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Message: [QUOTE="combatwombat, post: 454733, member: 14119"] Hi Pond friends. Back with a little update. First 10-ton load of boulders has arrived, so I'm ready to start rocking! But first, gotta drain the whole darn thing. Bought a 4000 gal/hr utility pump + 100 feet of 2" pool discharge hose for about $110 on Amazon. Should make quick work of draining the pit and the pump will be good for an interim backup if the main ever fails. Also, 3 months of winter was enough time for me to come to terms with the idea of flipping the orientation of the intake & wetland. Major pro = don't have to gobble up any more yard to make an adequate sized wetland filter. My daughter is almost two, and I can tell she is going to need every inch of space I can give her to run around. Major con: no waterfall. [USER=2547]@addy1[/USER] previously suggested building a bigger berm to get a small drop from the bog. Haven't ruled that out, but I really can't see making that section taller without it looking weird when it's done. Thinking about planting some decorative urns/spheres in the bog to get the sound of running water, and also a bit of oxygenation. Not sure if that would be enough to oxygenate the whole pond, though. Probably still need an aeration system. Next steps = 1. Drain the pond. 2. Rock the bottom two shelves. 3. Dig out the new intake bay and the remainder of the repurposed wetland area. [MEDIA=youtube]6o_J-AKQLRQ[/MEDIA] [ATTACH type="full"]136893[/ATTACH] [LIST=1] [*] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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