Finally resolved a 15 year leak on an indoor pond using PondPro2000.

[texmaster]

I've probably made 4 or 5 threads on this topic but I can now finally declare VICTORY! We have both indoor and outdoor ponds, both are concrete and both have leaked in the past. Now for the outside my choice was simple. I used a product called PondPro2000. Safe for fish, a kind of rubberized epoxy. It sealed a leak in the side concrete wall but it took 3 applications to seal but its sealed and has been for a decade. Now the warden would not let me use it on the inside pond because she loved the tile around the pond and guess where it was leaking. It was maddening though because all the leak tips from using milk to dye never worked and the pond actually sits lower than ground level and it was still constantly finding its way out the sides and onto the floor. So she had me buy different types of clear epoxy over the years. I did finally lick it with a "clear" silicone but it wasn't exactly clear more off-white and she made me take it off. But I finally wore her down and she agreed to let me take off the tile. Then there was the argument about the color. Pond pro makes black and white. I wanted all black. She wanted a white bottom and black walls so I put my foot down and we have.....black walls and a white bottom. But again it took 3 coats before the leaks were actually sealed but it IS sealed. I've run it for a week now and no water on the floor! Yay!!


I wanted to thank everyone for their advice over the years on this forum and their patience as I kept returning to the tree of knowledge every time I hit a wall.

I did finally find a leak dectector that worked when applying the pond pro. Between applications I would fill it up, put this stuff in and wherever bubbles appeared at surface level there was a leak.

Swagelok MS-SNOOP-8OZ Snoop Liquid Leak Detector: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

Swagelok MS-SNOOP-8OZ Snoop Liquid Leak Detector: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

www.amazon.com

Before:

The off-white solution she didn't like so I took advantage of the lull in using it for a pond and made a stake with my trains.

Final Result:

 

[brokensword]

I've probably made 4 or 5 threads on this topic but I can now finally declare VICTORY! We have both indoor and outdoor ponds, both are concrete and both have leaked in the past. Now for the outside my choice was simple. I used a product called PondPro2000. Safe for fish, a kind of rubberized epoxy. It sealed a leak in the side concrete wall but it took 3 applications to seal but its sealed and has been for a decade. Now the warden would not let me use it on the inside pond because she loved the tile around the pond and guess where it was leaking. It was maddening though because all the leak tips from using milk to dye never worked and the pond actually sits lower than ground level and it was still constantly finding its way out the sides and onto the floor. So she had me buy different types of clear epoxy over the years. I did finally lick it with a "clear" silicone but it wasn't exactly clear more off-white and she made me take it off. But I finally wore her down and she agreed to let me take off the tile. Then there was the argument about the color. Pond pro makes black and white. I wanted all black. She wanted a white bottom and black walls so I put my foot down and we have.....black walls and a white bottom. But again it took 3 coats before the leaks were actually sealed but it IS sealed. I've run it for a week now and no water on the floor! Yay!!


I wanted to thank everyone for their advice over the years on this forum and their patience as I kept returning to the tree of knowledge every time I hit a wall.

I did finally find a leak dectector that worked when applying the pond pro. Between applications I would fill it up, put this stuff in and wherever bubbles appeared at surface level there was a leak.

Swagelok MS-SNOOP-8OZ Snoop Liquid Leak Detector: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

Swagelok MS-SNOOP-8OZ Snoop Liquid Leak Detector: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

www.amazon.com

Before:

The off-white solution she didn't like so I took advantage of the lull in using it for a pond and made a stake with my trains.

Final Result:

glad you took one for the team and let her have it, Tex; good on you! That said, and I know the value of keeping the boss happy, but I sort of like the new version! Yeah, yeah, I know; I'll turn in my card tomorrow...sigh.

 

[Lisak1]

It's gorgeous!

 

[combatwombat]

Glad you finally solved it! Sounds like the old joke: Wife really wanted a dog. I really didn't. So we compromised and got a dog.

 

[texmaster]

Glad you finally solved it! Sounds like the old joke: Wife really wanted a dog. I really didn't. So we compromised and got a dog.

LOL You aren't kidding!