I have decided to embark on making a small pond that is mostly for looks but will also add a nice feature to the front area of our house.
I have already pulled power to the area for the water pump.
Here is the basic concept of the planned pond. It will have a few small fish and of course my crayfish I have had living in another water feature I will ultimately remove. The challenge will be keeping my "water" dogs out of it so I told my wife I think the best fish are a Piranhas. 555. The pond will be about 3 to 4 feet deep and like somewhere around 7 to 8ft in diameter with a few local water plants. I will make it out of cement versus doing a liner as I know the liner will degrade and fall apart as I have seen in other ponds.
I am trying to locate the following here in Thailand with not much luck.
These are available in the states and make setting up the pond easy and with a filter trap helps keep the pond clean.
Currently I have 3 shade trees which will add blockage to the pond from direct continuous sunlight. I decided to add another tree now to offer further coverage and let it get established. I bought an older mature tree to match the current ones in place.
Originally the truck with a crane brought the tree but was unable to navigate it down our street so they had to offload into a smaller truck.
Lil Vigo was loaded up
We got the tree to the location. The holes in the ground are where the pond will be built.
We got the tree to the pre dug hole but could not get the tree out of the truck. The root ball was 3 feet in diameter and nearly the same long and it weighed too much
I got my truck and we set up straps and I winched it out of the bed and we all rolled it into its nice new home. I forgot the tree name but it gets quite full and has very aromatic flowers a few times a year. The plan is to make a small sitting area opposite the waterfall.
More to come as this is a project for fun.