John Spehar said:
I got rid of the fish pond on my stream and never regretted it. There is a system called the “Pondless Waterfall” . You circulate water over the waterfall, down the stream and into a shallow pond that drains into a holding tank under the ground. Using this system eliminates the need to filter the water and on the plus side you can turn off the water pump anytime you are not watching it and the water all drains into the undergrond tank. There is no need to run the pump 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year to keep the pond filtered and the fish alive. You get the effect of the running water with none of the work. The only thing you don’t have is fish. Of course you could put in some plastic fish that would float when the water is turned on and the pond fills up. I installed my system with a 100 gallon plastic tank buried in the ground and have been running it for two years without a problem. There are package systems you can buy but it is very easy to make your own. Google “Pondless Waterfall” and you can see the specifics of how to install one. I will never go back to a standard pond system again. John
Kind of a way wish i didn’t have the big koi pond. but it about 30 foot around and over 4 foot deep that has water falls and 10 foot water wheel with working beams on it. it hard to get rid of it now… Also, with koi that are around 3 foot long and about 70 of them. They have been there for 30 yrs now. So really the trains was a add on efect in the yard… and now have a remote Swing bridge to open up for my remote controled Tug and 4 foot Barge. [url=
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[/url]Now need to filter out some fish poop that comes direct out of the pond and not settle in the stream. The stream has its own pump and not the large pump for the koi pond. My Fishing man in hip boots should be black and not poop brown when standing in the stream… … hahhahaha. Anyway … are we having fun yet…