot less work), and gotten the same results. For something this shallow, you easily could have nixed the cleanouts, too. Jmho.

 

[Faebinder]

My kids broke the obedient plant stalks but here it is..

 

[Faebinder]

It’s predominantly Ranchu, golden topminnows, dojo loaches and a couple of comets.

 

[addy1]

My kids broke the obedient plant stalks but here it is..

lol It is not very obedient, you can bend a stalk to make it grow a different direction. Break them they come back with more shoots, send out a new stem at every stem bud.

 

[Faebinder]

lol It is not very obedient, you can bend a stalk to make it grow a different direction. Break them they come back with more shoots, send out a new stem at every stem bud.

Yep already a small shoot with flowers is rising.

 

[addy1]

Yep already a small shoot with flowers is rising.

You can also break a branch off lay it down and you will have new plants all along the branch.

 

[Faebinder]

You can also break a branch off lay it down and you will have new plants all along the branch.

I should have attempted that... they were good stalks.

 

[addy1]

I should have attempted that... they were good stalks.

Try it you can multiple your plants quickly.

 

[Lisak1]

Try it you can multiple your plants quickly.

And she's not kidding when she says "quickly"!