How deep is too deep?
 

I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

How deep is too deep?
 

"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.


IMHO...

....I wish I had gone deeper then 4 feet, maybe just a bit more. And I wish I
had dug level shelves.
....Too deep? I guess if it's "too deep" cleaning will become more of a
chore. In my four feet of water. I can stand in the pond, with some water
drained down and clean by hand, and there is still enough water for the fish
to stay in the pond.

BV.

How deep is too deep?
 

I would of made mine like 5 feet deep but they require a fence here if
it's deeper than 3 feet.

Andrew Burgess wrote:
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

How deep is too deep?
 

In article HWotc.16607$Sx2.3135@okepread01, Michael Shaffer
wrote:

I would of made mine like 5 feet deep but they require a fence here if
it's deeper than 3 feet.

For me its 18"

jay
Thu May 27, 2004




Andrew Burgess wrote:
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

How deep is too deep?
 

I wouldn't have made mine as deep as I did.
And mine isn't all that deep!
But at 5'6" if I get in the water is up to my waist.
That doesn't make for easy maintenance.
Also, without any shelves (which with our rock upon rock soil it was going to
be really hard to do) it makes it hard to put in marginal plants. Each plant
has to set on a stack of builder's brick and that makes them vulnerable to wind
in our yard.

That said I've ended up with all goldfish who don't need the greater depth than
koi. I've become a wildlife/nature ponder which has different requirements than
koi ponding.
A lot of depth has to do with your goals for ponding. The OP poster probably
wants to keep koi?




kathy :-)
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How deep is too deep?
 

2' is still considered landscaping, anything deeper you may need permission
from your township

How deep is too deep?
 

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

I wouldn't have made mine as deep as I did.
And mine isn't all that deep!
But at 5'6" if I get in the water is up to my waist.
That doesn't make for easy maintenance.
Also, without any shelves (which with our rock upon rock soil it was going
to
be really hard to do) it makes it hard to put in marginal plants. Each
plant
has to set on a stack of builder's brick and that makes them vulnerable to
wind
in our yard.

That said I've ended up with all goldfish who don't need the greater depth
than
koi. I've become a wildlife/nature ponder which has different requirements
than
koi ponding.
A lot of depth has to do with your goals for ponding. The OP poster
probably
wants to keep koi?

Hmm...I have had a nagging itch that I should have not put Koi in. You just
made me itchier.

BV.

How deep is too deep?
 

...I wish I had gone deeper then 4 feet, maybe just a bit more. And I wish I
had dug level shelves.
...Too deep? I guess if it's "too deep" cleaning will become more of a
chore. In my four feet of water. I can stand in the pond, with some water
drained down and clean by hand, and there is still enough water for the fish
to stay in the pond.

I'm kind of a no-clean porg. I did have to 'get in' this week to
retrieve rocks that racoons had dumped in over the last few years. I'm netted
now so maybe that will stop. With more than 3 feet I'd probably just leave the
rocks in :-)

I have lily pots... Maybe a mask and snorkle? I don't service them very often
now, maybe twice in 15 years...

Thanks for the reply!

How deep is too deep?
 

"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.


How deep can you reach and still keep your face above water? Use that as
your guide to depth. Unless you fancy having a pond water facial.

Snooze

How deep is too deep?
 

5 - 6 feet. any deeper and cleaning is a pain. altho good for far northern areas.
Ingrid

Andrew Burgess wrote:

I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.



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How deep is too deep?
 

How deep can you reach and still keep your face above water? Use that as
your guide to depth. Unless you fancy having a pond water facial.

What are you reaching for? A long pole net can rescue dropped items.
Repotting lilies... maybe have nylon ropes attached so they can be
'fished' out? Or just snorkle once a decade...

I don't have marginal plants. Anacharis manages itself.

Heck, around here I could advertise and SELL pond facials :-)

How deep is too deep?
 

If you're building it with a bottom drain (or 2), then you could go 6-8'
easily: the deeper it is, the safer your fish will be. I don't know where
you're located, but if it freezes, your fish will thank you for the added
depth G. On the down side, if you don't have bottom drains, the depth will
KILL you trying to keep it clean. And trying to catch the little hummers
without a seine net would be impossible. To be honest, I've never heard
anyone say "I wish it was more shallow", but I've heard a LOT of folks wish
it was deeper.

