Hi everybody, I'm new here so go easy on me.
We have a wildlife pond that has frogs and newts in. At the moment I think they're all sat at the bottom out of the way of the cold weather. It's about 6 feet across and maybe 4 or 5 feet deep.
Unfortunately my wife managed to put several holes in the liner with a garden fork when trying to break through the ice a month or so ago! I've got some spare liner and some repair glue, and am managing to repair the holes - slowly. We've lost about two foot of water depth.
My question is, assuming I can get all the holes properly repaired, what is the best way to get the pond filled up? I'm guessing I shouldn't use tap water due to the chlorine, but I reckon if I wait for rain to fill it up, it could take a very long time - It's quite a lot lower than normal and I'm concerned that the wildlife could find it difficult getting in and out, and there could be space issues at spawning time. Lots of frogs return to the pond in the spring, which is obviously not very far away now.
Any advice welcome!
We have a wildlife pond that has frogs and newts in. At the moment I think they're all sat at the bottom out of the way of the cold weather. It's about 6 feet across and maybe 4 or 5 feet deep.
Unfortunately my wife managed to put several holes in the liner with a garden fork when trying to break through the ice a month or so ago! I've got some spare liner and some repair glue, and am managing to repair the holes - slowly. We've lost about two foot of water depth.
My question is, assuming I can get all the holes properly repaired, what is the best way to get the pond filled up? I'm guessing I shouldn't use tap water due to the chlorine, but I reckon if I wait for rain to fill it up, it could take a very long time - It's quite a lot lower than normal and I'm concerned that the wildlife could find it difficult getting in and out, and there could be space issues at spawning time. Lots of frogs return to the pond in the spring, which is obviously not very far away now.
Any advice welcome!