Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with everyone 👍 A channel called Leave Curious is starting an initiative to create 23 million ponds in the UK. I believe that is how many gardens there are in the UK. It doesn't matter what size the pond is, or if the pond has any fish. The idea is that a network of antenna's can make our phones work, and a network of small ponds all across the UK, and preferably around the world, can do the same thing for nature. I absolutely love the idea.

@Ozponds

7 күн бұрын

What a wonderful ambition.

In my small pond, I put the pump in a five gallon tree planter pot, I made additional holes. I filled it with the bio balls and small stones. It’s been a week and so far it’s clear. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I also added two planters with stone and iris.

@Ozponds

4 күн бұрын

Nice one 👍

Sold my first pond recently. Working on it today. Appreciate all your videos in helping to learn this stuff.

Thank you kindly for all the video's. I managed to use a broken pre-mold pond, patched holes with gorilla tape, followed your strategy lairing the rock to make an above ground bog. Also bought that fitting you recommended, added pvc as the out going into an above ground, simple concrete 2x2x12 ft rectangle for comets (cheap, all I need for right now). added healthy pond bacteria tabs right into the intake to the bog (got injected directly into the stones). CRYSTAL clear water in no time. Somehow managed to get tadpoles in the bog within the first couple of weeks, in an above ground (shrugging shoulders). Using pool noodles for floating baby plants like basil. The ultimate goal is to actually use this setup for growing veggies aquaponic (at the very least stuff the chickens will love). If I didn't live all the way in the states, we would have made a killing working together! Keep up the great work!

@Ozponds

5 күн бұрын

Great to hear. Well done 👍

Im working on an intake bay on my pond at the moment 😂 this video literally could not have come at a better time. Thanks!!

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

Awesome 👍. Good luck with your project.

Another great video Kev. Love your info, delivery and videos . Keep up the good work mate. All the best from England Craig

@Ozponds

7 күн бұрын

Thanks for the support and encouragement 🍻

@vikinggardencreations

6 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds you’re very welcome Kev

I L-O-V-E your videos...!! Shovel digging a swim pond right now on My two acres. 😊

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

Thanks mate. My back feels your pain. It will be a great achievement once your done though 👍

Great videos - keep going 💪!!

So nice. Thumbs up 👍 button tickled to feed the algorithm monsters....

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

😊🍻👍

I hope someday I have a big pond that needs an intake bay!

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

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@Ozponds

Күн бұрын

Good luck with your project 😊👍

hi kev, I am sooo happy to have found your videos on your channel. thanks a lot for making your experience and knowledge available to us. I am dreaming to have a pond on my land too one day and would love to get the pdf you mentioned. however, unfortunately paypal stopped working in turkey since a couple of years. I would be so happy if I could pay with my credit card directly. can you please help me do this? all the best, melda

@Ozponds

5 күн бұрын

On the website send me an email 👍

Nice video Kev, when is your birthday? You deserve a little cash for a "THANK YOU"

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

😂 no mate you’ve already given enough. You’ve been a fantastic supporter 🍻

Hey Kev! I just finished a very large (2.5 tons of gravel) "Bog river" addition to my goldfish pond fed by a rock fountain and draining back to the pond. It is working great, but now I'm thinking about what the heck I am to do for winter time. We get well below freezing here and questions arise in how to prep correctly: Should I keep water flowing through the bog during the winter? Is that at all useful, or is it too cold for beneficial bacteria anyway? Or should I pump it dry in winter prep?

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

They say that the bacteria goes dormant under 10C. I’m skeptical there must be bacterias that continue to operate in low temps. My water is currently about 5C (winter here), I keep everything running. So my answer, if you can keep it all running, if you can’t make sure no water is left in the plumbing lines when you shut down for winter.

Great work good sir!

Hi Kev😊. Thanks for all your videos. Very informatives. I am looking to build a 2.4m circular pond (ideally 60 cm deep to give plenty room for the goldfishs to swim). I have the liner & underliner. I also got 2x 100 liters rain barel tanks with lid. 2 full black plastic pipes of 27 cm in diameter and about a meter long each which i can cut in half to use for intake build. I also have a 60 cm black bin which i wanted to use in the middle of the pond to create like a little island and fill with stones and plants. I will try hook up 2 pumps to a solar system (another on going project). I will have a lots of plants so i hope they do most the cleaning. Do you reckon i should build some type of intake like this for such small pond? The pumps I was thinking of using were 2 x 800liters/h. I am conscient that it is a bit on the weak size but wanted to keep my project on the cheapest scale possible. Would you have perhaps any suggestions of optimum design? Thanks. Lilian.

@Ozponds

6 күн бұрын

An intake bay should prevent your pumps needing regular maintenance, but it might ruin the look of your perfectly circular pond. Have you seen how I place the pumps in my small ponds with a filter sponge over the top?? Something like that might be better for you.

@VerdantSoul

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for your reply. I can't recall that one. I'll have to run through your videos then. Thanks

Thanks

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for your generosity 😊🍻

@wingnut6472

7 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds G'day Kev,I made a bog filter for my Koi from your videos,working a treat,saved so much time now not cleaning the filter,crystal clear after a couple of days,first flush after 2 weeks,put some pitcher plants and rock orchids in the garden,put pumice stone cause I had some and opal potch with a bit of colour for bling.We love it,get yourself a beer champ luv your work,👍🍺

@Ozponds

7 күн бұрын

@@wingnut6472 so good to hear, this is why I go on and on about filters. 🍻

3:58 - "liner in front of void space" - what is the role of the liner in this situation?

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

Same as the excavated shelf. Move water up over the top to create a weir. The shallow water, high flow creates that surface tension that pulls in debris.

Not related to the video but I remembered you keep certain rainbow fish in your ponds. I was wondering if you could tell me what species they are. I see your ponds are at 5C at the moment, and mine rarely get that low. Might be worth experimenting with a few if I can get my hands on some. Cheers!

@Ozponds

7 күн бұрын

The common name is Murray River Rainbow fish, this is their Latin name- Melanotaenia fluviatilis. I have a feeling though many species are sold under the same name and come from much warmer waters.

What do you think about using used billboard tarp as pond liner?

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

I’m not familiar with billboard tarp so I can’t really comment.

@SherrickDuncan

8 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds It's the vinyl that all billboards are made of.

Do you have any guides on setting levels when building the pond. How do you know the shelf will be the right height without empying and digging more ?

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

I’ve just finished recording a video on that topic. I think it will go live in 2 weeks.

@n_dawson

8 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds thanks love your channel and your ponds. I suppose a laser level is the trick. Need to also check the pond edges for low spots.

@Ozponds

7 күн бұрын

@@n_dawson pretty much. Water finds its own level so I fine tune at the end on my simple ponds.

Can i add sponges to bog filter? It can creat so much BB.

@Ozponds

6 күн бұрын

Of course. I’d just put them at the top.

@kamleshkarade6791

4 күн бұрын

Thanks😊

do you have a VOD about Mosquitoes?

@Ozponds

5 күн бұрын

Yep 👍

I still never got my pdf. The website takes me round in circles

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

Send me an email, I’ve just woken up and I’ll send you a link 👍

@donna-marielee5271

8 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds what is your email? The “contact me” on your website is just a link to KZread and a donate option.

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

I wish I get bombarded by emails. It’s right at the bottom of the page. kev@ozponds.com

@Ozponds

8 күн бұрын

I see in my emails you mentioned Facebook. I don’t have a Facebook account for ozponds, whoever that is, is not authorized by me.

@donna-marielee5271

5 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds how do I get your email?