I come back to rewatch this quite regularly. Feel like i should do you the courtesy of dropping a comment to say how much i appreciate this content. Cheers man. Great stuff
Very nice pond mate, simple and fast to build. Thank you. Am going to start one next week, and I did this one last search, for building material ideas, and I ended up here. Am gonna do it with wood, simply because I can't spent anything at the moment, and I already have wood boards and some rocks for the bottom so that the wood doesn't sit on soil. Then when the opportunity comes, probably in a month, gonna buy that liner.
The main reason the water is so clear is no fish! I run a small trickle filter (box with foam and plastic pipe bits) that acts as a biological filter. Lots of tadpoles and snails currently in the pond, water still very clear
Thank you, it has continued to be very successful, the only mistake was water mint. It grows like wildfire, but is easily cut back. In the recent very hot weather all the frogs have moved back in!
Hi nick, love the idea of a raised pond. Was just wondering how much sun your pond gets in the height of summer? I have a south facing garden.... that gets very hot and sunny and was worried about lots of green algae. Thanks for the great video, and content :)
Hi Kerry Yes it gets lots of sun, but as its main job is a wildlife pond I have let the oxygenating plants run fairly wild, there are a good amount of water soldiers and lily's too. All this makes for not a lot of open water. I also run a small pump going through a small uv unit and then a box trickle filter. None of this was essential but can be found on the likes of ebay or gumtree for under £50 if you search and wait, these resulted in very clear water from day 1. I am expecting frog action any day now and will post an updated video on how everything is going with the pond.
I have a couple of frog ladders, they are just planks of wood 3 inches wide and lent against the outside at 45 degrees. the frogs are back in already this year, I also have created a pile of cut branches (about 4 inch thick) at the other end as a sort of habitat, they can climb that too
Mind if I ask Nick? Is it better to site a pond like this in sun, shade or somewhere in between. Looks like your's is in full sun but I have a dappled sun area I'd like to try this out on. (Great video by the way :))
I used internal corner brackets, think two sides of a square tube screwed to each sleeper. They didn't need to be too strong as the weight of the sleepers was enough! They just stop anything moving
@@vmaxfr Many thanks for reply, I can now see from one of your pictures what you mean, I'm planning on one end being a raised area a rockery or similar, cheers.
Well with no fish and lots of plants, it's off to a good start, but I did cheat slightly. I had an old trickle box filter and a small 15 watt uv unit, so I put a pump in at a slow speed and feed the water through the uv and into the box filter, then back to the pond, probably less than 100 litres an hour. The water stays crystal clear, and that's great as it is so full of insect life and frogs, tadpoles, the odd newt etc
hi, I love the pond, do you get lots of mosquitoes breeding in it? How do you prevent this if you dont have fish? I was thinking of making one and put a few little rice fish or white clouds in just so they will eat the mosquito larvae. We live in the sub tropics, and mosquitoes are a big problem here. thank you!
Hi Margarete, no i don't have a mosquito problem in the pond, there is enough wildlife in the pond that probably feeds on the larva. where we live in the uk we are only a mile from a large estuary that itself has marshland and a major mosquito problem, but they don't seem to breed in my pond (luckily)
You don't need a filter if you don't have koi. That is why fish shops sell small koi quite cheap. They know you'll be back a year later spending hundreds trying to get the water clear!
I use an old box trickle filter (foam and media) and a 15watt uv. I only use them as i had them doing nothing, that said they keep the water very nice and the amount of life in the pond is unbelievable
One solution is to get it as level as possible and then overhang the edges with coping stones at the high parts, that will hide the mismatch, failing that any plant/marginals will soon grow hiding the edges
Basicly no For two reasons, koi are messy fish and require good filtration, and secondly fish like koi in a wildlife pond will eat all the wildlife. I don't use any chemicals in my wildlife or koi ponds
Brilliant! I would never have dreamed this....but am going to try it in my Ohio, USA garden. Thank you for sharing this video!
