Hey is 30 ins good for a pond

[Blackdog128]

well it looks like we may be buying the house we are renting in if the land lords are willing to sell it to us iam already got pond fever happening right now is 30 inchs a good for a pond ?ok we both agreeded on 36 inchs deep and i get to dig it all by my self lol oh boy what fun that is going to be no help from my hubby

 

[sissy]

fFor your temps you will need more than 30 inches mine is just over 4 ft deep and that is for summer heat

 

[Blackdog128]

ok will 36 inchs work for my region sissy? and by the way my back yard is nothing but full of rocks so it is going to ake all spring to get it dug out by hand so i may not have a pond to look forward to this year if iam going make a pond
i may have to do a mud pond in the back year and not have a liner in it at all iam not sure yet HELP

 

[sissy]

I see most in colder temps go 4 and even 5 feet and really wish I had gone deeper .Keep the fish cooler here i the hot temps .I have a friend Glenn who lives in Flatrock Michigan and he went jut over 5 ft deep in most of his pond and a small portion he went almost 6 ft .He did not want to take any chances in the winter .

 

[sissy]

He used what most use footings in his area have to be 4 feet deep and he figured deeper was better for his pond .

 

[Blackdog128]

i won't have no back hoes helping me or anything like that so iam going with 3 feet and hope for the best out come

 

[Blackdog128]

most of the winters here are really mild ones but this winter it is really cold
i may not have a koi in the spring at all to pick up she is in a 3 foot deep pond right

 

[sissy]

I dug mine out by hand also in clay soil and heavy and hard at times but had to get down there and worse part was really the liner and only one person is hard .I laid it out in the sun for 2 hours made it flexible but it was still heavy and think digging was easier that that thing .Better to have 2 people for it .

 

[Blackdog128]

well iam sure i can talk my hubby into helping or my son to help with digging lol wish me luck

 

[Blackdog128]

i have rocky soil here in ut evey 4 inchs i run in to a huge rock i know this i trans planted a tree in the back yard last spring what fun i was runnning to rocks every time i put the sholve down to take out a shovle full we are not talking small rocks these are like huge lol

 

[sissy]

oh but rocks you could use for your pond .I ran into one large one when I was digging .Got out 10 buckets of small rocks and 4 big ones and one really big one o don' t envy you there and not an easy task but they sure look pretty around the pond

 

[Blackdog128]

i never thought of that idea using the rocks as decor around my pond here i thoght of thowing them all out lol thank u so much for the great idea

 

[sissy]

I have used all the rocks I picked off of my property/These are all rocks from my property and have lots more to pick up .I love to use what is here already

 

[Blackdog128]

man it looks like u a huge lot of land wow i love to pick up rocks as well so i will be looking to use the rocks in the side of my house as part of the pond borders

 

[sissy]

I have 3 acres and really getting to be a lot to take care of .Rocks are free and if I see them on the side of the road I have to stop to pick them up