I finally started my pond

[jinman]

So would you use PVC pipe or styrofoam for floatation?:confused2:
hugs, Brandi

I would use the PVC for durability and add blocks of styrofoam before sealing the final two pieces together. That way if it ever leaks, the styrofoam inside will prevent it from filling with water and sinking.

 

[bindian]

I would use the PVC for durability and add blocks of styrofoam before sealing the final two pieces together. That way if it ever leaks, the styrofoam inside will prevent it from filling with water and sinking.

Jim,
That is an excellant idea. Walmart and Hobby Lobby have round foam. With the PVC pipe, I can use extra long ty wraps (zip ties) to secure the deck to the pipe.
hugs, Brandi

 

[firefighter9208]

Use swin Noodles found in the kids section at walmart. Cheap!

 

[bindian]

Use swin Noodles found in the kids section at walmart. Cheap!

Another AWESOME suggestion.:thumbsup: I have used Noodles plenty of years in the Frio River. I will check this out for sure.
hugs, Brandi

 

[rd_macgregor]

I just waded through all 29 pages of this thread, whew!
A really nice project and great looking pond, too.
I have a great place for a pond, and have been thinking of digging a pond there for nearly 20 years...but I obviously don't have the initiative that you've shown!
What I wonder is how you mow around the pond edge? Elsewhere, I've read about any number of folks who've driven or tipped their mowers into their ponds. With the very steep sides on yours (I mean the drop-off into deep water), a tip over might very well be fatal. Do you just leave the grass long near the water's edge or weed-whip it or what?
BOB

 

[bindian]

I just waded through all 29 pages of this thread, whew!
A really nice project and great looking pond, too.
I have a great place for a pond, and have been thinking of digging a pond there for nearly 20 years...but I obviously don't have the initiative that you've shown!
What I wonder is how you mow around the pond edge? Elsewhere, I've read about any number of folks who've driven or tipped their mowers into their ponds. With the very steep sides on yours (I mean the drop-off into deep water), a tip over might very well be fatal. Do you just leave the grass long near the water's edge or weed-whip it or what?
BOB

Thanks. I mow it with a Hustler FasTrac Zero Turn mower and use a Weedeater on the water side slope. The FasTrac is low and swatty enough to feel pretty solid on all but the water side. I chicken out there. I am more concerned with a tire loosing traction at the water's edge. If that happens, I would be stuck. The turf tires get slip stuck on level wet low ground and grass way too often. When one tire spins.......the other tire turns the mower into the spinning tire...........which would be a big splash at water's edge.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I just waded through all 29 pages of this thread, whew!

BOB

It just dawned:confused2: on me what your stated..........29 pages. I had no idea!
hugs, Brandi

 

[firefighter9208]

Brandi,

I was going to buy a Grasshopper Zero Turn so the dealer brought me one out to demo. I wasn't real good at operating yet, but decided to mow the inside edge of my dam. :drool: I slid that suck right off into the water. Luckily I was at the spillway and the water wasn't very deep.

I also weedeat around the inside edge of the dam now.

Chris

 

[bindian]

Brandi,

I was going to buy a Grasshopper Zero Turn so the dealer brought me one out to demo. I wasn't real good at operating yet, but decided to mow the inside edge of my dam. :drool: I slid that suck right off into the water. Luckily I was at the spillway and the water wasn't very deep.

I also weedeat around the inside edge of the dam now.

Chris

Firefighter9208,
I don't know if I want to laugh or feel bad for you.:confused2: Either way.....your pants got wet. Now what was scary was having the Big RED Beast up on that dam, parallel with the dam.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I have a question about my catfish. They have been seen from time to time swimming around and circling back and forth like sharks. They investigate anything that lands on the water and floats. They are not hitting the surface for lack of air, but just swimming within a foot of the surface. Are they underfed:licking: and are hungry? We only see one or two at a time doing this.:confused2: When I do feed them, they take a second or two for all of them to surface and feed, so I know they are staying deep for most of the time.
hugs, Brandi