Installing A Preformed Pond, Step By Step

Installing A Preformed Pond, Part 2


The clothes washer discharges its water into the pond	The all new rock patio with new plants being planted, and the pond in the middle	A burried 3/4" PVC pipe carries a 1/2" hose around the corner to avoid crimping
The 210 GPH pump was too weak. Replacing it with a 560 GPH pump	A patio pond with a frog spitter that refills the pond after the plant water is pumped out	Have just added some water plants & fish to the pond. Measuring the pond depth
A Chinese High Fin Banded Shark Algea Eater slips out of the bag into the pond	These two Anacharis stems came with the fish	A Water Poppy - Hydrocleys nymphoides	A Water Sprite, Floating Form. (Ceratopterus pteroides)
A Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)	A Parrot's Feather; Diamond Milfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum)	Planting Water Poppy in an Aquatic Planting Media, to be topped with pea gravel	Planting various plants in an Aquatic Planting Media, topped with pea gravel
A pond within a rock patio with trees and plants	A packrat eats the Snapdragons
A sump pump on a dinner plate inside a 40 gallon pond liner attached to the shower floor	The shower water from above is almost high enough to activate the sump pump	A sump pump is ejecting shower water into the pond (caught by IP Camera)	The sump pump, wrapped in a wire mesh, has sent the shower water to the pond
The pipe from the sump pump runs from the shower's 40 gallon basin to the 133 gallon pond		The pond plants are beginning to grow	A red Water Lilly in all its glory
A young but lush pond in a rock patio with various trees and plants (not in picture)	New gutters will capture the rain water and send it to the pond	Piping carries grey water and rain to the pond. Also the filler hose, and the recirculator tube