Greetings,
From my limited time on this forum, it seems as though quite a number of members here have in the past and/or are currently using "bogs" as their primary pond filtration? Most of my pond-related forum activity has been on sites which were more "Koi-focused," and the term "bog" tends to be a bad word among Koi purists -- (probably because Koi tend to be fairly big, messy fish, and most backyard-scaled bogs might be pretty challenged to keep up with the waste load). At any rate, I have a small-ish pond in yard (right now about 1300 gallons, but I may lower that a bit) which has more conventional Koi-pond type filtration. I am not satisfied with the outcome; the filtration -- for one thing -- is far too industrial-looking. . I am now seeking a more landscape-integrated approach, and the idea of a bog appeals to me. Towards that objective, I was wondering if there might be a few construction-oriented threads which detailed some of the more successful approaches to bogs as pond filters? Photos and follow-ups (i.e. how it looked after a year, etc) would be most helpful.
Thanks for any helpful replies.
From my limited time on this forum, it seems as though quite a number of members here have in the past and/or are currently using "bogs" as their primary pond filtration? Most of my pond-related forum activity has been on sites which were more "Koi-focused," and the term "bog" tends to be a bad word among Koi purists -- (probably because Koi tend to be fairly big, messy fish, and most backyard-scaled bogs might be pretty challenged to keep up with the waste load). At any rate, I have a small-ish pond in yard (right now about 1300 gallons, but I may lower that a bit) which has more conventional Koi-pond type filtration. I am not satisfied with the outcome; the filtration -- for one thing -- is far too industrial-looking. . I am now seeking a more landscape-integrated approach, and the idea of a bog appeals to me. Towards that objective, I was wondering if there might be a few construction-oriented threads which detailed some of the more successful approaches to bogs as pond filters? Photos and follow-ups (i.e. how it looked after a year, etc) would be most helpful.
Thanks for any helpful replies.