Pond with no liner?

[eon aquatics]

My brother wants to make a pond with no liner is that possible?
Also no filter and no aeration.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Depends on how compact your dirt is, but I would still say no. What do you mean by no liner?

 

[eon aquatics]

a tarp/pond liner

 

[eon aquatics]

He says the soil is full of clay so it might stay clean although im not sure

 

[krichardson]

....how big does he want the pond to be?

 

[eon aquatics]

I think like small sized or something

 

[krichardson]

I think like small sized or something

....perhaps he could consider one of those drop in pond shells?

 

[Fishman Dave]

Yes, it’s possible just to have a “natural” pond with just clay holding the water , however more often than not a natural pond has an input water flow and a drain off, simply because natural ponds don’t often hold all the water, they leak.

 

[eon aquatics]

Says his soil is mostly like pure clay

 

[altums85]

It's possible, I've seen people do huge ponds in their back yards. You'll probably need to rent one of those rolling machines to roll the clay and make it compact. Theirs lots of videos on youtube with the process to show u. Really cool actually. Some make the ponds for swimming and some make them to fish.