The plants are looking good a couple of weeks later.
The water is also looking good. I can now see my fish and the bottom of the pond!

The water cleared up within a week of starting up the bog and the plants haven't even taken root yet.

I added Parrot's Feather to the spillway. I planted it directly in the bog, no pot and rinsed as much soil off of the roots as possible.

The top picture shows the new bog spillway where the waterfall used to be. I started building up the wall with rocks to cover the liner.

Second picture is the bog at that stage.

The water is so green you can hardly see any fish.
That Marsh Marigold is beautiful. I added a piece of it to the bog and it's ginormous! It has also seeded itself in other parts of the bog and pond.

https://i.imgur.com/xO95Pos.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qv6nt3D.jpg I finished with the river stone and added a few plants. Look how green the water was. And that was with running two pressure filters and a UV light. Those filters were just not up to the task due to the fact that I have way too many fi...

https://i.imgur.com/yuozDiz.jpg Started dumping in the river stone. I couldn't get the recommended 3/8" pea gravel due to Covid, so I had to use river stone. As I previously stated, I cut slits in the distribution pipes 1/3 through the PVC spaced 1-1/2" apart. I faced the slits up. Some m...

Layed in the HDRPE liner and started laying out the manifold distribution pipes.

I built the base of the wall between the pond and bog out of cobble stones.
Notice that little wooden house. My aerator is in there to protect it from the weather.

In this photo I started digging the bog.
Notice where the waterfall used to be. I'm left with a row of large rocks sitting on a shelf at the water's edge. It was a good base to build the wall upon.