Hi everyone,

I'm across the Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington and am planning a huge
pond.

I've built a couple of ponds in my past (150 gallon and a 1500 gallon with
waterfall and steep watercourse), but now I'm on a new piece of property.
I've just spent the last week or so catching up on this group (14,000 messages
or so, but I didn't read them all because I'm lazy, hehehe)

I'm an artist by trade and am planning on setting up a 1 acre section of my
property as a sculpture park and showing my work as well as other artists.
The pond I'm planning for this area will be much larger than anything I've
done in the past (I'm going to set up some pictures of the raw land on a web
site soon if anyone here cares to see it and offer suggestions).

The pond will be approximately 25' x 35' and will have an island in the center
(for displaying sculpture with a moon bridge to it. About 20' away from this
pond will be a steep watercourse about 15' high and 20' long going to a small
'creek' that leads to the pond.

While I would love to have koi, I have every predator known to mankind around
my house and may let the frogs move in if they see fit and leave it at that.
Because it's going to be a 'gallery' type setting, nets and other deterrents
would be a little unsitely.


I have TONS of questions... some you guys and gals can answer, some I have
still have to figure out, but I'll read advice and suggestions for all of it.

How large of a filter system will I need? (currently it's in direct sun, but
I'm planning on a hill around part of the pond and bamboo plantings as well.)
Even so, the sun will rule.

Should it be 'formal' or 'natural' looking?

Does a deeper water pond help keep algae growth down due to cooler water
temps?

Part of the pond is going to be under an existing weeping willow tree, so what
sort of skimmer should I use to help with fall leaves? (I'm going to
'containerize' the 20' high tree to keep the roots out of the pond and to help
restrict it's ultimate size... there will be a steel ring underground about
8' out from the trunk.

Should I use a rubber liner? Concrete? Clay?

So many questions, so little money. ;-)


Thanks!

James Kelsey


www.jameskelseystudios.com