On Jun 18, 8:45*pm, Clurrie wrote:
Tynk wrote:
On Jun 17, 9:46 pm, Clurrie wrote:
Jeremy992 wrote:
I am very new to this site and new to gardening overall, and therefore
apologise for this very basic question.
I have quite a large garden and am thinking of building a largeish
pond
(22m x 17m approx 430,000 litres using internate calculation tools)
My question is how do I fill it with water? (as I am on a meter and
obviously this would be out of the question)
Apologies again for the base nature of the question but any help would
be appreciated.
Thanks
I have a decorative trout pond which is somewhat in the "range" of
yours, (19x 10 x2.1 meters deep at the "deep end") *We calculated it to
be about 150 000 liters (time to pump out with pumps of "know" output)..
* I mostly let the rain fill it, but don't drain it during normally dry
periods. *The surrounding lawn is sloped to the pond, giving me about
0.3 hectare rain collection area. *It normally does not need filling
even during dry spells and is only drained every 3-4 years when I
restock (must "depopulate" before adding new fingerlings). *That's also
when I tinker with the deep plants like water-lilies, etc.,
transplanting and thinning as necessary...

An accident waiting to happen.......lawn runoff to fill a pond is dumb
dumb dumb *as is relying on rain to fill it. Probably like a bloody
cesspool.
A pump with a known capacity, yea right. *DUMBASS BRIT!

Note: *I am neither dumb or a Brit. *I have raised 3 1/4 pound
(delicious, by the way) fish in that "cesspool" as you call it. *Also
have GREAT vegetation including beautiful flowers, rushes and even
carnivorous plants which are all thriving. *The system works unless
you're an idiot and use chemicals on your lawn, which I don't. *And,
while there is no doubt error in estimating volume by using pump output,
it's better than guessing how much liquid sits in an oddly-shaped hole
in your yard or bailling 40,000 gallons of water with a bucket. *It's
close enough for me - give or take 20 %, who cares?

PS DumbAss is using potable water - a limited resource- to fill what is
basically a decoration when there's another alternative.- Hide quoted text -

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No one here really gives a shit dude...look at all the other posts in
this gorup...what more can I say.go to a real web based forum if your
looking for reasl answers or to have a decent conversation.its not
going to be found in ANY USENET group. Get a ****ing clue.