DIY Mini *Wildlife* Pond. (step-by-step)

[@mbeezus]

You really made a stock pond form very lovely. Such a great budget example for others.

[@محتوىاليوم-ه4ث]

كرتون والله

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@Shae_francis]

underrated video. i rarely watch through a full pond or aquarium build on many channels! you put in a tonne of effort that was awesome

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@heyitsandyyy]

you should use lava rock in the filter, the porosity / surface area means it can hold many many times more beneficial bacteria than smooth stones. love the build!

[@danielingalls8980]

I want to ship you a pointed shovel good sir. It would make digging that pond a breeze lol. Fantastic looking ponds though, that bog filter is going to be a powerhouse. Great choice of plants too, good use of that corner space too🎉

[@reatreatseclusion9891]

Best natural diy pond video. Thank you so much you show and explained everything so well I actually feel confident enough to have a go at my first pond 😁

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Good luck with your pond build!! 😁

[@Buffy13131]

This was inspiring, thank you! You also addressed a couple things I could not find answers to in countless other pond/patio pond videos I have been pouring over. Well done.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it, and found it helpful! 😊

[@jackanddan]

The pups are always so good at supervising ehh? lol You shoulda kept the sink and hung it on the wall and made a waterfall out of it😀😀👍👍 Super fun project Ginger Fishy…..we hope you get some lovely little amphibious creatures in there to enjoy and observe….for sure you will with that inviting area you’ve made em!!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Yeah, I do think that sink is just screaming out to be some sort of water feature! 🌿👊

[@suzannemoran7281]

What a great wildlife pond you have built. It looks awesome. Thanks for naming all of the different plants you have added, thats really helpful. 😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, Suzanne! 😊

[@Kelsdoggy]

Me and My 3 year old daughter really loved that video! Thanks for doing such a great video and putting so many varieties of species in it. You have greatly improved that area of your garden

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

That’s awesome! Thank you!! I’m glad you both enjoyed it!

[@connieriddle5117]

Really enjoy watching your videos. Educational with plants that can go in a pond and that's what I am looking for as well as building and decorating the ponds for the fish. You make it look so easy. Also the filtering systems. Thank you. Keep posting and teaching, please.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! That’s very nice of you to say!! 😊

[@BLUEGREEN65]

Love this pond!!! And so cool to have a resident move in so quickly! 😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

I know! I honestly couldn’t believe how quickly that toad moved in. He’s stuck around aswell, I’ve seen him several times.. and he even hopped into the house the other day when I left the back door open!

[@gh6stki11a3]

That's one of my projects next spring. Had 2 summers in a row that I have had a frog visitor to my yard. So figured give them a pond. Enjoy your channel and projects. Thanks...

[@petelongrs]

Well done for including protection for the creatures with the pump, good idea. Good video.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@MrJmhess77]

Well done mate! This is def one of the better "preformed" pond build I've seen and Ive watched a lot. Keep it up

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, mate! 👊

[@dickiedavis5240]

Love this. Your videos are, without exception, excellent. Please keep them up!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, mate. I really appreciate that! 👊

[@bia984]

I was so happy to the the frog at the end. I hope you show more animals enjoying the pond later

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

I’ll defo do an update in the Summer to show it through all the seasons, and how it has matured over its first year!

[@fencer39]

Great video !......I think its probably the best I have seen on this subject. Very impressed !!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@moritzlaszlo3115]

I had good experiences with the following technique with premade ponds. Dig the hole a little bit bigger, level the plastic bin, on a sand bed, fill the pond half way up with water and then use a water/sand/earth slurry to fill up the gap between the pool and the ground sounding it. The gap will be perfectly closed. Then fill up the pool completely and repeat with the sand or mud slurry. It's a quick method.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thanks for the tips, I’ll defo put them to use if I do another of these preformed ponds!

[@Countrysidechickenfarm]

I like you work

[@slimsqde7397]

thats for the tip on adding water to the soil to fill the gaps, i was just gonna add it in dry

[@DarkangaelBrokenwing]

Appreciate you addressing the mini bog filter, and like the rest. My hubby and I also really enjoyed your accent. Would appreciate knowing country of origin since we have a friendly bet on which part of the world you are from.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! I’m from England - right in the middle.. so kind of a Midlander accent!

