Small fish pond and cascade near Consett

A small fish pond and cascade was constructed to replace the existing pond which had leaked. Filter is an OASE Filtoclear 11.000 and pump is an OASE Atlantis 85. I have left the stupid comments on from another non-believer as everyone is entitled to their opinion. As ignorance is bliss, I wish him continued happiness.

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• newcastle
• consett
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• hexham
• durham

[0h4yd3n0]

i am planning to dig my pond deeper and add shelves and a cascade but i have a hoselock box filter will this do for the cascade or will i need a better pump or a seprate pump?

[pondguru]

Answered in your comments on your channel.

[pondguru]

Oh.

OK.

[Arteolike]

@pondguru Well Firestone® Pond liner you use is 1mm or 39.3700787 Mil, Which is why Firestone® is Junk, and it is impossible for it to have a lifetime warranty, unless the store sells it with one...

Anjon Pond Liners are 1.14300 mm Think or 45 Mil Much better, plus the have patented "Pond-Guard®" Thus resulting in Exceptional Quality, and The absolute best 45 Mil liner on the market. Firestone is a imitation as it does not have an even thickness on the liners the manufacture.

[pondguru]

The Firestone 1mm that I use also has a 'lifetime warranty' but as the material has only been in existence since the 1950's, Firestone themselves class this as 40+ years, since that is all the field test time they have to go on. Flexible plastics and sheet rubbers only started being used mid last century.

[Arteolike]

@pondguru

Anjon® 45 Mil EPDM Pond Liner with Pond-Guard or Fish-Guard i forget, but the reason i chose it because it comes with a LIFETIME WARRANTY!

[pondguru]

What is the name / thickness of the pond liner you use?

I use Firestome 1mm which considering it has only been around since the 1950's has done fairly well (the test run still has not broken down at the firestone test ponds).

[Arteolike]

Ponds that look ascetically pleasing, people seem to enjoy them more and work harder for, because they look nicer, I am sorry, but if you like smooth bottom ponds, the LEAST i would do for my customers, is mortar a flagstone bottom, and lay flagstone along the entire length of the walls it will look so much nicer than just an edge in rocks, in nature, rocks don't tend just to hang out around the edge, they are all over the pond, and the bottom always has sediments, like course sand or gravel.

[Arteolike]

@pondguru Under gravel filters NEVER need to be cleaned if installed correctly with a back flush, were water can be pumped trough the line mixed with air, and into the bottom of the pond, through the same tubes as were the suction is! A well built pond never needs cleaning and draining as well. I say a pond for me must look natural to be called a pond, I use pond liner that would take 90 + years to break down, but i am not taking a chance. The aesthetics of the pond are really important!