Hi, I'm Arianddu, in South Australia. I'm in the process of re-establishing a pond that was emptied and left a decade ago. I got given two more, much smaller, pond shells that had been thrown away because they leaked - took me several years to get around to it, but I finally fixed the leaks (and invested in some pool liner, just in case), got some sleepers, some recycled pavers and bricks, built up two garden beds and now have the two smaller ponds staggered above the main, large one. I'm still working on getting the fittings in so that water can run from one pond to the next without losing all the water (need to borrow a better tool for cutting fibreglass), and I have two small waterfall shells that will be placed at the top of the system.
But the big pond is full, the pump has been installed as part of a subgravel filtration system (keeps the pump clean and you don't need to buy an expensive pump - my last cheap one ran for 8 years and was still working when I emptied the pond, never needed to clean it out.) I've put in two comets to keep the wrigglers at bay, and a few basic pond plants, and now I'm exploring plants to go in the pond and around it.
But the big pond is full, the pump has been installed as part of a subgravel filtration system (keeps the pump clean and you don't need to buy an expensive pump - my last cheap one ran for 8 years and was still working when I emptied the pond, never needed to clean it out.) I've put in two comets to keep the wrigglers at bay, and a few basic pond plants, and now I'm exploring plants to go in the pond and around it.
