I need some input for the next pond ... hubby had planned one thing, and I had made an uneducated suggestion, which says says will work just fine ... and is willing to do it for me, but I am not 100% that I want it THAT way LOL ... He told me this morning to order the stock tanks, which he needs any ways (one is for a client), but MY REALITY is, I need to make up my mind LOL. So need input for what may be right or wrong with my idea LOL.
Here's a pic of the existing pond ... had to take it from inside to show the correct angle, so the picture is grainy (taken through a screen) ...
1. The rocks to the left, at the plantings is complete ... the rocks to the right needs to be redone/2 more courses added as we get more rocks ...
2. From the top of the complete rocks on the left, to what will be the top of the next pond is almost a 6' grade change. Hard to see that in the picture.
3. The area between the plantings, and where you see the irrigation line coming out of the ground will be the waterfall/short river area, plus or minus.
All the above, are solid plans, set in stone.
My suggestion had been to set a 150 gallon skippy filter right there, at the top of the waterfall. MY thoughts really are not about filtration, but more so a bucket of water to place some plants ... The top of the rocks hiding the skippy filter, would be set at the same level as the rocks at the plantings (and again, the rocks on the other side need to come up) ... The ponds will look connected, but wont be. He says it doesnt matter to him where he puts the skippy filter ... If all goes well with the new install he is doing for the client, I'll have their old (and trimmed) 10x15 liner for the waterfall/river area ...
The new pond will be about 4000-4500 gallons ... using a 20x25 45 mil liner ... a small area on the far side will be a built in bog (more a thin strip to plant some taller plants) to break up the barren yard, and he may put another skippy over there, just for another waterfall (later project) ,,, The primary purpose of this pond is as a water garden for his lilies, but he knows I am really bad about filling everything he makes with fish LOL ... For the short term (the next couple of years or so) this pond will also be home to some babies I bought to grow out, while I reduce them down to a handful of keepers. Starting with roughly 100, and I like a lot of them, so it's going to take a while LOL.
Any do or dont do would be very appreciate. Doing this on a tight budget. NOTHING budgeted in for the rocks, so it will be a work in progress for quite awhile, but need to get my babies outside, not to mention he now has wayyyy too many lilies to leave them all where they are.
