Small Pond Build

I have been given the task of building a small feeder pond btween the filter and main pond, any ideas on this as the owner wants it planted only then fed into main pond.

What plants is he looking for Chrissy - deep water lillies or marginals? Is the pond pump or gravity fed?

Pond is pump fed and the pipe you can see in the picture is from the filter 4inch return. He is leaving it to me to build and plant and workout a style to return into pond. A nitrate filter sprang to mind also wondered about the annoxic style filter.

vedgy filter, tried this and had probs with nasties.what grade of koi do they keep.good old english carp would love it.the jap snobs we keep ,not so easy lol

what are the dimensions of the main pond and the inbetween bit you have to work with?

The main pond is 3,000 gals and oval shaped with a plant shelf which is just visible on the left of pic. There is a drop of about 3ft from the filters to the hole were he wants the pond building. Not measured it up yet at a guess 2m x 2m.

I think he has had a go at a DIY job and given up, he now wants the area sorting and the wife wants it looking pretty.LOL Did tell him he could save himself a shed load of money and put an aquafuser in the main pond to do a better job of oxygenating the pond. But he wants what he wants and its upto me to provide it. I am still talking pond here LOL

if anyone can do it you can .

Thanks for the vote of confidence, its quite a daunting task at the moment as I need to make a waterfall out of something to get it down to ground level. As I am not a brickie I am thinking maybe stainless steel shute or glass shelf allowing water to drop straight into planted pond.

dont know what skills you have lol talking pond, sand and cement and a few stone blocks. seel with g4, not that difficult and looks natural, just a thaught

I think he is looking for something with a wow factor as a backdrop to the main pond so trying to come up with something creative, money is no barrier.lol

OK PERSPEX, looks like glass but dont fall to our winters.seen this in office, and is the buisness. this is not a pond as such, a tunnel that runs through the factory.million aye who loves his koi.the koi are to die for.im not far off the mark by saying when we worked there he spent £11.000 safe guarding his koi. so why not get a perspex ladder made to size.

Will let you know what he goes for when he gets back to me.

so what ya going for

Given him several options to peruse over. Stone waterfall, Glass & Water Blade, Stainless steel shute.

Wow what a scorching week to lumber myself with building this small pond.

Pictures to follow when I have time. Sorry not been around much just got too busy with work.

From This.................


To this...................


To what the final look will be....well almost finished....Damn weather from one extreme to the other.

Looking better Chrissy

Looking forward to the finished job.

Thanks so am I, it has been back breaking work to get it to this in 2 1/2 days. Hopefully will get the stone work cemented in on Monday if it does not pourdown again.

Any views on the Iris plants, I dont like them think it spoils the look ?

you have done well there girl.you can come and give me a hand lol

looks good chrissy nice to see your keeping busy, i bet the temp has been crippling to work in. not keen on the iris like you say they spoil the view. keep up the good work.

Finished except a little tweeking of the filter.

that is some transformation chrissy...well done

Thanks hope the owner is pleased and pays his bill LOL

Great job Chrissy,well done.