Fishin4cars, Pond transformation

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Unfortunatly this will only go back to 2008-2009 to present. The pond was already several years old but I lost all my pics in a computer crash. So here we go.
The first four pics are from late 2008-2009 The small out house was my lava rock filter box. The water fall the bench and a few plants still survived from this stage.
The fifth pic The liner ripped, Time to make the change. This was right before the tropical storm came in.

 

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The storm came in, the liner is torn, the muddy water made catching fish a real pain!

 

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Well after about 20 attempts to post pics, we are up to May through July 2010 of the transformation. Sorry I couldn't get any of the pics of the fresh build, the liner and skimmer installation, or the first plants that got put in.

 

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Now late July and early August 2010, This is when the mice eat a hole in the water fall liner, so out that came and I added the 300 gallon bog area. The last part of the pond that has not been changed out is the water fall and Lotus plant.

 

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This is the end of 2010 just plant growth and clearer water.

 

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Here is the last video I have before the big Heron attack, Most of these fish are now gone, at the time of this posting, BIg red (large red and white kohoku standard fin), Elvis (Tancho, Showa, standard fin) , Blue,(Blue doitsu with red lip, Butterfly) Matsuba ( Hi Matsuba butterfly),Miss Piggy,(Hi Bekko Butterfly) Halloween (Black with orange Comet), Freckels (Dark marking Shubunkin) and Little Bit (goshiki three step butterfly) still remain.
Oh and Nurse, the white shiro butterfly, she no longer lives in this pond but is in the 300 gallon.