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Hello All,

After years of saying that I was going to put in a pond I am finally doing it. The following pictures are of Day 1 there will be more to come...


Empty Space (except the dog)


125 gallon Pre-formed Pond


50 gallon Pre-formed Pond


My brother starts the digging


End Day1


End Day1


Covered for rain...


Thanks for looking
More to come

Summer


Heres is more ( they are not in the order that they were took or built):
































More Pictures to come... Thanks for looking

Summer

Cool, keep us updated on the progress!

oh i cant wait to see it! what are you going to do with the 50g pond?

Hello Everyone

I have been busy building and having computer issues, so I have not been able to update you guys until now.

Here are more pictures, I hope it will make more sense to some of you who are completely at a loss of what I am doing.


















As you can see the dog loves it!!!








I ended up putting 40 pieces of sod down.

The turtles can not dig there way out because there is concert almost all the way around, except for where the a/c unit is. I am going to dig that area out and put in pavers so that if they do dig under the fence there they will still hit concert.

The fence is 4 foot high. This way no raccoons or possums can climb in.

Comments Welcome!!!

Summer

Looks good! I think it would be a good idea for it to be raised a few inches to prevent rain runoff and debris flowing into it.

The fence looks good too, but will it block out too much sunlight? It's great for privacy, though I think a shorter fence with a screen top will allow much more sun in there.

Thanks!!!

Sorry I have not replied sooner, I have been very busy!!!

Actually there is too much sun in there.... I had to put rubbermaid lids in the ponds (the lids float) to provide shade for them during the hottest parts of the day... I put them outside on Sunday and I don't think they have figured out how to get out of their ponds yet. But they will.

I will post more pictures early next week when I get my camera back from my mother....

Thanks again
Summer

Here are a few new pictures I will have better ones later in the week....

Here is an okay picture of Hannabella:













Thanks for looking and for all of your replies,
Summer

Nice pond, I am in the planning stage of my pond, so no pics yet. Is that your son in the last picture with the bow? What make and model is it?

Nice pond.
Looks like things are going pretty well.


must be some happy turtles

Thanks,

That is my brother, I don't know a thing about bows sorry...

what are you using for filtration?

pond filters from Lowes... here is the link:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=p ... lpage=none

they work great... I have had one for about 4 years and it still works fine...

wow! i never knew they were that cheap!!! now i wish i had a big enough backyard

Would that filter work for an aquarium? Becasue that's a whole lot cheaper and we live about 20 miles from Lowes so......

most likely, but they are kinda bulking... what size is your aquarium?