My little garden pond project from start-almost finsih...(many pics inc)

[sharpy]

Well my pond project started with a pile of limestone rough finished brick i pulled out of a skip at work (brandnew just discontinued) had decide a use for them so i choose to build a pond .Been a life long fisherman so i thought wy the hell not , I am a carpenter and this is my very 1st attemt at bricklaying but i think ive done i good job if i do say so myself haha , comments and suggestions welcome :lol:

rough 1st placement of where i wanted pond to be .

1st course of block

A few more blocks and 1st wall ties ...

kingspan high grade insulation also free :twisted:

preformed placed in position

placing waterfall

progress

filled up pond with running pump filter and waterfall set up

my few goldfish and shubunkin

back to what i no , 6inch lambs tongue skirting board formed as a coping finish to hide all black pond edging and wires from lights pump etc

well thats the story so far , im guessing mines a basic pond but it was constucted with no guidence and no experience anyways hope you like

 

[DrCase]

You did a real nice job on the pond . And thanks for sharing the build pics
I'm gonna let DrDave move the pic i don't want to loose it .

 

[sharpy]

Thanks alot , there waterfall now has a hardwood swinging door on the back of it now just to keep the pressurised filter safe

 

[addy1]

Looks great! Keep posting updates, we love to see the builds

 

[sharpy]

thanks the plans i have for the near/warmer future is to get some kind of suttle exterior lighting for it and then tackle some plants i need to look into floating baskets or build a island or something similar . I like the idea of there beig frogs in there is this doable ,being a raised up pond i no this is away from nature but my front lawn and flower beds get full of them and i like the little fella's ? i have so many questions so im sure ill bore the forum before long

 

[DrDave]

Well the good news is, I got it into the right place. The bad news is it is also at the bottom and I cannot figure out how to remove the image.
This was a first for me, I deleted the other post after moving the photo into the requested post.

 

[koiguy1969]

are you drawing the water thru the one in/outlet (white) just under the waterfall with an external pump? if so is it plumbed to draw from the bottom also? drawing from the bottom of pond should be of your first concern to remove solid wastes. just drawing from the top especially that close to the returning water will minimize your filtrations effectiveness.
oh... but nice looking setup...good luck with it.

 

[sharpy]

the pump is in the opposite corner to the waterfall raised up 6 inch from the bottom so still 3 feet underwater is this ok? i asked these questions when buying a pump/filter etc and bought a pump that could deal with solids upto 8mm is this enough? No i couldnt find a reducer to suit the hole to the hose so i pluged it and feed the hose through a void underneath the waterfall out of sight.

 

[koiguy1969]

sounds like its under control.... a nice flat bottom on the pond, and not large so you may want to consider building a simple vaccuum, like i did for my basement pond which is 6' x 6' or about 2 meters by 2 meters and i vaccuum it every couple days, takes less than 5 minutes. yours, probably 2 or 3 minutes. if your interested heres the build instructions.
https://www.gardenpondforum.com/koiguys-pond-vac-t4489.html
real simple, basic, and you could easily just run a hose outside the pond to vaccuum and just do small water changes at the same time.

 

[sharpy]

thanksfor the tip ill look into that mate !

 

[poconojoe]

Very nice and solid job!
Good luck!

 

[stroppy]

only way you could have frogs if you had some kinda ramp for them to get in and out as they dont live in the pond all the time .....but pond looking good :0)

 

[DrDave]

Every so often, I get tree frogs. They serenade us at night and can get very loud. I have never seen one, they hide very well.

 

[poconojoe]

We've had frogs just appear and stay. Sometimes we see them sunbathing on a rock and sometimes we won't see them for a while. They seem to like the environment. That's good...I guess.
Great hobby these ponds!

 

[DrDave]

Frogs are amazing. I have not figured out how they survive winters in places like ND, USA. If they dig into the mud, how do they breath, they do have lungs.