Lovely, you have done a fantastic job and I will be watching the other vids prior. We all have a list of what we could have done better and the first thing we all do once the pond is done is to set about changing it 😅. Love the shingle bed and such a great idea on the slotted pipe, if you had done this years ago and I had found it I might have a very different pond now instead of a tank with a bottom drain but I may move one day so.... Enjoy what you have created
The pond is amazing looks incredible. Really looking forward to seeing how it works over time. I'm a novice, I inherited a pond going on 5 years now and I'm trying to learn what's best and what works and really appreciate people like yourself sharing their journey 👍
@@JDsmudandmac thanks for the kind words! I will be breaking down various aspects of the pond and explaining them very soon to help out as much as possible.
I really enjoyed the "mistakes I made" bit and "what I'd change". As I'm planning on building something very similar....now the wife has agreed😂 this video has helped me make some decisions. Great video and beautiful pond
Hey mate, this was interesting and informative, TY for the link. Also, I wouldn't say these were mistakes, more like learning curves. 😊 Subbed, looking forward to your future projects 🤩🙂
Thanks! I guess techincally only the filter pit was a mistake as all the rest I knew i was going to be doing anyway :') I guess they are more 'things not done by the book'! Thanks for the sub!
Thanks! Exactly that, fortunately most of these ‘mistakes’ I knew I’d be making before hand so I could put in measures to make the risk as low as possible :)
i would say large rocks at the bottom but to be honest you could have used a bio falls filter instead no need for all that equipment maybe enlarge wetland filter a little but not by much. I guess its a drum filter I really think people spend too much on filters when nature can do much of this for you... Your underground filter idea may work based on the snorkel aquascape technique but i think the slits in the pipe may be a little narrow. Saying that Im one for giving advice with my surge and box filter system with clear pipe. Theirs no wrong way to do a pond. I love the way youve made your pond stand out. Well done on the subs in such a short time. As for your decking you could create a steal hinge system that will hold the decking up. also a much safer way too. its not too late to build this into your design.
Am looking at building pond I was going to use a pressurised unit that feeds a bog made from a 300lL preformed just because I've got it but also have huge drum barrel that could use instead...not sure which one to go with the barrel holds more I think but the preformed could have more plants in
@@bobbyknox9258 thanks for watching! In my experience, having done my first suction grid 10 years ago and the bottom still being clean, the waste does make its way through. I do fully get your logic though and if I hadn’t of done so many myself, I would 100% agree with you!
@@KoiBoyUK but is it a case of the crud having to break down in the water column in order for it to get pulled through the slits in the pipe. Anyway the pond looks great 👌
@@bobbyknox9258 yes that’s the only downfall. But at the same time it’s not that different from when a filter catches waste and it’s sitting there for a weeks/months before you clean it. Pros and cons to everything I guess. Thanks for sharing your views on this, it will make for a good video in the future :)
I think the recommended size of bog for that pump is 2 m3 minimum. The slower the better. Absolutely top job. You'll need to train a child to do the maintenance. Lol.
@@dyljackson9839 thanks! I need to add it up properly but I’ll be doing a breakdown on this in the near future, there are many features that could be a lot cheaper and obtain very similar results.
