New Pond Built Using Sleepers

[sharky]

Hi there,

I've recently built a small garden pond using landscaping sleepers. This is the first pond I have built and I am quite pleased with the result...

Laying out the sleepers
The sleepers are 2.4m in length with the pond width being half a sleeper. So with a 10cm overlap the surface area of the pond will be 2.3m x 1.1m

Starting the dig
The plan is to build the sleepers two high (40cm) and dig to a maximum depth of 60cm giving a maximum overall depth of 1m. Average depth will be about 75cm giving a total water volume of about 1,900 litres (518 gallons).

Bog Filter / Waterfall
I cut out the bottom of an old preformed pond in order to create a bog filter/waterfall.

Almost complete

Filter Box
I used some left over decking boards to create a filter box to hide the bio-filter.

Happy Fish
The fish seem to be happy in there.

Finally Complete

I would welcome any comments that you might have.....

 

[Becky]

That looks excellent sharky, good work! Where in the world are you?

Oh and welcome aboard

 

[sharky]

Thanks. I'm in Solihull, UK.

 

[Mmathis]

Welcome!

That's a nice job! My only comment would be regarding the size of the pond and the number of fish you have. Be sure you closely monitor your water quality: ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH, & KH.

 

[sharky]

I am currently testing the water weekly and everything is ok at the moment. I realise it is probably slightly overstocked but I am hopeful that the 5000 lph pump feeding the bog filter and the 3500 lph pump feeding the bio-filter will help keep the water quality ok.

 

[sissy]

welcome and that is really neat looking and it looks like you matched it to your fence and landscaping to keep it consistent

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Welcome! I really like your pond

How did you make the net covers?

 

[sharky]

The frames are 32mm 'solvent weld' waste pipe to which I have attached the cover netting using plastic cable ties. Really cheap and easy to make but look quite good.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

One of these days I have to put a little time into making a nicer looking cover for my pond.

thanks for the idea!

 

[haver79]

Very nice