[@lighttrustx]

Love how natural you made that area 👌 would love to do something like this for my backyard one day

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! You should do it!! 👊

[@greenkitty6482]

Thanks for documenting the process, I enjoyed watching it very much😃

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@jamespalmer3716]

i love this channel and all your projects. there is only 1 downfall and its a huge downfall by the way.. there just isnt enough videos 😉 please keep them coming alot more often mate.. GREAT WORK AGAIN!!!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, mate! I shall try!! 😁👊

[@IgnaciaLopez-zg6ud]

Yyry🏆🏆🤭😢😢😮🐂😅

[@TinaTissue28]

I love this video! I like how it isn't "picture perfect" compared to the bigger youtubers pond diys. The little frog house is adorable and in Australia we call them "frog hotels"

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@c.a.parker5036]

I like the mini bog filter -- thanks for showing how you did that!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, I’m glad it was helpful! 👍

[@lisahardy4608]

Omg I love this channel. What an amazing yard you have designed and fish pond is lovely . Wish I could do things luke this. But hoping ur channel gives me the push I need.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! ☺️

[@harrysamuppet6804]

That looks fantastic. Well done!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@NobzLovesOutdoors]

Amazing transformation 😮😮

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@Hollywiththeflowers]

It’s brilliant! It’s inspiring me to buy a new pond liner, I’ve got a 50 litre one but I want to move up in the world. Thanks for the inspiration :)

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

That’s awesome! Good luck with your build!! 😁

[@wendye1048]

That's really nice... For where you are. Fully half of those plants are considered invasive in the US, and are restricted in many states. All of the floating plants, basically, and the irises.

[@messagegoeshere741]

We have lot of alternatives over here though. And you say restricted but Ive seen a few of those plants for sale at Home Depot? Edit for typo

[@ayuujang7678]

Amazing. I loved it. The frog house is so cute...

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Really hoping for frog spawn next Spring!!

[@AnneluvsKatz]

This is soooo very nice! How kind of you to provide for the wildlife❣️

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@Bob-ls7uf]

Fantastic project. Great work. 😀👍

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@PeterHatton-nm6rn]

I love the pre-filter idea. Thankyou.

[@heythereitsmeryan8753]

Wow... absolutely beautiful pond that u put in 🥰 one of my dreams if I ever have a garden ☮️ I was wondering if u could do an update video or short, on how it's going? I'd love to see all the animals in attracted. Thankyou for sharing.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Hi there, and thank you for the kind words! I’ve got an update video planned for the summer, so I can show how it did in its first year! It’s currently in winter mode so not too much going on, just a couple to birds drinking from it from time to time. Fingers crossed for some toad or frog spawn in the Spring!

[@heythereitsmeryan8753]

@GingerFishyOfficial looking forward to seeing the update video ☮️ thankyou

[@paulrichards2350]

Looks really good, love the way you show it step-by-step 👍🏻

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@Blumengruesse]

Stunning project!👍❤️

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@lovelyamerah]

Very inspiring video!! I hope to creat somthing like this next summer and have little frog 🐸 friends

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! And Good luck with your pond build!!

[@HomeWr3ckr74]

Gorgeous dude, well done friend

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thanks you!

[@bobby9791]

Great idea for a small pond and area. It looks great.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@RusticCreation7]

Your fish pond looks so clean and well-maintained! How often do you clean or change the water to keep it so clear?

[@garysgardenmaintenance]

I can’t believe I hadn’t subscribed to you. Your diy pond and filter gave me the idea for my pond! Looks amazing!!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, bro! 👊

[@jamessewell6358]

I just dug a massive hole . I made it work though loads rock rocks and broken slabs loads of wild plants . And brought six pond plants looking good ly

[@funkefarm]

Wow, that is beautiful

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😁

[@kurtmikolajewski7907]

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[@mistychurch6908]

That is absolutely stunning! I love it!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@alessandrodesouza4856]

Adorei suas dicas e ideias de montagem desse laguinho só com plantas. Também pretendo aproveitar um espaço pequeno aqui no quintal para realizar um projeto que já tenho em mente... Agradeço por compartilhar sua experiência.