Lee


"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

How deep is too deep?
 

wrote in message
...
5 - 6 feet. any deeper and cleaning is a pain. altho good for far
northern areas.
snip

Clearly though...the though of JMK falling into a 7 foot deep pond is more
fund then a 2 foot deep pond.

BV.

How deep is too deep?
 

I agree with Lee. My large pond consists of two basins connected along
one edge. When the pond is full there is about 18 inches of water over
the submerged common edge. To clean the pond I chase the fish to one
side and then drain and clean the other.

The deeper of the two basins is about 5 feet deep with a 4 inch bottom
drain.If I open the drain about once a month it sucks most of the muck
from the bottom of the bowl shaped pond into the drain. My intent was
to hook the drain into the filtration system (not yet done).

Howard

Lee B. wrote:

If you're building it with a bottom drain (or 2), then you could go 6-8'
easily: the deeper it is, the safer your fish will be. I don't know where
you're located, but if it freezes, your fish will thank you for the added
depth G. On the down side, if you don't have bottom drains, the depth will
KILL you trying to keep it clean. And trying to catch the little hummers
without a seine net would be impossible. To be honest, I've never heard
anyone say "I wish it was more shallow", but I've heard a LOT of folks wish
it was deeper.

Lee


"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...

I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.






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How deep is too deep?
 

In article , Lee B.
wrote:

If you're building it with a bottom drain (or 2), then you could go 6-8'
easily: the deeper it is, the safer your fish will be. I don't know where
you're located, but if it freezes, your fish will thank you for the added
depth G.

A deep pond (or area) all but eliminates raccoon problems.

jay
Thu May 27, 2004




On the down side, if you don't have bottom drains, the depth will
KILL you trying to keep it clean. And trying to catch the little hummers
without a seine net would be impossible. To be honest, I've never heard
anyone say "I wish it was more shallow", but I've heard a LOT of folks wish
it was deeper.

Lee


"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

How deep is too deep?
 

Xref: kermit rec.ponds:148330

"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...


I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)


5' is probably deep enough, probably too deep for me. Neither 5' nor 8' is
too deep for the fish. It's a maintenance thing.

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

Surface area is much more important than depth.

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How deep is too deep?
 

Put it this way, if a Chinaman pops his head out of the whole, you've
probably gone too deep.

Just had to get that in. :)

On Thu, 27 May 2004 14:00:58 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Burgess
wrote:

I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

How deep is too deep?
 

Andrew Burgess wrote in message ...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

My pond is 5 1/2' deep at the deepest point . Seeing as I am only 5'
8", It is a problem until the water warms up as my waders only go up
to my armpit. So I would recommend you take that into consideration.

How deep is too deep?
 

Xref: kermit rec.ponds:148594

You called BV?

I am convinced that I can drown in 6 inches of water!
Long story that is not worth discussing in this forum.
But worth mentioning is that my shrink said I'm getting better by the day!

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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
5 - 6 feet. any deeper and cleaning is a pain. altho good for far
northern areas.
snip

Clearly though...the though of JMK falling into a 7 foot deep pond is more
fund then a 2 foot deep pond.

BV.

How deep is too deep?
 

Xref: kermit rec.ponds:148596

One of the folks here in this newsgroup has a 5' deep pond in Southern
California.

I suspect that if he was to do it over, he will stay between 36-48"

For Southern Cali, I think that's mighty deep!

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"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

How deep is too deep?
 

When the plants can't grow. Four feet is good enough.
And yes young kids are a concern.




"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
...
You called BV?

I am convinced that I can drown in 6 inches of water!
Long story that is not worth discussing in this forum.
But worth mentioning is that my shrink said I'm getting better by the day!

--
_______________________________________
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
5 - 6 feet. any deeper and cleaning is a pain. altho good for far
northern areas.
snip

Clearly though...the though of JMK falling into a 7 foot deep pond is
more
fund then a 2 foot deep pond.

BV.

How deep is too deep?
 

"Rich" wrote in message
...
When the plants can't grow. Four feet is good enough.
And yes young kids are a concern.
snip

That is a good point. Although we have the ankle biters to stay away from
the pond, and we always keep an eye on them when they are in the yard, the
depth is an issue. My oldest could probably standing the deep part of my
pond, and the youngest would be OK if he stood on a pot. Soon he'll be tall
enough to stand on the bottom as well. What I am trying to say, is that with
my 42inch or so depth, if they did fall in, it would not necessarily be a
death sentence as it would be with 5 feet of water.

BV.

How deep is too deep?