Tips for INTAKE BAY and BOG FILTER Plumbing in a DIY garden pond

Checking out my neighbor's pond with all the plumbing finished and initial rocks in. Hopefully a good reference if you're looking to do something similar.

[@milothechihuahuabrunetandmommy]

Its beautiful thank you for sharing God bless you always have a beautiful day

[@cindyhmcdaniel4977]

Great to see your vid on building the bog stream and
Piping design. !!!

[@pinayjunglehome4737]

awesome! I used my bog filter a stock tank even my pond bcoz its really hard to dig here I live here in vegas

[@thefrogbath]

External bog filters like that work really well too, great idea on the stock tank! I have seen a lot of build like that but don't have any personal experience with them.

[@oreospapa]

Can you post a link to the plastic vault in the intake bay? I'd like to learn more about it

[@thefrogbath]

This is pretty similar to what I bought when I built the pond: Little Giant SF 31-Gallon a.co/d/18uecAZ

[@danielmerrell8926]

would be much easier and cheaper to use perforated land drain than flex pvc as the pipe is flexible cheaper and already has slits in it perfect for your bog

[@thefrogbath]

The thing is you don't want slits for the entire run, so you'd have to work out how to connect the ADS drain pipe to the check valve . All the drainage pipe I've seen is corregated so there'd be some figuring out to do on that connection.

[@danielmerrell8926]

@@thefrogbath rubber boot and a hose tail job done that will get you down to what ever size you like

[@visgotti]

ozponds recommends using a breather pipe in the bog instead of a check valve since they can fail, have you experienced the check valve ever failing?

[@thefrogbath]

I've gone a few years without a failure but it is possible. Most important thing is accounting for a power failure whether a breather or check valve.

[@luudantu7211]

Is the flexible PVC inside diameter 2" or 3" ?

[@thefrogbath]

What you need will depend on the pump model you select. My neighbor and I have the same pump and in our case we use 1.25" ID flexible PVC also sold as "spa tubing" from local big box hardware stores. Around here 25' is about $115. This fits directly onto the largest quick coupler that is packaged with our pump.