First pond pics! - Aquarium Advice

SquishyFish · 06-29-2004, 10:07 AM

Well..the pond isnt anywhere near finished, but I thought I would let everyone see what I have been working on.

The first pic was taken about a week or so ago and doesnt have all the rock on the falls, but it lets you see the over all pond. For reference on the lenght, look at the fense. Each section is 8 ft long

The 2nd was taken last night. Just for reference, the orange things in the pond are 5 gallon [acronym:66cad1e980="Home Depot"]HD[/acronym:66cad1e980] buckets. It has about a foot of water in it already from the rain!

edit: when I posted the pics, they posted backwards. So the 2nd description goes with the first pic and vice versa.

krap101 · 07-03-2004, 11:52 AM

hmm. it looks like the front and back wont be wide enough. they might cave in and let the water soak out. there needs to be a couple feet or something and alot of weight to balance out the weight of the water going in

BlueCrystalMan · 07-04-2004, 01:27 PM

Not sure I'm seein' what you're sayin', k101... looks pretty darn good to me... I just put mine in and really the only place I can see any sort of weakness would be on the man made wall in the foreground... One thing I learned is that piled dirt will settle for months, if not years. Can't tell from the pic, but if SF used some sandmix in there, he may be ok...

SF... its been a week... have any updated pics? Lookin' good so far...

krap101 · 07-05-2004, 06:09 PM

i mean when you put the water in you need enough space on the outside perimeter to put rocks etc so the pond doesnt collapse. or when the [acronym:fa4acdef18="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:fa4acdef18] or whatever gets weighed down there will be a lil hole in the front.

see in the front part there isnt even any [acronym:fa4acdef18="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:fa4acdef18] so itll spill out and soak the ground underneath etc

SquishyFish · 07-06-2004, 09:40 AM

The batteries on my camera seem to be demon possessed...so no pics right now. I will try to get some soon. I took the last 5 days off and put a lot time in on the pond. All of the rock work in the pond is finished except for just placing a random boulder or two in the bottom. I leveled the front retainer wall some and dug a ledge around the pond for rock to put on top of the liner. I'll then fold any extra, that may be visible, back in and sit a rock on top of that. Basically I'll be sandwiching the liner between two rocks to hide it.

As far as it collapsing. I'm really not sure how it could. The water will be pushing out...and there is just earth around it. No man made walls or anything supporting it.

The pond is also now about 50% plumed. The rock ledge, the rest of the plumbing and just add water!

BlueCrystalMan · 07-06-2004, 12:08 PM

Can't wait... sounds amazing...

06-29-2004, 10:07 AM	#1
SquishyFish Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,116 Images: 5	First pond pics! Well..the pond isnt anywhere near finished, but I thought I would let everyone see what I have been working on. The first pic was taken about a week or so ago and doesnt have all the rock on the falls, but it lets you see the over all pond. For reference on the lenght, look at the fense. Each section is 8 ft long The 2nd was taken last night. Just for reference, the orange things in the pond are 5 gallon [acronym:66cad1e980="Home Depot"]HD[/acronym:66cad1e980] buckets. It has about a foot of water in it already from the rain! edit: when I posted the pics, they posted backwards. So the 2nd description goes with the first pic and vice versa. __________________ http://www.reef-aquarium.net 175gallon reef 5,100 [acronym:0d8cf742af="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:0d8cf742af] pond Fish are people too!

07-03-2004, 11:52 AM	#2
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	hmm. it looks like the front and back wont be wide enough. they might cave in and let the water soak out. there needs to be a couple feet or something and alot of weight to balance out the weight of the water going in __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

07-05-2004, 06:09 PM	#4
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	i mean when you put the water in you need enough space on the outside perimeter to put rocks etc so the pond doesnt collapse. or when the [acronym:fa4acdef18="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:fa4acdef18] or whatever gets weighed down there will be a lil hole in the front. see in the front part there isnt even any [acronym:fa4acdef18="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:fa4acdef18] so itll spill out and soak the ground underneath etc __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

07-06-2004, 09:40 AM	#5
SquishyFish Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,116 Images: 5	The batteries on my camera seem to be demon possessed...so no pics right now. I will try to get some soon. I took the last 5 days off and put a lot time in on the pond. All of the rock work in the pond is finished except for just placing a random boulder or two in the bottom. I leveled the front retainer wall some and dug a ledge around the pond for rock to put on top of the liner. I'll then fold any extra, that may be visible, back in and sit a rock on top of that. Basically I'll be sandwiching the liner between two rocks to hide it. As far as it collapsing. I'm really not sure how it could. The water will be pushing out...and there is just earth around it. No man made walls or anything supporting it. The pond is also now about 50% plumed. The rock ledge, the rest of the plumbing and just add water! __________________ http://www.reef-aquarium.net 175gallon reef 5,100 [acronym:0d8cf742af="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:0d8cf742af] pond Fish are people too!

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07-04-2004, 01:27 PM	#3
BlueCrystalMan Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 97	Not sure I'm seein' what you're sayin', k101... looks pretty darn good to me... I just put mine in and really the only place I can see any sort of weakness would be on the man made wall in the foreground... One thing I learned is that piled dirt will settle for months, if not years. Can't tell from the pic, but if SF used some sandmix in there, he may be ok... SF... its been a week... have any updated pics? Lookin' good so far...

07-06-2004, 12:08 PM	#6
BlueCrystalMan Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 97	Can't wait... sounds amazing...

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