Hi,
I looked up the south side of VA (Axton)? and boy you are really down there. I am in Ottoman which is the Northern Neck of VA. I thought I would look up the place you were writing about on Airport Drive but the travel time according to mapquest is 4 hours and 23 minutes. Not going to happen. Does anyone know of a place close to Lancaster, VA that would sell plants super cheap? Our fish have reproduced and we have about 15 now. Don't really need anymore because I do not want to have our pond too full.
As to the preformed, I have seen them and spoken to people who have/had them and they are not happy campers. We purchased two liners from Home Depot and taped them together. We had to purchase an emergency replacement pump on the 4th of July (not a fun holiday) tooooo hot. We purchased the replacement pump from Home Depot also and are very pleased with both purchases. Our fish other than the koi (which was given to us by a neighbor) all came from Walmart. Our first ones from Walmart died for the most part. I kept my receipt and they replaced them with nicer and bigger fish than in the original purchase. If you want your money back, you are going to love this, you have to take the bodies in... Doncha' just luv Walmart? : )
Check our your neighborhood yard sales and sometimes even thrift shops for some of the pots, etc. that you will use. You may be surprised!
Lola