Oh NO, afraid to look in the Pond!

[addy1]

Laughing baeya, I have had to sneak redo a few things that my sweety did to help me.............so hard to say but dear!

 

[JoaniePA]

I have a little "dirty water pump" that I use to pump natural looking drips from under a cliff of rocks along the edge of the pond. I put on a longer rubber output hose and punched holes in the last four feet, then wound it through a little cliff on one edge of the pond so that it leaks water over the edges of the rocks. The pump itself sits about a foot from the bottom of the pond on a rock so that it doesn't cycle out the bottom crud. Last fall we had a waterfall leak and unplugged everything to work on it. Well as part of the hunt for the leak, I had pulled the rubber hose out from between the drip rocks and it was laying alongside the pond. Before I had a chance to get everything in place, Hubby went out back and plugged everything in. I never thought a second about that little pump. The next morning we awakened to about a foot of water in the bottom of the pond and the little pump had burned out. . Luckily the main pump was still half submerged in its bucket, and the fish were still alive! That little pump had removed about 800 gallons of water while we slept. Not totally his fault, though. And I just keep reminding myself that our partners are not necessarily ponders.. they just love us and want to help! LOL!

 

[koiguy1969]

i say a little anger now is better than alot of " i should have" later.

 

[baeya]

I love this forum! Everyone is so helpful and funny too! I started digging out the area to put the drain in, but it's so hot and humid outside that I gave up for now. Gonna take a nap, go to dinner with hubby and sneak out to finish it tomorrow when he is golfing.....I'm hoping he goes golfing....he better go golfing!!!!

 

[addy1]

Buy him a round, as a thanks for digging in your pond!

 

[baeya]

Oh! He has a membership, so he golfs quite often. We own a bakery, so he goes to work around 11pm, gets home around 7 or 8 and sleeps till noon and then he hooks up with his buddies and golfs the rest of the day. I usually work from 11am to 6pm, I also own an engraving/gift store and still do all the wedding cakes at the bakery.
He saw the stuff I bought to do the drain and just shook his head.....LOL I just need to know how to cut the darn hole through the stock tank.... :grumble:

 

[koiguy1969]

get a hole saw...they go right in a drill motor. harbor freight has 'em cheap.