Building a Fish Pond (swimming pool...)
Something else that has been taking up my time lately... I've been building a pond 
The pond is still very new. I've only just had the filter going long enough to put some fish in it.
Here are some pics from the construction, now that it has water and lights in I'll take some more, but the construction is not yet 100% finished even. I still have to finish the seated edge and hide the filter etc behind a rock wall complete with waterfall etc
It's located at the bottom of my garden, to give it some scale it's in front of a double garage. The black thing in the corner is the filter and where the waterfall and rock wall will be located.
I didn't do it the easy way... where the pond is now used to be a <i>raised</i> rockery! So I had to remove soil before being able to dig below surface level! The raised edge is made from sleepers and is a perfect height to sit on and relax with a drink or twenty. The water comes right to the top so you sit down right next to it to feed the fish etc.
Here's a friend helping me to 'carpet' it before we put the liner in. The carpet helps to protect the liner and stop roots and sharp stones etc. causing problems. My friend helps give some scale to the pond. It's 8m from tip of the diamond to the other tip and 4m wide. Approx 1m deep in the middle with a 50cm shelf around the edge. There is a shallow zone at the nearest end.
In goes the liner!
And then the first water... it's actually big enough and deep enough to swim in I have no doubt some friends will prove that point at the next house party I hold...
I've just put some fish into it, Koi, Golden Orfe, Goldfish, Grucian (sp?) Carp, and Sturgeon. I'm also just working on an underwater lighting system (looks stunning at night!)
More pics will follow as it develops
manike
The pond is still very new. I've only just had the filter going long enough to put some fish in it.
Here are some pics from the construction, now that it has water and lights in I'll take some more, but the construction is not yet 100% finished even. I still have to finish the seated edge and hide the filter etc behind a rock wall complete with waterfall etc
It's located at the bottom of my garden, to give it some scale it's in front of a double garage. The black thing in the corner is the filter and where the waterfall and rock wall will be located.
I didn't do it the easy way... where the pond is now used to be a <i>raised</i> rockery! So I had to remove soil before being able to dig below surface level! The raised edge is made from sleepers and is a perfect height to sit on and relax with a drink or twenty. The water comes right to the top so you sit down right next to it to feed the fish etc.
Here's a friend helping me to 'carpet' it before we put the liner in. The carpet helps to protect the liner and stop roots and sharp stones etc. causing problems. My friend helps give some scale to the pond. It's 8m from tip of the diamond to the other tip and 4m wide. Approx 1m deep in the middle with a 50cm shelf around the edge. There is a shallow zone at the nearest end.
In goes the liner!
And then the first water... it's actually big enough and deep enough to swim in
I have no doubt some friends will prove that point at the next house party I hold...I've just put some fish into it, Koi, Golden Orfe, Goldfish, Grucian (sp?) Carp, and Sturgeon. I'm also just working on an underwater lighting system (looks stunning at night!)
More pics will follow as it develops
manike
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