My pond progression( DIY Skippy, inherited pond renovation)

[mtbdavid2]

Hi there, How did you make a spillway in a stock tank/bog? Is it an 8" waterfall spillway that you cut in half and screw to the tank? Thanks in advance!

 

[GBBUDD]

never played with stock tanks

 

[mtbdavid2]

never played with stock tanks

thanks for the response. Your pond is absolutely beautiful!

 

[addy1]

I just made two inch holes and put in pvc pipes. With some rock work looks just fine.

 

[RMaynard]

I just made two inch holes and put in pvc pipes. With some rock work looks just fine.

Same. Not as nice as a spillway, but much easier to do. Uniseals work well and are inexpensive. If you have 2 outlets, each capable of of the entire expected flow rate, it should be reliable.

In this pic you can see how I used a single 2" PVC through the tank (bottom middle of pic) and used a wye to create 2 ways for the water to enter. This is for about a 500gph system fed by a single 1" pvc, so the 2" pvc should flow 4x what is needed. The 2 intakes with the gutterguard shielding decrease the chances of the intakes getting blocked.

 

[j.w]

@mtbdavid2
Did you already buy that or just looking online for one? If you don't have it yet I would do as the above posters suggested as too big of cuts in that pond might not be good. Not enough strength might happen and it could bow.

 

[Phaewryn]

Hi there, How did you make a spillway in a stock tank/bog? Is it an 8" waterfall spillway that you cut in half and screw to the tank? Thanks in advance!

Here's a replacement weir/spillway that bolts on. I can't find any black plastic ones offhand (although you could surely scavenge one off an old skimmer box).
Be sure it's well sealed. Ideally, it should come with a rubber gasket, but silicone caulk made for aquariums will suffice.
https://pondwarehouse.com/replacement-waterfall-lip-small-aquafalls/

 

[GBBUDD]

Make one using lexan/ plexi glass very simple cuts similar to wood. The glue is a solvert that bonds very much like pvc. In seconds .use a hair drier or heat gun to bend over the edges if that's what you like.

 

[GBBUDD]

If that is the only o2 source then I recomend never getting koi. Shubbies or gold fish and keep the stock low

 

[MichiganSquirrel]

Can you tell me where you got the waterfall portion? Was it one unit or did you install that? I need to create a turtle pond, seperate from my fish, so he doesn't have sushi. I want to use a container like that and have it waterfall into the fish pond.

 

[j.w]

@MichiganSquirrel