I come back to rewatch this quite regularly. Feel like i should do you the courtesy of dropping a comment to say how much i appreciate this content. Cheers man. Great stuff
Thank you, that means a lot to me, I'm hoping when I find time to do my follow up video,
Lockdown wasn't all bad 😉
You can get fish eggs from plants, I bought some hornwort for my wildlife pond and ended up with 30 goldfish
Were they already in the plant you bought
Very nice pond mate, simple and fast to build. Thank you.
Am going to start one next week, and I did this one last search, for building material ideas, and I ended up here. Am gonna do it with wood, simply because I can't spent anything at the moment, and I already have wood boards and some rocks for the bottom so that the wood doesn't sit on soil. Then when the opportunity comes, probably in a month, gonna buy that liner.
it looks brilliant and love the way the cobbles lay beneath the surface, and I just can't believe how clear the water is!!
No fish, and a cheap box trickle filter
That’s a great pond mate . I’ve done a decent wildlife pond in the ground but think I might also do one above ground like yours.
Go for it!
Looks amazing
Great job, nice inspiration. Thank you for sharing and hope to see more.
Looks marvellous and a great inspiration! Thank you for the video.
Love the pond & enjoyed the video, thanks.
Thanks for sharing this Nick. A superb little pond and an inspiration for one that I will build shortly.
Thank you Mark, it has developed wonderfully this year. I must say if I was to live anywhere else in the world it would be New Zealand 👍
Beautiful job. enjoyed this so much
Thank you
frogs what are you doing ? 6:24
Fish are a good addition to keep mosquito population down
Looks fantastic
Love it , I’m building one my self how do you keep the water so clear ?
The main reason the water is so clear is no fish!
I run a small trickle filter (box with foam and plastic pipe bits) that acts as a biological filter. Lots of tadpoles and snails currently in the pond, water still very clear
What a great habitat for wildlife. Looks really nice
Just wanted to say what a lovely wildlife pond. Definitely food for thought 💡 many thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you, it has continued to be very successful, the only mistake was water mint. It grows like wildfire, but is easily cut back. In the recent very hot weather all the frogs have moved back in!
Nice pond and video!
Thank you very much
Amazing. I am just in the process of starting one and can’t wait, thanks for sharing
Good luck, great time to start it. Show us the results 😊
Beautiful thanks for sharing nice vid subbed 🙋🏾♂️
Thanks for the sub!
This is great thank you for sharing 😊
haha I love that you started with no fish and now have 2. I hope to achieve the same thing. I love watching nature do its thing!
Very nice pond! Would you share how you maintain the pond during big rain storms? or other things to be mindful of
Wonderfully well done.
Thank you
Those large resin potters work really well as long as they aren't drilled of course
Lov this..😊😊
Very nice pond
Hi nick, love the idea of a raised pond. Was just wondering how much sun your pond gets in the height of summer? I have a south facing garden.... that gets very hot and sunny and was worried about lots of green algae. Thanks for the great video, and content :)
Hi Kerry
Yes it gets lots of sun, but as its main job is a wildlife pond I have let the oxygenating plants run fairly wild, there are a good amount of water soldiers and lily's too. All this makes for not a lot of open water. I also run a small pump going through a small uv unit and then a box trickle filter. None of this was essential but can be found on the likes of ebay or gumtree for under £50 if you search and wait, these resulted in very clear water from day 1. I am expecting frog action any day now and will post an updated video on how everything is going with the pond.
Very cool! Did you ever find out what species of fish got into your pond?
Yes it was a rudd
amazing!!
Very inspiring. I have a Koi pond however the fish either eat or destroy my plants. Very beautiful
I have a koi/fish pond too, that's why I built this. My koi pond has about 20 clumps of frogspawn
Hi, great pond! Can you show us how the frogs enter the it? I mean, it's above ground...
