Too funny. YOU were the first person I thought of when I saw this thread
You gotta post some pics of yours as things come along. Been looking forward to it for a very long time
Originally Posted by Rowly
Hi Haab,
Nice size water......... in time some aeration will be very benefiicial to help control algae. whether electric or wind mill variety! I have some 15,000,000 gallons of water for an active largemouth, smallmouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch population with a heavy carrying capacity for fish on my clear gravel pit lake. Koi will be beautiful as a stand alone pond/lake with a couple of water bikes to enjoy the view. Presently I'm working on a watercourse in my backyard towards the house with 4 lined ponds and some 200' of streambeds. , all joined together The biggest and last pond will be some 50,000 gal separated beside the larger lake for large koi development. I will pump up some 5000 gph into the top overflow pond from the main lake, falling into a larger lined pond below. the streambed will move the water down towards the house and circle back and down towards the lake some 12' lower level to lake water height. The result, I divided the drop in approx. half and created another level to have the drop less dramatic with another lined pond ,walkways and sitting areas. I have worked from June until present just to complete the last two ponds , building retaining walls, rip rocking the lowest pond to help with the water pressure against the driveway next to the lake where the pressure of the water may create a blow out into the lake (believe the 5000 gph will raise the water in the last unlined pond to the top of the driveway where I will need to build a streambed over it so the water will fall back into the main clear gravel pit lake. This unlined pond is sand and gravel but will still fill with 24/7 water input until it reaches an outflow.....my best quess, instead of leaching out the side walls back to the main lake?????
Best of luck!!!!
Rowly
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