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Welcome to the forum 
Spring is a great time to enjoy your new pond!
Spring is a great time to enjoy your new pond!
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Hello and welcome to our group!
hi guy ..
socal ,, is that south California ..
6 k gallon is substantial qty water ..
please consider rain fall harvest and cistern
sincerely suggest you add roof top water collection to a cistern [ big as you can manage]..
i am on the Cumberland river and have plenty water , however , it costs , 20 $ / 1000 gallon . whats your price ? remember in a while the rains will stop and likely water management protocol will be enacted.
generally pond management wants 10% water change out per week . i do not do that
surely if one addressed the water harvest guys they should be able to suggest an optimal size for a cistern .. you know , area available to harvest , optimal size of cistern .
i suppose you could consider the 6k pond as retainment but i would want to bump it up ..
just my thoughts
good luck
socal ,, is that south California ..
6 k gallon is substantial qty water ..
please consider rain fall harvest and cistern
sincerely suggest you add roof top water collection to a cistern [ big as you can manage]..
i am on the Cumberland river and have plenty water , however , it costs , 20 $ / 1000 gallon . whats your price ? remember in a while the rains will stop and likely water management protocol will be enacted.
generally pond management wants 10% water change out per week . i do not do that
surely if one addressed the water harvest guys they should be able to suggest an optimal size for a cistern .. you know , area available to harvest , optimal size of cistern .
i suppose you could consider the 6k pond as retainment but i would want to bump it up ..
just my thoughts
good luck
sissy
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welcome and more info on your pond .What kind of fish and does it have a filter and what are your plans for it .Hope it was not neglected
tbendl
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PondMutt Hmmm... In Chicago water is less than $4 for 1000 gallons.
Welcome CDC and good luck with your pond!
@CometKeith Does that include a sewer charge? In our town, water itself is cheap, but they add a sewer charge to every gallon which triples the per gallon cost. We've finally been told we could put a separate meter on our outside water - even though it would take us years to recoup the cost of installation we're thinking of doing it just on principle.
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A belated welcome from me! Enjoy the forum