Backyard pond

[Tombstone]

Got some rain water

 

[DutchMuch]

big ol' pond ya got der!

 

[addy1]

Need a bit more rain! That is a huge pond

 

[Tombstone]

Need a bit more rain! That is a huge pond

 

[Tombstone]

A few goodies for the pond

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[Angel]

A few goodies for the pondView attachment 103619.

Metal tank check before you install. Might be a toxic problem i will let the experts reply as I am not sure. Rather 2 days of waiting before your told you f-ed up.

Other then that I wish I had a pond that big. Bentonite ? Or liner

 

[Tombstone]

Metal tank check before you install. Might be a toxic problem i will let the experts reply as I am not sure. Rather 2 days of waiting before your told you f-ed up.

Other then that I wish I had a pond that big. Bentonite ? Or liner

Plastic covered by concrete, 25,000- 30,000 gallons

 

[Tombstone]

Metal tank check before you install. Might be a toxic problem i will let the experts reply as I am not sure. Rather 2 days of waiting before your told you f-ed up.

Other then that I wish I had a pond that big. Bentonite ? Or liner

Something to think about, I have 19 Comet Goldfish and 7 American Bullfrogs.

 

[Tombstone]

Second coat, fish are in stock tank. Grass Carp came in seabird pop so I have around 70 fish.

 

[mks281]

Metal stock tanks are all I've ever used but all I stock are gold fish and/or koi. They seem to procreate like rabbits! For a long time I didn't even add any chemicals or keep up with water changes and still plenty survived (but I would not now neglect them as I unwittingly did then). I love that they hibernate in the winter (save money not feeding). Worse part of spring/summer/fall is keeping the pump unclogged, having to watch out for snakes in my tank before putting my hands in(!) and the water changes. I kid you not--one morning found a water moccasin in one of my water features and called police to come help me (small town) as posed a real a danger to me and my four footed pets. Luckily a snake handler was listening to police calls and arrived to catch and kill the snake easily. BTW, I am a live and let live person (will not kill non-venomous snakes) but not when danger is involved.

 

[Tombstone]

Some new pics of my leopard frog pond.

 

[Tombstone]

 

[Tombstone]

So I ended up using elasto- meric coating to seal the pond. Works great so far. Pond life is a few gold fish and native leopard frogs.

 

[GBBUDD]

I saw you had a external pool pump is there a bio filter or bog of some sort?

 

[Tara]

That's a fine looking pond. Has it ever filled to the top? The wildlife must love it.