[@enviipond]

This is a fantastic video, really well done! 🐸

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 👊

[@matthewsmith22]

Lovely build!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, mate! How’s your ponds doing this season?

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

LOVING THIS! Gonna browse your archived vids. Subbing! 😊😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 👊

[@taolano]

Nice one. Keep it up. viewer from the Philippines🇵🇭

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@lucasmeridius1525]

Great project. Informative as always

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@jamessewell6358]

Lovely job mate . I do think you put to many plants bud they grow like made your be constantly pruning. Still great job

[@christinekane6059]

Great informative video. I was nailed to watching everything you shared here 😂. Great job 👏 I was wondering though, I've got an enclosed fenced garden: if I did something like that, how would wildlife get into my garden for such a pond 😮? Or wouldn't it 🤔? Many thanks for giving me ideas, particularly as to what plants (I've never heard of 😅) I might be advised to invest in ❤

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Hi there! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!! Yeah, if there’s no gap under the fence some wildlife will struggle to find the pond.. obviously dragonfly and birds will be able to enjoy it still.. I know some people try to leave a gap somewhere along the fence line to help wildlife move around, luckily for me there is a gap under my gate, so the toad must have come in there. You never though, a bird might drop off a bit of frogspawn for you!! Yeah, I think all the plants I used are either evergreen or perennial, apart from the water lettuce which won’t survive the winter here in the UK, so I’ll have to remove it when the temps start to get too low. 😊

[@christinekane6059]

@GingerFishyOfficial Wow- that's such a GREAT amount of GOOD information 👌. Thank you. I know I've got a frog 🐸 in my garden (somewhere): him must have hid in the flowers/plants I had in my old koi pond at our old place (16 years ago). So despite the amount of renovations I've had, carried out to the garden areas, it's a miracle he's still alive. You should have heard him in Feb/April calling for a mate 😀. So another reason: to encourage the dragonflies back. We used to have quite a few, but the last couple of years, not so much. Anyway, many thanks for your prompt response and further suggestions: really helps 👍

[@gardenimperfectplants]

This was amazing. We’ll need an update on the visitors😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Will be sure to do an update! The toad has defo stuck around though, I’ve seen him several times now.. he even hopped into the house the other day when I left the back door open!

[@cassandrasmith5517]

I love this video! I am planning to create a wildlife pond in my backyard as well and this was extremely informative!! A bit scared about setting up the little pump but hopefully I can figure it out! My question is can this go in a sunny spot as well and if so what changes would need to be made? Thank you so much for sharing ❤❤❤

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Yeah, if you put it in a sunny spot, just try to get as many plants in there as you can, especially plants that will provide a good amount of surface cover, for example water lily’s, as the pads will provide shade to the pond. This will stop too much light getting to the pond and causing algae, it should also help the water temp from getting too high. Good luck with pond build!

[@cassandrasmith5517]

@@GingerFishyOfficial thank you🤗

[@zdesignpro]

Very nice, u can add light for nigh.i think very beautyfull..❤❤❤❤

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@roystonpereira2887]

wow!! great job man, beautiful plants and love your channel, very simple and creative ..just thinking during heavy rains how would you get rid of excessive water?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thankyou! Yeah, the edge of the pond has little grooves around it, which I think is for overflow, and I’m hoping any excess water can be soaked up by the plants around the pond. I’ll see how it goes though. I’m actually just in the process of adding an overflow pipe to my big pond that I built last year, which I’ll be showing in the 1 year update video.

[@rosepetal45]

Really helpul video 😊. A couple of questions: would a solar pump be powerful enough for the bog filter? Could you give a rough idea of costing for this project? ( I know you said some items were free) and lastly, where do you source your pond plants - shop or online? TIA 😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! It may work ok if you in have plenty of sun. The only thing you would need to do is to make sure the waterfall filter is not too much higher than the pond. Otherwise when the power goes off at night the water will back flow out of the filter and back into the pond. You could add a non-return valve which would stop this from happening. Personally though I think if I was going solar I would go for a solar air pump, perhaps attached to a small sponge filter, with air stone inside. This would still filter the water, oxygenate it and add some slight water movement. Cost wise i think this project was about £300. Biggest expense was the slate for around the edge, but if you’re lucky you may be able to find something similar on eBay or facebook marketplace, same goes with the actual pond liner. Hope that helps! 😊

[@Premierpond]

Excellent video, king

[@darkprincess1918]

Everything looks great!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@TheMrjrob7684]

Looks so awesome. Where do you get so many aquatic plants??? Excited to see the update later on!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Luckily I have a couple of really good pond shops fairly close to me that always have plenty of plants to choose from!

