Hi,
I'm new, sort of. I'm seventeen, and my dad has had ponds for a long time (his current is about 1,500g I think?) and I even built one with a little home depot shell when I was nine and entered a pond and garden contest, placing third (I think it was just because I was cute though!).
Anyways, I'm looking to dig one out with a liner now at a friends house, since my backyard floods and my fish always ended up swimming in my lawn. This is the design I was thinking about. I'm not exactly sure on measurements yet, but I'm thinking 6'x5'x4' (deepest part). What size liner should I buy, and where do you suggest buying from? I'm looking at a $200 budget obo (pump, liner, test kits etc).
The waterfall will literally be INSIDE the pond liner, just a pile of rocks with the return water from the filter pump. I had a problem with the waterfall leaking last time, and I don't want to deal with that again so I figured that would be the easiest solution. Behind the pile of rocks, there will be a little area where the fish can go to hide from predators (we have lots of blue herons). That will be totally covered up with a slab of cement or something, hidden by the waterfall.
The filter part is pretty basic, and will also be covered up by a slab with a fern or something on top to hide it. A net in front will catch any large particles, like leaves and behind that will be the pump, covered in a round sponge to catch some smaller particles. I have a TON of activated carbon here at home for my saltwater tanks, and I was wondering if that would be beneficial to the pond at all or not?
I'm new, sort of. I'm seventeen, and my dad has had ponds for a long time (his current is about 1,500g I think?) and I even built one with a little home depot shell when I was nine and entered a pond and garden contest, placing third (I think it was just because I was cute though!).
Anyways, I'm looking to dig one out with a liner now at a friends house, since my backyard floods and my fish always ended up swimming in my lawn. This is the design I was thinking about. I'm not exactly sure on measurements yet, but I'm thinking 6'x5'x4' (deepest part). What size liner should I buy, and where do you suggest buying from? I'm looking at a $200 budget obo (pump, liner, test kits etc).
The waterfall will literally be INSIDE the pond liner, just a pile of rocks with the return water from the filter pump. I had a problem with the waterfall leaking last time, and I don't want to deal with that again so I figured that would be the easiest solution. Behind the pile of rocks, there will be a little area where the fish can go to hide from predators (we have lots of blue herons). That will be totally covered up with a slab of cement or something, hidden by the waterfall.
The filter part is pretty basic, and will also be covered up by a slab with a fern or something on top to hide it. A net in front will catch any large particles, like leaves and behind that will be the pump, covered in a round sponge to catch some smaller particles. I have a TON of activated carbon here at home for my saltwater tanks, and I was wondering if that would be beneficial to the pond at all or not?
