Hoffman's Garden Center - Benefits of a Bog

Although the word "bog" may have a nasty connotation, building a "bog filter" for your pond or water garden is extremely beneficial & simple.

Adding a bog to your pond is helpful in many ways:

#1 - An Extra Filtration System - Running your pond water through a bog full of aquatic & marginal plants acts as an extra, natural filtration system. It will help you on your quest to have cleaner, healthier water.

#2 - A Second Habitat - The natural setting of a bog will attract & give safe harbor to semi-aquatic life - newts, salamanders, insects & particularly frogs & toads. Here, these sorts of life forms can thrive without threat of being eaten by the fish in your pond, thus adding more life & action to your water garden setting.

#3 - No Extra Food For Your Fish - Some fish, particularly larger Koi, love to eat the plants - like the Anacharis & Hornwort - you have placed in your main pond. You can't blame the little guys, but they are not only eating your plants, they are munching away at your pond's filtration = less clean & clear water = a less healthy pond environment. Adding a bog provides a filtration system that these hungry fish cannot destroy.

#4 - Added Beauty - Your imagination is the only limit when building your bog filter. Using aquatic plants & marginals, you can create another attractive addition to your pond.

Here at Hoffman's Garden Center, we use bogs (see the pictures above) as an additional filtration system to the mechanical pumps & filters, for the new fish shipments we have received. As you can see, it makes for a very attractive setting for the fish during their quarantine & more importantly cleans the water & provides them a healthier environment.

And over only a few months, the plants in our bog have tripled in size (compare the first & second pictures to the rest)! The nutrients they absorb as they filter the water have acted as a natural fertilizer for them!

Mechanical filtration is a must. Additives & treatments help, but they are only a quick fix. Plants are the best water filtration a pond can have! And the addition of a bog will only help further.

If you have any questions about adding a bog to your pond, please stop in & ask us about it.

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