What does your pond look like ... Today?

[addy1]

The net might just be to keep herons from eating the fish. You can put a wider weave net over it, higher up. Mine is a 4 inch weave about 3 feet over the pond, draping down on the sides, over the big pond. Stopped the heron from snacking on my fish.

 

[addy1]

A few pond shots.

The lotus tub

lilies big pond

lilies hot tub pond

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I've been having some bog flowage issues this year. I can turn off the waterfall valve and have all the water go to the bog and it flows just fine, then I turn the flow back on to the water fall, and over the course of about 24 hours, the bog slows down to almost no flow again. I dug down just a little bit and it doesn't seem that the pea gravel is overly dirty and clogged, so maybe it's plugging inside of the PVC, which would require serious bog construction. Unsure as of right now what I'm going to do.

 

[addy1]

Could your pump be losing power? Can you get a snake into the bog lines see if you can push it through without issue?

 

[Lisak1]

Can you describe your bog construction a bit? Is there a way to reverse the flow?

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Could your pump be losing power? Can you get a snake into the bog lines see if you can push it through without issue?

I don't think the pump is losing power, but I don't know. It seems like the water is just finding the easier exit, which is the waterfall. I'm not really sure there is a way to do much of anything other than dig it up.

Can you describe your bog construction a bit? Is there a way to reverse the flow?

There isn't. I didn't really construct it in that type of way.

 

[addy1]

Bummer............mine dead end, didn't put in any clean out piping, but I think because I do not pull water from the bottom of the pond and have a leaf basket any large debris does not make it into the bog piping.

 

[gliebig]

Sorry for all the pics. I haven't posted here in a while and it's been even longer since I took the net off the pond to enjoy it.
So here's some pics of the pond and the mutts.

 

[gliebig]

 

[j.w]

Beautiful pond, fish and fish guard dog

 

[mrsclem]

Looks like you've got some fat egg laden females!

 

[Rex]

@gliebig - I like that yellow koi

 

[addy1]

Looks like you've got some fat egg laden females!

@gliebig is gonna be a fish grand parent.

 

[addy1]

A few more shots, had time to play a bit today. This is around 2 feet deep, didn't notice one of our gals landing on the lily,

 

[Lisak1]

I don't think the pump is losing power, but I don't know. It seems like the water is just finding the easier exit, which is the waterfall. I'm not really sure there is a way to do much of anything other than dig it up.




There isn't. I didn't really construct it in that type of way.

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So it flows fine when you turn the waterfall down, meaning it's looking for more pressure. But it doesn't instantly slow down when you turn on the waterfall, just gradually. That's a puzzler... where is your pump in relation to your bog? And is the waterfall on the opposite side of the bridge?