Beneficial bacteria for ponds| Do you need it? 

I watch your videos again and again. Thank you.

I just found your channel! Wow. Your information and the quality of your clips are fantastic. Thank you so much. I feel more confident in planning and siting the ponds I want to build in my garden

Great tips on adding beneficial bacteria. Love the topic.

I'm just planning to build my first pond. Your videos are some of the most helpful and informative I've found....thanks and hope you keep the great videos coming.

Another great video. I’m building a natural swimming pool and find great info from you pond builders. Aquascapes massive/massively expensive bog filters (and deep) aren’t the direction I’m going. Many European pools have been functioning well with shallow gravel bogs. Easier to build but might need a bit more cleaning. Some just have a flex pipe snaked around pushing water through shallow gravel without much thought of cleaning , flushing, etc. I see you’ve gone with a variation with a snorkel and void space. I’m thinking of running multiple 4” pipes close together (maybe 6” on center) on a manifold so to allow for settling within the pipes and easy clean out (reverse the flow and pump out occasionally). Large rocks will create voids around the pipes then cover with landscape fabric and add 12” of pea gravel and sand above. Another pool builder in the UK turned me on to the idea of the fabric with sand and gravel but his design simply pulls water with an airlift and won’t work because my bog is water falling into the pool. I won’t be dealing with fish waste so cleaning and settling area probably won’t be as critical as with a fish pond. Any thoughts and input would be appreciated. I like that you too think outside the box and are creative (and successful without dropping loads of cash!).

This is a great video. Thank you!!

Thank you so much Kev! You're videos are all very helpful! Wish you lived in Florida...lol

0:47 in. Yep, ya nailed it. I like a bit of Nitrosomonas on my Cornflakes.

Thank you

your video`s are great, you talk slowly, clearly and in normal terminology so that everyone can understand.

Nice info mate.... pond contractor myself and I'm always looking for videos with tips and tricks to help the business.... Thanks...

Great video and info. What type of rocks do you recommend to place on the bottom of the pond? As to benefit the Heath of the pond with the benéfica la bacteria they will generate.

Hey mate I have a frog pond out the back with tadpoles what native and fairly easy to find fish would live along side them well.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I am new to keeping Koi. Can you explain what happen to the nitrogen cycle after a heavy rain?

Hello, I was just wondering if you can do a video dedicated to underwater footage in your native fish pond? Best tips I can give you is to keep the camera in the same spot for at least 30min before changing location and best to aim it slightly up since it collects more light and looks a lot more interesting than looking down. Also have you noticed any Murray river rainbow recruitment or fry yet? since summer is there breeding season

Green water can be your best friend. You as pond owner hate it but the fish love it (as long as it not too thick and taking away the oxygen). Green water indicates too many fish, overfeeding, insufficient filtration, and/or some other intervention such as over cleaning, medication treatment, etc. Taking away your obvious indicator can lead to more severe problems. I would limit food for a few days, add nitrifying bacteria, and add a dozen or so food supplement tablets of Folic Acid, 800 mg each tablet, every day until green water clears up. Faster bacteria growth, healthier bacteria, and longer lasting into the cold months, and faster bacteria growth coming out of winter. Just my humble opinion and 25 year experience.

To increase surface area for bacteria to grow on, is it worth using the special noodles or Bacteria balls ? Also I assume rough rocks with lots of holes would be better than smooth polished rocks ? Especially for big filter etc ?

Thanks a lot ,your videos are very informative. One question i ask ,can we make these beneficial bacteria ourselves for our pond for a kick start for a newly set pond.

What about in an indoor 100gallon stock tank. I have several pothos, and a few other plant roots in it. Along with some fancy goldfish. My water parameters are not leveling out and I’m wondering if I need to give it a dose of BB.

Hi mate, with all the beneficial bacterias, is it safe to swim in the pond too? I have just built a natural swimming pool with some fish in it, and the water is not clear as yet.

I am guessing that "Splosht" may be one of the products you are referring to - if so, they say you have to drop in a sachet every 2 weeks (I presume all year round). But are you saying that it would be OK to ignore that advice and just drop in a sachet whenever the water goes unclear (eg. Start of Spring as you mentioned)? Then as soon as it clears up, just stop adding sachets until it goes unclear again? Secondly, if I did that, I would end up with leftover sachets of Splosht - if they were to sit there unused for too long, would they become ineffective do you think?

Hint when adding bacteria: Check the expiration date!

Can I get away with not adding beneficial bacteria in a pond equiped with a bog filter?

Where we can find that bacteria?