pond re-do

[bettasngoldfish]

Took out the original preform which was approx. 165 gallons and dug a bit deeper and put a new liner in. Its not done yet but this is where we're at. Fish have more like 450 gallons now.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Hmmm, Don't know why the photo is sideways.

 

[CometKeith]

Maria, It looks great. Congrats on the new pond! :banana:

 

[bettasngoldfish]

thank you! The fish seem to be enjoying more space : ) Can't wait to get it done. Or is it ever really done? ; )

 

[koiguy1969]

heres the picture in the right direction, and slightly cropped.

looks good! one question tho... why so much liner showing around top?

 

[bettasngoldfish]

thank you for fixing that for me. Maybe uploading from my phone had something to do with it showing up sideways?

The picture was taken the same day we put water in and moved the fish back from the trough. We still were making adjustments and fiddling with stuff so we stopped the water at a lower level then we would normally.

 

[Carolyn22]

Very nice. I really like your spitter - he is cute.

 

[haver79]

Cute pond

 

[CometKeith]

betta, if you haven't cut your extra liner yet don't! It seems like you have the same disease that most of have...."gottahaveabiggerpond" disease.

Just bury your liner and when you want the pond to grow a little just dig a little around it and pull your rocks back to make a bigger circumference!

 

[bettasngoldfish]

betta, if you haven't cut your extra liner yet don't! It seems like you have the same disease that most of have...."gottahaveabiggerpond" disease.

Hehehe, It's kinda the same way as it works with "justonemorefishtank" :biggrin:

 

[sissy]

I know I decided to go deeper and was glad i folded over all that extra liner .I thought about cold but did not think about hot weather here . :cheerful:

 

[bettasngoldfish]

There isn't a whole lot of room in the area where the pond is located. It's pretty much snug to the back of my house (with just enough room to walk around) and the fence that divides my yard from the neighbors (the white fence you see around the pond was put in to keep my dogs from getting into the pond) so I *doubt* we will be digging any bigger. Atleast not in this location

 

[Fishylove]

Ohhhh there is ALWAYS a way to make it bigger As Keith has said, you can always go deeper. I did this by adding on to the sides of the existing rubber liner and digging it from 3 ft to 5 ft deep You know really it doesn't look that deep.

 

[dieselplower]

looks great. I have the same Koi spitter. Not that you really asked about it but rather than going bigger you can always build up to get a few more gallons.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Thanks, I originally wanted a frog spitter but when I saw the koi I really liked it and had to have it.

By building up do you mean by adding something like a water trough?