"keith_nuttle" wrote in message
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Several years ago I obtained a pond when I purchased our present house. It
had what I considered significant leaks. After several post to this group
asking about ideas to find leaks and many hours over the period, I believe
I have finally found the source of my main leak.

To find this leak I have stop the pond pump and watched the level of the
three pools, to determine which pool had the leak and the approximate
level of the leak. I found that the best caulking for leaks was roofing
asphalt.

Over the last few years I realized that the most significant drops in the
pond level were random. My first clue to the source of the random leak was
found when our cat was making strange noises at the family room door to
the deck where the pond is located. When we turn on the deck light, there
was a family of raccoons "talking" to the cat. When they saw us they
immediately went into the begging position, sitting on their rumps with
the palms on the front legs extended.

Then I realized there were wet paw prints on the deck when the level drop,
I realized the the source of the "leak" was the pool party that the
raccoons having on "nice" evening. (I have not determined what a nice
evening is to a raccoon)

Since this female raccoon has now raised several families in our yard, I
suspect that I will have to learn to live with the leak.
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We had one of those barrel ponds set away from the house that was losing
water like mad. It had to be refilled every few days but the plants were
not disturbed. I finally pulled up the Lerio hard plastic liner for a
looksee. It wasn't leaking. Then one night coming home from a friend's
house, I saw several deer lift their heads from the barrel. They were using
it as a water trough.
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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