Author Topic: Pics of the Progress! (Read 2377 times)

bra8ndy8 · « **on:** March 20, 2009, 07:22:15 AM »

Well it's coming along!
Waterfall is working.....
filter up and running
Just waiting for it to cycle and the goldfish will have a nice big home!

I do have one question.....
I am wanting to put a bog area....and was wanting to some suggestions on what I should use.

Kat · « **Reply #1 on:** March 20, 2009, 08:36:49 AM »

The waterfall looks really nice

Looking forward to more pics as your lilies grow

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2009, 08:41:42 AM »

Thanks!!
I'm just soooooo ready for them to bloom!

jw · « **Reply #3 on:** March 20, 2009, 09:27:27 AM »

That's very nice and I love the way you stacked all the flat stone to make a long waterfall. It all looks just lovely. Your fish will be very happy.
janice

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2009, 11:38:52 AM »

Thank you!
We arranged the rocks about 50 million times to get the water to spread like we wanted it!

Rick · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2009, 05:28:28 PM »

Next step is koi!

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #6 on:** March 20, 2009, 06:59:53 PM »

You're goldfish will be very happy

Nice pond !
How deep is it ?

bonnie

marla · « **Reply #7 on:** March 20, 2009, 07:39:35 PM »

Looks really nice, I agree the goldfish will be swimmingly happy!!!

landey1230 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 20, 2009, 09:34:52 PM »

Here's a link that is helpful for a bog filter.

http://www.nelsonwatergardens.com/data/resources/other/1_Bog%20Filter%20Construction.pdf

I don't have the space for it, but looks like you have plenty of room in that huge yard. Your pond looks great.

marla · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2009, 05:31:38 AM »

landey1230, thanks for the link, I've often thought of doing one now I have a much better idea.......pitching it to DH will be the tricky part.

tootsie · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2009, 06:50:46 AM »

Boy, lots of work went into this project! I love the way you stacked the flat rocks too

Do you have more than one lily to a bin? Can't wait to see them in bloom

Ugh, it's cold and SNOW SHOWERS this morning

Oh, come on Spring, pretty please

Dkoinut · « **Reply #11 on:** March 21, 2009, 07:27:16 PM »

For what it's worth, that's going to be a real dirty job to clean when it's needed. Plus all the bad bacteria, and odors of hydrogen sulfide it will produce, if you plan on returning that bog filtered water to the pond. I'd recommend a better and much easer to maintain Anoxic filter pond. You get to have all the plants, minus all that gravel.

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:25:14 PM »

Thanks everyone for all the kind words!!

I got some of Kat's goldfish a couple of weeks ago and they have been living in a 100 gallon waiting for the pond to cycle!
Well it happened today!

So they went swimming in their new home!
It's 31 inches deep
And we built a separate tank that we are going to pump and have a spillout.....I'm going to put some planted bog plants....without the gravel, I have heard some good and bad things about that.
And if it's bad.....it's gunna happen to me!
Thank you for the compliments on the waterfall.....but I can defiantly say that I was in tooooo big of a hurry to use my brain....and I didn't rinse the rock before

and had to vacuum the mess out today! Ohh well you live and learn!
And it's only one lilly in each pot (Thanks to Kat again!

)

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #13 on:** March 22, 2009, 01:48:30 PM »

Very Nice!! Lucky you to live close enough to Kat!

Kat · « **Reply #14 on:** March 22, 2009, 02:01:01 PM »

Brandy, we all have done something like that so don't feel bad. I bet those goldfish are exploring every bit of their big new home. Have they come up for food yet?

Annette .... wait til she sees my tropicals in bloom. I wonder if she'll be able to resist getting some

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2009, 02:47:55 PM »

Ohhhh you can only imagine Kat's plants! They are gorgeous! And I know I won't be able to resist the tropicals!
They have been swimming and chasing each other non stop! They haven't came up for my food.....even the one I have had for 4 yrs.....I guess they are tooooo busy!

mcp · « **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:25:34 PM »

Great pictures of progress. Can't wait to see when every thing fills in and is blooming. Thanks for sharing.

Julles · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:08:28 PM »

Brandy, there is a difference between a bog and a bog filter. A plain old bog can be a muddy, smelly mess.

But a properly installed bog filter will put clean, fresh, healthy water into your pond, and give you beautiful, healthy plants and shallow water for birds and toads. In fact, it can be used to filter your entire pond.

It's all a matter of plumbing. Read that link above, from Nelson's Water Gardens. They use bog filters to filter ALL their ponds, and their place is gorgeous and perfectly clean - even the one that's way overstocked with fat, fat koi that get fed a zillion times a day by visitors plunking down 25c for a handful of feed from the machine.

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:37:41 PM »

Thank you Julles for the info!

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2009, 12:00:35 PM »

Here are some new pics! I picked up another lily and lotus from Kat....and a lot of goldfish!!!!!

I am just waiting 8-)~for some bog plants to come in the mail.

Kat · « **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2009, 12:04:31 PM »

Do I see 2 new boxes? I'm guessing the one is for a bog filter & the other is for regular garden plants? The Star decorations are so TEXAS

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 24, 2009, 01:18:04 PM »

Yes mam'
I planted Lavander and Pinkies in the planter.
And then the "bog" is hooked up to run the skimmer and makes a pretty big trickle that the fish like to play in. I'm going to add bog plants in pots.......I have my Holy Fire in there right now!

Loritx · « **Reply #22 on:** March 24, 2009, 01:39:05 PM »

Love the waterfall!! Is that Oklahoma Flagstone? I have alot of that arround my pond. I love the colors when it is both wet and dry!!

Now is the time to get everything going!!!

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 28, 2009, 03:44:46 PM »

I think it is Oklahoma flagstone..... I got it from a friend! It is really pretty!

Here are some updated pics....

My baby sophie watching the Fish eat!

First feeding!

Kat · « **Reply #24 on:** March 29, 2009, 05:37:52 AM »

Y'all did a great job

So where is the next pond going to be set up

bra8ndy8 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 29, 2009, 09:12:25 AM »

Thanks hun!!!
My husband was joking about adding another one and having the fish swim back and forth through tunnels! LOL I don't know if he was joking....