[@megmills4798]

You are doing an amazing job😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@sundewfundew]

Nice build! The little frog house was a nice touch too

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Yeah, can’t wait for one to move in!! 🐸

[@jinliz3173]

Looks AMAZING!!!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@ProbablyTheBestUkuleleDadEver]

Looking to do something similar but will have to use a solar pump for the bog filter; what flow rate do you have?

[@christinabourke4854]

It looks incredible and obviously the wildlife agrees. I can see that you have done research on the plants. Did you only use indigenous plants or non- indigenous also?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

It was a bit of a mix of both native and non-native plants to be honest.. basically it was what my local pond plant supplier had in stock. The wildlife seems to like it either way though! 🐸

[@christinabourke4854]

@@GingerFishyOfficial thanks for the reply. It certainly does look like the wildlife agrees. Fabulous job.

[@HometownContent]

My husband shaking his head as I say I can do that 😂

[@leanne3156]

Love this! Are all the plants used suitable for a fish pond also?

[@ThePegasus101]

fantastic vid..i watched the fishpond vids...great ideas nice one1

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 👊

[@megmills4798]

Whoa great job😊

[@Mary-zm3tm]

Love this - amazing! 🐸🐝🐞🪰🦋🪲🕷️

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@billhale1438]

You did a great job but it I am sure was a hole lot of work! Bill in AZ USA

[@長井麻里亜]

とってもすごいです カエルさんはめっちゃ喜んでるでしょうね お疲れ様でした ナルト グッドボタン やりました

[@Anormalchannel2013]

It is really cool frog pond ❤

[@lisanetgark415]

I have a pond and have upgraded 3 times. One point of improvement for you to implement. Your filter is too close to the waterfall. When you get the chance move your filter and water intake to the opposite end of the pond and place at the bottom. You will then be able to filter and most importantly move the entire pond water system. You do not want dead zones of stagnant water. You will be amazed on how bright and disease free your pond water will become.

[@SuperKoi123]

Looking amazing ❤

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@Kyddoemiko13]

Amazing very inspiring. I would love to see it when it goes to bloom .

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you, I’ll be sure to do updates as it grows in!

[@hardstylelife5749]

Very nice. Do you ever provide some oxygenation or you let it happen naturally?

[@maxthecat14]

Lovely little pond, exactly what i would like in my garden.

[@The_G.I.P.G]

Out of curiosity, how is the nature pond and the other ponds doing From a fan in Belgium ( Antwerpen) 😉👋

[@CraigsOverijse]

Great project but a lot of those things including the slate and your little frog house will be ideal slug and snail houses and your hostas will be gone.

[@pahasiga]

Wouldn't that mean that the frog hotel now includes a free breakfast?

[@teresaestevezalvarez664]

Snails and slugs are also part of a naturalize garden. Blackbirds are very fond of snails

[@caironhorn2656]

looks amazing cant wait to build a wildlife pond in the future!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@dimgoul9525]

Looks amazing! Thanks for the detailed quide! One question: do you have issues with mosquitos? or is the constant water flow handling those?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! I’ve never really had any issues with mosquitoes. But I think if you were living in an area where it was a problem you may need to add some small fish to eat the eggs. I hear water flow does help to deter them also!

[@GavM]

Lovely set up.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@Hall-l6u]

Enjoyed watching you, on how this all came together. Any other life form in the pond that you have noticed?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Just a few water bugs and snails currently. Would love to see some newts in there one day though!

[@martincox8250]

Another great Video and gives me an idea for a pending bog filter. How do you stop the slugs destroying your Hostas? I have terrible trouble with this in my garden.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! It’s the first time I’ve had hostas in my garden, but I’m hoping the resident toad, and hopefully any future frogs will help keep the slug population down!

