My name is Dave and I live in Massachusetts. I built my 1,000 gal pond 4 years ago. I have been reading pond related forums over the past 4 years and have gained alot of valuable knowledge in doing so. I finally decided to join one and possibly share some of the knowledge I have gained. I am starting from scratch this year do to the fact that I lost ever fish in the pond over the winter.:banghead3: We had a very cold and snowy winter here in Massachusetts despite what Al Gore ooh:says about global warming.