HOW TO BUILD A POND

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Materials needed to build:
 

Shovel

Pond liner

Flat stones (flag stone or slate)

Cement to keep stones in place

Pump

Filter

Materials needed to finish:
 

• Dechlorinator
• Plants
  • Bamboo
  • Palms
  • Grass
• Water Plants
  • Water Hyacinth
  • Water Lily
  • Water Letuce
  • Frog Bites
• Bog Plants
  • Papyrus
• Japanese decorations

 

Digging the pond
 

• Mark the area that you wish to dig.
• Water the area until it is soft enough to dig two to four feet deep
• Leave some areas six inches to one foot deep, as a shelf, for bog plants
• Rake the area until you have a smooth base to lay your plastic liner

Laying down the liner
 

• Cut a piece of liner big enough to overlap the pond by one foot
• Lay the plastic liner over the pond and make the bottom of the pond as flat as possible
• Fill the pond with two or three inches of water.
• Try to remove any wrinkles in the sides of the liner
• Slowly fill the pond keeping the sides pulled tight
• Allow the water to stretch the liner to the contours of the pond.
• Fill the pond to the very top and pour sand around the overlapping liner

Laying down flagstone
 

• Pour a base of cement around two inches thick and as wide as the flagstone
• Slowly work each stone into the cement

Putting the fish in the pond
 

• Dechlorinate the water
• Aerate the pond by installing a fountain or waterfall
• Place test fish in the pond (inexpensive feeder fish)
• Wait two days to insure the pond is safe
• Release fish

Creating a pond filter
 

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