[@gregfletcher3120]

Great work!! 👍👍

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😁

[@JayJay-cl2ot]

any plants recommandations for winter in new york? thanks

[@johnbecker710]

Just found your channel and found some very useful tips and information. Just one question. Who do buy all your plumbing fittings from?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

I tend to get them from an aquatics shop (Shirley Aquatics in Birmingham) that is fairly local to me. They have a really good pond section with lots of different plumbing bits and bobs. Also the staff are very helpful with locating the bits you may need. I do get a few bits from Wickes if I can, but they don’t tend to have much. Hope that helps 👍

[@johnbecker710]

⁠Thanks for the reply. I’ll look to see if they have an online shop

[@StratoSambo]

Great project ! Is it possible to use the filter setup with a small Solar panel / power ? Dont have access to power grid where i would make a small pond

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

It’s only requires a small low powered pump so it may work if you have a good amount of sun. I don’t think it would work too well here in the UK as we don’t really get enough sun. Also depending on the size of the pond it may be best not to add fish, as oxygen levels may drop down at night when the pump turns off and potentially cause a problem.

[@davidricketts9498]

Can you put 3-4 goldfish in this? Looks great

[@pickles8551]

Beautiful!!!

[@azotro]

You should make it easy for frogs and other animals to get in and out, maybe a slope that lets them exit?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Yeah, I agree a slope would be better, but I was a little low on space with this little pond! 👍

[@isabelleportier7011]

♡▪︎♡ Magnifique, bravo !!♡▪︎♡

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@robertolsousa]

Loved it! Please share the materials and plants used!

[@brookewilderness7659]

Love the videos. I was wondering how much this cost you to build?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! I’m not 100% sure on total cost, but I think around £300. Biggest expense was the slate around the top of the pond, which I think if I had been a bit more prepared I could have bought something similar on eBay for a lot less. It’s definitely a build that could be done on a budget though. For example the type of rigid pond liner I used can often be picked up on Facebook marketplace.

[@scs-j9n]

very nice. Can you make a fish aquarium and add a yellow boxfish.

[@Thecatsnyder]

Great job, great video, thank you!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!

[@harveythepooka]

Not sure about the plants you used, but if this is a wildlife pond, you should think about using all native plants.

[@LeeDfined]

Always someone who nitpicks at a minor detail instead of appreciating the beauty of all the hard work that was put into it.

[@djpandsmm]

@@LeeDfinedI don’t think that this is nitpicking, its providing useful advice, native plants attract native wildlife

[@MarkArcher-qv4lu]

If you can do better go for it

[@sarahsez9917]

Could you please post a video of your wildlife ecosystem so I know what native plants to use? I would love to see your gardens, I assume they are spectacular

[@PATIENT_DIG_7998]

​@@djpandsmmyeah but getting native plants means you need someone to take em from the wild harming it

[@travelingbandana]

@gingerfishy hey I have a question that liner that you bought does it have to be in the ground I guess what I'm asking is that the plastic or rubber feel thick enough that if you were to put it just inside the house as a standalone pond would it break I'm considering getting one of these small ponds as a feature inside the house??

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Hi there! Unfortunately I don’t think it would be strong enough to be free standing. You’d have to strengthen the sides somehow otherwise I think it would bow out. You can get tubs that that are strong enough to be free standing though. 👍

[@stujo718]

Did a pond like this 1 year ago. All was well frogs already…now pea soup. Little miss got 2 fish. Should I put the plants in with just gravel? ( solar pump filter with same set up as you)🤷🏻‍♂️

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Yeah, could try putting plants in just gravel to help with excess nutrients? Whats the sun situation like? Is the pond in full sun? And have you still got fish in there?

[@stujo718]

@@GingerFishyOfficial 2 fish in shade??

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

@@stujo718 yeah, must be an excess nutrients issue then, so getting a few plants going that are planted in gravel could well help. Also, if you can get hold of some hornwort, that’s real good for nutrient export.

[@MrCwill357]

Nice work, wondering why the pump didn’t go on the lower level

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Because it’s just for wildlife and not for fish I didn’t want to create too much water movement. If I had of been adding fish I probs would have put it lower down (although not on the very bottom) and at the other end of the pond 👍