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DIY backyard pond with fountain - for swimming? Strangways 09-08-2008
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Posted by Jim Elbrecht on September 9, 2008, 11:47 am




-snip-
>  A veggie filter will keep the water clear.
>
>no it won't. It might help. Water that recirculates will need to
>"cycle". As a result the good bacteria eats the bad. For this you need
>a bio filter.
>>

Thanks for the correction. I'm new to the pond scene and conflated
the two filters in my head.

I think I'm doing it for real in my little wading pond- I've created a
gravel lined 'bog' which I'm filling with plants and will be trickling
water through. The main suspended stuff gets filtered in a
skimmer/waterfall- both with bio rocks in them.

Too soon to see if I'm doing *anything* right, but the dog likes it &
it has been fun.

Jim

Posted by a on September 9, 2008, 9:35 am


Strangways@gmail.com wrote:
> hi,
> At my place of work they had some flowerbeds which they turned into
> small fountain / ponds.. They dug them up, put down liner and rocks,
> installed a pump then hid it, put in a drain if the water gets too
> high and it was done. Looked easy and Im going to do the same in my
> backyard. I had a thought, why not make the basin a bit deeper, maybe
> the size of a hottub, then I could jump in it from time to time and
> cool off in the summer. Would I need a special filter for this? does
> anyone sell a standalone heater and jets to make it a hot tub pond?

Carl Spackler: This place got a pool?
Ty Webb: Pool and a pond... Pond be good for you

a

Posted by gpsman on September 9, 2008, 3:22 pm


On Sep 8, 3:21=A0pm, Strangw...@gmail.com wrote:
> I had a thought, why not make the basin a bit deeper, maybe
> the size of a hottub, then I could jump in it from time to time and
> cool off in the summer.

Really no more effective than lying within reach of a sprinkler, I
don't think, but with a little less cach=E9.
-----

- gpsman

Posted by Jim Elbrecht on September 9, 2008, 4:48 pm


On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:22:44 -0700 (PDT), gpsman

>On Sep 8, 3:21 pm, Strangw...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I had a thought, why not make the basin a bit deeper, maybe
>> the size of a hottub, then I could jump in it from time to time and
>> cool off in the summer.
>
>Really no more effective than lying within reach of a sprinkler, I
>don't think, but with a little less caché.

Sprinkler is probably cold water. . . can't read there. . . dilutes
your beer/beverage. . . wastes water. . . can't be home to water
plants or water-life. . . and of course the caché is worth
something.

Jim

Posted by jim on September 9, 2008, 7:13 pm


> On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:22:44 -0700 (PDT), gpsman
>
> >On Sep 8, 3:21=A0pm, Strangw...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I had a thought, why not make the basin a bit deeper, maybe
> >> the size of a hottub, then I could jump in it from time to time and
> >> cool off in the summer.
>
> >Really no more effective than lying within reach of a sprinkler, I
> >don't think, but with a little less cach=E9.
>
> Sprinkler is probably cold water. . . =A0can't read there. . . =A0dilutes
> your beer/beverage. . . =A0wastes water. . . =A0can't be home to water
> plants or water-life. . . =A0 =A0and of course the cach=E9 is worth
> something.
>
> Jim

Best wading pond we ever had was with the black pond liner in the back
of the old mazda pick up. close the tail gate, fill up and the sun
against the black liner heated it up real nice. Water got too putrid -
open tail gate, rinse off and refill. Hard on the coil springs but
this truck was only used to plow the driveway in the winter.

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