I really appreciate your channel. And as a self-proclaimed ‘lazy’ person you seem to be a very busy and hardworking man. Lol

@Ozponds

16 күн бұрын

I’m lazy when it comes to maintenance. I need to set things up in a way that they can be neglected for extended periods of time.

always helpfull info from you. I'm planning my pond build, so every tip is usefull. Thanks from the other side of the globe. (Netherlands).🤙

@Ozponds

22 күн бұрын

Good luck with your build.

Kev has the best clips. I tapped the thumbs up 👍 button to feed the algorithm monsters.

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

Legend!🍻

Your videos are always helpful. Thanks Kev.

@Ozponds

28 күн бұрын

I appreciate the support 😊

It's so funny now, but at the time it was very annoying, it took me about three days to find out that my spirit level was defective. I only have a container pond, but I wanted the ground pretty level underneath. I kept adding sand, removing sand, showing I was level, then not level, etc. 😂

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

Oh that sucks! I must admit my patio pond is slightly uneven and it annoys the heck out of me.

@mtbhillbilly

28 күн бұрын

Try pumping the bubble lol

@Vikface1978

28 күн бұрын

@@mtbhillbillyplease explain?

laser level is the way to go for all levelling needs. it makes life so much easier.

Great video! This is one of my main concerns before starting.

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

Hope it helped. Good luck with your project 👍

Thanks Kev! This is actually helpful. Or will be if I decide to do it myself 😅

@Ozponds

28 күн бұрын

Either way I hope you end up with an enjoyable pond 👍

Thank you for the video

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

You're welcome 👍

I made the mistake to make the tiny stream in my pond system too small. When plants started to grow it started to block the water too much, and water would overflow. And another mistake that I made is that I made a barrel that is connected to the stream in which I grow yellow iris, but a single frog can block the outlet from the barrel just enough to make the water overflow the barrel. It were things that I did not keep in mind when I created my pond system. At some point in time I did lose a lot of water and it took me a while to figure out what was happening because initially I could not detect an obvious culprit for the loss of water. It drove me crazy. Until one day I saw the frog jumping away from me, and it was only then that I realized what was happening. 👍

@Ozponds

28 күн бұрын

Dams and low edges, it’s almost always where the leaks are.

🔥🔥🔥

What do you place on the ground around the pond to keep grass and weeds from growing right near the pond?

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

I have gardens all around my ponds. I mulch, use small shrubs and ground covers.

@deanvanlaarhoven1413

29 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds Thank you

Could you do a video on rec pond pumps, more on keeping electrical cords out of the water for safety

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

Ok. 👍

Have you ever tried to build a pond on a slope? Not a slight slope either but one that's steep enough there are considerations you wouldn't otherwise have with your usual ponds.

@Ozponds

28 күн бұрын

I’d love to build a pond on the side of a hill. Awesome negative edge waterfall, unfortunately my yard is pretty flat.

It'll be great when the 'authorities' change the rules and make everyone get a pool fence around their water features. For our safety of course I have 5 acres and will doing some landscaping and possibly a big pond. I also have a small dam that used to be faulty clear with reeds growing around it. Now it's more brown. I am thinking of playing around with a natural filter system for it to try it out.

@Ozponds

25 күн бұрын

Oh please no!

I've got to say social media is trying to keep you on my mind. I even see ozpond referred on FB now. 😂

@Ozponds

26 күн бұрын

😂 really?

Thank you for your hard work to make a gorgeous video like this! I have a question for you: could you please share how you can place a pump and how to connect that pump to your bog filter? through soft pipes or something? Also, how you can make a pump without paying too much? thx for your suggestion!!!

@Ozponds

25 күн бұрын

Have you checked out the plumbing videos?

@perternotpan

25 күн бұрын

@@Ozponds Sorry that i just noticed a video about plumbing. I am a highschool student who is trying to add a filtration system for my school's pond. can i add your Instagram or something? You are one of the professionals in this field on the KZread!!

@Ozponds

25 күн бұрын

@@perternotpan sorry I don’t have instagram.

Hello Kev, just finished my pond after two years of work where I've been looking for the leakage for one year. Finally all is done, now finishing the edges and the stream. Problem I have is that in very hot days temperature of my pond is 28 deg. C. I think that above 26 deg. C the bacteria start dying, how do you keep your water cool in australia, how is your temperature in australia, could you maybe make video about temperature, info about what is happening with bacteria and possibly what to do during and after hot days whan your water temperature increase? I can send you pictures of my pond which is inspired by your dream pond.

@Ozponds

27 күн бұрын

I’ve done one about cold temps. One about hot temps. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that bacteria dies at 26C. I tested my ponds recently and did a vid, I can’t remember what the temps were, that was early summer, I think.

This video was really useful and addresses the primary question I have right now. Our property came with a pre-dug pond area. It was primarily designed to hold water runoff, since we are on a slope. There is a channel about 10ft wide that very gradually declines in elevation until it widens into the pond area, which is about 40ft wide. And at this point of widening, there's no hard edge on the floor -- it's a gradual decline until the center of the pond. From the center of the pond to other end is a normal 5ft wall, basically a semi-circle, where can build a couple levels of of 2ft high ledges. How do you feel about only having walls on the back half of the pond area, while the other half (entry point) is a very wide, gradual slope? Eventually I know the water will self level upstream. My goal/hope is to convert the channel into a flowing stream, like yours, going into the recreation pond area. But I'm just not sure if I absolutely need hard edges all the way around.

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

From what you’ve told me I’m more concerned about the runoff and your intent on using it as a rec pond. Ponds in low areas, filled with runoff collect all kinds of nutrients, very hard to keep clean and clear.

Kev, maybe a silly question - what do you do with all of the excess soil? I plan to do a 50sft pond next spring and have no idea what to do with all the excess soil. It seems crazy to toss it in a dumpster or something but I have nowhere to put it...?

@Ozponds

28 күн бұрын

I spread it, even create a few mounds or contours to create interest in the garden.

Hi Kev, I have a question for you. I have a pretty big bog filter for my pond, and I must say it works great. I do have a sponge filter connected to my pump in the pond, is this necessary? I find myself cleaning this sponge more often than I would like appreciate any feedback, cheers!

@Ozponds

27 күн бұрын

I’d just give it a go. You can always put it back, if it creates problems.

Hey Kev, do you get aquatic blackfly and their larvae over in Oz? I'm finding them on my new-ish pond in the UK clinging onto my waterfall, they look like mosquito larvae and apparently the adults suck human blood. How do you handle these? I've been knocking them off into the pond and the fish eat them, but I can't get them all. Thanks!

@Ozponds

25 күн бұрын

I get some kind of fly larvae on the waterfall. I leave them, part of the ecosystem. A fly hasn’t killed me yet 😉

Which is why this realm is flat, not a spinning ball in vacuum.

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

🤣

dont you take into account curvature of the earth? or is water level levelled everywhere? is our spirit level as well?

@Ozponds

29 күн бұрын

🤣

@DrewsOnFirst

28 күн бұрын

just make sure you have your spirit level the right way up so its curve follows the curve of the ground.

@HTbdoo

28 күн бұрын

@@DrewsOnFirst prefer flying but thanks for grounding me