Hello from the Mendocino Coast

[Phantom]

Hi, I'm currently working on a group of staircased ponds that will be part of my Permaculture Food Forest. The master pond is being constructed at the highest point on my property so as to also feed into a gravity fed watering system. I discovered this wonderful forum through a fellow member: koiguy 1969 when watching one of his videos on YouTube.
In regards to the master pond's filtration, I've decided to build one of the 'Rubbermade' stocktank "Skippy" filters.
I haven't decided what type of skimmer to put in yet as I'm currently researching this.
Any input from fellow forum members is greatly appreciated...thankyou in advance.

 

[sissy]

Welcome and you are an artist i see .Very nice pic .

 

[Phantom]

Thankyou, yes, love things from the natural world and the Arts.

 

[Mucky_Waters]

Welcome Phantom
One thing to keep in mind when building a stair case type series of ponds where one pond feeds into the next one is that they work by pumping the water out of the lowest pond to overfill the upper pond (ponds). You really want to consider having your lowest pond holding the largest volume of water for it to work best, otherwise what will happen if you have a large upper pond and a small lower pond is when you turn on your pumps you'll suck your lower pond dry before the large upper pond starts to overflow. Once the flow gets going you can add extra water to compensate, but the next time your pumps gets turned off again then all that excess water will overflow out of your lowest pond and you'll have to refill the extra water again when the pump starts again.
There are ways to compensate for this, say by having an extra deep disappearing waterfall pit at the bottom, but if your upper pond is very large you may need a very large pit.

 

[j.w]

Phantom

 

[Phantom]

Thankyou for the wonderful info. I've also dug out three other pond locations as my property staircases down nicely and these will also
serve to store rain water...especially since I can easily capture 1000 - 3000 gallons from each decent sized storm. The excess overflow
from the lowest pond will fan out into a cover plant/compost producing meadow and will then flow into a forested creek which empties into
the ocean to magically feed back into the rain cycle...a true morpho genesis as I dance with nature...http://www.daelart.com/mvpg3.htm

 

[mtpond]

Welcome.

 

[don't ask]

Phantom

welcome Phantom, and j.w. i got to hand it to ya..you have a knack for choosing the right image!

 

[j.w]

Very nice link you posted w/ your cool artwork Phantom!

D-A it is fun to mess w/ the gif's and once in awhile I find some that fit the occasion :razz:

 

[Mmathis]

WELCOME!!

 

[fresia1999]

Welcome!

 

[Phantom]

Very nice link you posted w/ your cool artwork Phantom!

D-A it is fun to mess w/ the gif's and once in awhile I find some that fit the occasion :razz:

Thank you, I love the Arts and nature.

 

[addy1]

to our group!
Start a construction thread, if you want to. We love to offer our "expert" advice.

 

[taherrmann4]

Welcome and great pic... Do you sell your artwork?

 

[Phantom]

Welcome and great pic... Do you sell your artwork?

Thank you for the comment...yes, I do sell my artwork.
Your pond looks beautiful.