"sweetheart" hotmail.com wrote in message
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I have posted about my pond before - being overgrown, having lost all my
frogs ( except one I think and two or three newts).

I am beginning to wonder if my pond has a leak. Despite all my attempts
and no draught here and I have redirected the roof water into the pond
..... I still seem to find my pond is not filling up. It just seems to be
getting less and less water. Its now down to the shallow ledge on the
edge. Its never as far as I can recall been that low before.

How can I find out if I have a leak? The ground around the pond is dryish
but if the leak were in the base it would go straight down wouldn't it?

Its a plastic pre formed pond. Its been there at least 20 years I think
( I inherited it complete with a colony of thirty frogs and numerous newts
and other things) .

If I need to change it, what should I do? Take out the old one wholesale
and leave the wildlife in there and set the new one in place? I cant see
how I can move the poor little frog and his newt friends easily.

You may have more frogs and newts than you realise.
We emptied our pond with a bucket and put any frogs and newts we found into
two seperate muck buckets (now known as trugs IIUC), cleaned out the pond,
refilled and put the wildlife back in.

We had at least 50 frogs and 50 newts which were hiding in the mud.

So no problems about emptying a pond and refilling.

Cheers

Dave R
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No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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