joesandy1822
Sandy
Hello. My name is Sandy, and I am so happy to have found this forum. I can hopefully get some good advice here, as I am about to take on a pretty unusual project, at least I think it is. I am going to turn our above ground, 13,000 gallon swimming pool into a pond.
I have always been a pond type person, but our yard is pretty small. I have a tiny "pond", at least that is what I like to call it. It is more of a water garden. It's one of those preformed plastic "ponds" with one shelf. I think it is only about 40 gallons, and I cannot keep more than one large goldfish alive in there. We put it in about 12 years ago, and I built a biological filter for it out of a flowerpot. The water is always crystal clear, and it is so cool to know about the biological balance going on with the filter. I love it, but always wanted a bigger one.
Well, our teenagers no longer want to use the pool. Go figure. And my husband and I don't like cool water (it's not heated), so we either tear it down, or use it for something else. I can't justify taking care of a pool that doesn't get used anymore. It is just a big source of guilt every time I look at it. So my thought....USE IT FOR A POND!!! I've seen all kinds of people convert pools to ponds, but they are always inground pools. Mine is above ground for the most part. It is 28'x16', and the shallow end is about 3.5' deep. The deep end is about 6 to 6.5' deep, so there are a couple feet there that are actually underground. All around the deep end is a ledge of about 18" so you can walk around the pool without going under in the deep end if you want to. (Great place for plants if you ask me.) The volume is close to 13,000 gallons.
Anyhow, I have lots of questions to run by you all, but that was a background of what I'm up to. I will go now, and post questions under the DIY forum. If that's not right, somebody please tell me before I make a total idiot of myself on my first day here!
Thanks for having me here!
Sandy
I have always been a pond type person, but our yard is pretty small. I have a tiny "pond", at least that is what I like to call it. It is more of a water garden. It's one of those preformed plastic "ponds" with one shelf. I think it is only about 40 gallons, and I cannot keep more than one large goldfish alive in there. We put it in about 12 years ago, and I built a biological filter for it out of a flowerpot. The water is always crystal clear, and it is so cool to know about the biological balance going on with the filter. I love it, but always wanted a bigger one.
Well, our teenagers no longer want to use the pool. Go figure. And my husband and I don't like cool water (it's not heated), so we either tear it down, or use it for something else. I can't justify taking care of a pool that doesn't get used anymore. It is just a big source of guilt every time I look at it. So my thought....USE IT FOR A POND!!! I've seen all kinds of people convert pools to ponds, but they are always inground pools. Mine is above ground for the most part. It is 28'x16', and the shallow end is about 3.5' deep. The deep end is about 6 to 6.5' deep, so there are a couple feet there that are actually underground. All around the deep end is a ledge of about 18" so you can walk around the pool without going under in the deep end if you want to. (Great place for plants if you ask me.) The volume is close to 13,000 gallons.
Anyhow, I have lots of questions to run by you all, but that was a background of what I'm up to. I will go now, and post questions under the DIY forum. If that's not right, somebody please tell me before I make a total idiot of myself on my first day here!
Thanks for having me here!
Sandy
