😂 well you know I love bogs. There’s loads of great ways to filter water. Most of them don’t deal with nitrates. In my ponds I don’t need water changes to dilute nitrates. Of course I’m lazy and my ponds are lightly stocked. So if I were overstocking or wanted to fatten the fish up quick it would be a filter I would consider, still probably in addition to a bog.
@Ozponds they are strictly a mechanical way of sifting all the incoming debris out of the water. Not going to give the benefits of your bog/wetlands method, but they do provide for less debris like leaves or grass chippings. I think your methods are the best. I just hate cleaning pump intakes
In my case there is no regulations, no inspections and none of that stuff to worry about. I do worry about the house falling down around me as there is no regulations, no inspection, and almost all government officials can be bought off.
I was too worried my council would say I need a fence, so I didn't ask 😉 Do you get bees and wasps hanging around your pond all summer? there are heaps of them every day drinking from my ponds, so I wouldn't be game to swim in mine even if it was big enough!
Florida is similar. There are more rules about ponds if you live in a wetlands area. I think it's mostly for livestock ponds, and not ornamental ones, and it's different depending on which county you live in.
We will have fencing ..as you say for peace of mind… and even if folks aren’t thinking about fencing around the finished product…as I was building…the last thing we needed on our farm was a hole being dug without some sort of fencing to keep people or animals from falling into the hole.
