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need pond setup advice
Hello all. I am hoping you might be kind enough to give me a little
advice. I just dug a 19'x10'x2.5' hole that I would like to turn into a pond to house common goldfish and aquatic plants. I have a pond that was built by someone else and is basically a liner, pump, and hose to the top of a waterfall. My existing pond seems to maintain good health and requires a drain and clean aprox. once a year to remove built up muck. I am interested in how effective a skimmer is in eliminating an annual drain and clean and if Firestone epdm roof liner (I can buy Pond Guard liner on line for about $.50 a foot with shipping and the roof liner for $.37 per including tax locally, Pond guard $.95+9% per locally) can be used. I was also told roofing felt was a good underlayment. I would like to save where I can, but also not skimp on quality if the difference in cost is close. So I guess my questions are; 1. What type of liner 45mil or 60mil, roof or pond epdm? Roofing felt? 2. Filter such as skimmer effective and or necessary? 3. Pump brand recomendations ( pond is 2500 to 3000 gal. with a 20 ft. run to a 3 ft. tall waterfall)? 4. Does any one know of a reasonably priced supplier in the New Orleans area? I've tried the usual suspects and liner is is 100% higher, pumps 50% higher than the internet. Thanks in advance |
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You can see how we did our pond filter situation: www.jjspond.us Click on
*My Filter* to see and read about that. Click on *Demon Pond Filter* for the parts, and *My Lily Pond* for the plumbing under that pond when going thru the liner. ~ jan On 18 Apr 2005 13:21:47 -0700, "nortyler" wrote: Hello all. I am hoping you might be kind enough to give me a little advice. I just dug a 19'x10'x2.5' hole that I would like to turn into a pond to house common goldfish and aquatic plants. I have a pond that was built by someone else and is basically a liner, pump, and hose to the top of a waterfall. My existing pond seems to maintain good health and requires a drain and clean aprox. once a year to remove built up muck. I am interested in how effective a skimmer is in eliminating an annual drain and clean and if Firestone epdm roof liner (I can buy Pond Guard liner on line for about $.50 a foot with shipping and the roof liner for $.37 per including tax locally, Pond guard $.95+9% per locally) can be used. I was also told roofing felt was a good underlayment. I would like to save where I can, but also not skimp on quality if the difference in cost is close. So I guess my questions are; 1. What type of liner 45mil or 60mil, roof or pond epdm? Roofing felt? 2. Filter such as skimmer effective and or necessary? 3. Pump brand recomendations ( pond is 2500 to 3000 gal. with a 20 ft. run to a 3 ft. tall waterfall)? 4. Does any one know of a reasonably priced supplier in the New Orleans area? I've tried the usual suspects and liner is is 100% higher, pumps 50% higher than the internet. Thanks in advance ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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What about a UV light? are they not needed or is it just not part of
your design? |
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