Newbie-so excited!

[Kaffik]

Well,moved home to my parents farm, and decided to overhaul the sesspool of a pond ( frogs love it's brown water, but I didn't!). Cleaned out 10 years of decay- ugh what a job!! Bought a laguna 3200 filter and laguna 2000 pump. Refilled pond, replanted water lillies after dividing them, building waterfall today. Looks awesome so far!

 

[DrCase]

Welcome To the Forum !!
Sounds Good

 

[baeya]

Welcome!! Pictures would be great!

 

[sissy]

welcome and hope you can post some pics .Never heard of Perkarsie PA .I guess you have a lot to do .How large is the pond and how deep is it .What kind of fish do you plan on getting

 

[j.w]

Kaffik
We want pictures of your renovation please. Sounds like it will be very nice when you get done

 

[koi lady]

Welcome aboard hope to see some pics kaffik,my husband whiskey and i doing a rebuild,in our back garden,but had a virus over last week so i been taking things a bit slower,we have a pond in front garden smaller than back,but incased in a star of david timber frame looks stunning,will put some pics up tomorrow,

 

[Kaffik]

Hello all! Here are some pictures of the pond redo project. Today I started the waterfall....hours of cutting roots to get the ground ready. ( yes, that is Bamboo around the pond!! My dad planted it years ago....it is a royal PITA!!!! ) Took the tractor to the creek and got some nice rocks- set them in place just to see how it flowed. Definitely needs some engineering - will continue to work on it tomorrow. A question- While redoing the rock edge, a fair amount of dirt fell into the pond. Now the bottom is a mess!! Tried to shopvac it out- but forget that! Will this get picked up by my filter if I stir it up? What else can I do? I have no fish yet- so no worry there. I am not expecting a crystal clear pond- but it def. is not a good way to start!! Any help will be appreciated!! Thanks

 

[Kaffik]

BTW- its about a 2600 gallon pond. Looking forward to plants and frogs ( found tons of tadpoles!!) Fish? We'll see how it goes!!

 

[sissy]

you can run that hose going into the pond into a basket filled with quilt batting to clean out all the fine stuff .You will have to clean it often though .

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forums! :wave:

Your pond looks great!

 

[addy1]

looking good!