I have a couple of frog ladders, they are just planks of wood 3 inches wide and lent against the outside at 45 degrees. the frogs are back in already this year, I also have created a pile of cut branches (about 4 inch thick) at the other end as a sort of habitat, they can climb that too
Mind if I ask Nick? Is it better to site a pond like this in sun, shade or somewhere in between. Looks like your's is in full sun but I have a dappled sun area I'd like to try this out on. (Great video by the way :))
Much better in the sun, some dappled shade is OK but full shade you will struggle
That looks great. What do you do to keep your water so clear?
I had an old box trickle filter and a 15 watt uv, mind you I've not changed the already old bulb or cleaned the filter since i set it up
Hi, just what I was looking for , can you tell how you fixed the sleepers so they don't move, thanks.
I used internal corner brackets, think two sides of a square tube screwed to each sleeper. They didn't need to be too strong as the weight of the sleepers was enough!
They just stop anything moving
@@vmaxfr Many thanks for reply, I can now see from one of your pictures what you mean, I'm planning on one end being a raised area a rockery or similar, cheers.
Stunning pond. What are the smaller pads? Frogbit?
Ill have to check for you, just like lily pads but yes very small. ill find out
Wonderful video, how do you manage to keep the water so clean?
Well with no fish and lots of plants, it's off to a good start, but I did cheat slightly. I had an old trickle box filter and a small 15 watt uv unit, so I put a pump in at a slow speed and feed the water through the uv and into the box filter, then back to the pond, probably less than 100 litres an hour. The water stays crystal clear, and that's great as it is so full of insect life and frogs, tadpoles, the odd newt etc
Great pond idea 👍💚 & hi 👋 from CHIPS WORLD
Thank you fellow pond builder 👍
@@vmaxfr your very welcome Nick 👍 ✅ CHIPS WORLD
Any footage of the fish pond. Do you change the water? Fabulous pond, so inspired!
Hi Peter, I'll take some fish pond footage on the next nice day, it's gone back to winter this week, no, I've never changed the water.
@@vmaxfr amazing, I loved it thx. Yes would love to see your pond!
hi, I love the pond, do you get lots of mosquitoes breeding in it? How do you prevent this if you dont have fish? I was thinking of making one and put a few little rice fish or white clouds in just so they will eat the mosquito larvae. We live in the sub tropics, and mosquitoes are a big problem here. thank you!
Hi Margarete, no i don't have a mosquito problem in the pond, there is enough wildlife in the pond that probably feeds on the larva. where we live in the uk we are only a mile from a large estuary that itself has marshland and a major mosquito problem, but they don't seem to breed in my pond (luckily)
Could you tell me what plants you have put in please ?
Time for an update video, please
OK Peter, I'm up for that, busy Easter weekend at work, give me a few weeks and I'll make one. It's still going strong 😁
Inspired by this. What water filling/filtering system do you have, if any?
You don't need a filter if you don't have koi. That is why fish shops sell small koi quite cheap. They know you'll be back a year later spending hundreds trying to get the water clear!
I use an old box trickle filter (foam and media) and a 15watt uv. I only use them as i had them doing nothing, that said they keep the water very nice and the amount of life in the pond is unbelievable
The pond weed ends up taking over if you dont get heaps of it out 😆
well yes, the watermint is amazing for attracting bees but omg do you have to hack it back harshly!!
I'm having trouble installing my preformed pond it's plastic and I cannot get the level right
I've filled it and emptied it twice already
One solution is to get it as level as possible and then overhang the edges with coping stones at the high parts, that will hide the mismatch, failing that any plant/marginals will soon grow hiding the edges
can we keep kois in wildlife above ground pond without filter and chemicals
Basicly no
For two reasons, koi are messy fish and require good filtration, and secondly fish like koi in a wildlife pond will eat all the wildlife.
I don't use any chemicals in my wildlife or koi ponds
Intriguing with the fish. What kind of fish?
They where Rudd, now caught and in my fish pond
Wildlife pond all day long.
Much more interesting and variation.
Fish and wildlife/ plants generally do not mix well.
Definitely interesting, I'm planning on an underwater video camera 😁
The newt likely got eaten bij the beatles.
(once it rains fish can survive mars nature)