hewhoisatpeace
Evil Genius
I'm a relatively new pond guy, I've been building for a little over a year now. I'm happy with my first project right now, but have already considered expansion. My project is 3000 gallons, with three separate pools joined by two waterfalls. I've used somewhat different techniques to achieve this, I am interested in some feedback on my results, and ideas for future construction. I have constructed this pond to beautify my home, entertain my children, and advertise results that I can produce.
My pond is a liner pond, EPDM 40 mil 20' X 40', 6' deep at deepest point in the largest pond, which is about 10' X 13' and sloped throughout to the 4" bottom drain. I have shelves around the top of the shallow portion of this pond at about 12", and a skimmer installed.
Middle pool has a 6' X 2' bog garden portion filled with 6" lava rock and topped with sand, with dwarf water hyacinth, pickerel weed, and perrennial hibiscus as filter plants. I also have a deeper side to this pond, about 5' X 2' X 2.5' deep, just planted a water lily here in a 5g pot of cat litter surrounding a little compost and fert tabs. I have 3 of these in the big pool, too.
Top pool is really a narrow stream, just deep and slower moving at the bottom end, which spills from my filter, a 100g rubbermaid stock tank filled with washable air filter and biological filter media, and topped with lava rock. I installed two venturis under the media, where the water enters the filter, for silence I piped the intakes behind the filter. I have a couple of taro growing in the filter, with a few other plants.
My pump is an artesian external 1/8 HP 2" in, 2" out, 3030 GPH @ 4' head, plumbed with 4" intake PVC until 2"reducer to 2' backflow prevention valve at intake, and 2" spa flex PVC out to a split to two 1.5" pipes to enter filter through two 1.5" venturis which do restrict water flow to 1/2 " per immedialely reopening to 1.5". For you technical folks.
I will add some current photographs as soon as I can figure out how to shrink them from 3.54 MB to 146.5 KB. Tell me what you think, ask any questions you might have. Thanks in advance.
My pond is a liner pond, EPDM 40 mil 20' X 40', 6' deep at deepest point in the largest pond, which is about 10' X 13' and sloped throughout to the 4" bottom drain. I have shelves around the top of the shallow portion of this pond at about 12", and a skimmer installed.
Middle pool has a 6' X 2' bog garden portion filled with 6" lava rock and topped with sand, with dwarf water hyacinth, pickerel weed, and perrennial hibiscus as filter plants. I also have a deeper side to this pond, about 5' X 2' X 2.5' deep, just planted a water lily here in a 5g pot of cat litter surrounding a little compost and fert tabs. I have 3 of these in the big pool, too.
Top pool is really a narrow stream, just deep and slower moving at the bottom end, which spills from my filter, a 100g rubbermaid stock tank filled with washable air filter and biological filter media, and topped with lava rock. I installed two venturis under the media, where the water enters the filter, for silence I piped the intakes behind the filter. I have a couple of taro growing in the filter, with a few other plants.
My pump is an artesian external 1/8 HP 2" in, 2" out, 3030 GPH @ 4' head, plumbed with 4" intake PVC until 2"reducer to 2' backflow prevention valve at intake, and 2" spa flex PVC out to a split to two 1.5" pipes to enter filter through two 1.5" venturis which do restrict water flow to 1/2 " per immedialely reopening to 1.5". For you technical folks.
I will add some current photographs as soon as I can figure out how to shrink them from 3.54 MB to 146.5 KB. Tell me what you think, ask any questions you might have. Thanks in advance.
