1.000.000 gallon pond build

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cypher1024;4063374; said:
You supply the cash and we will!!

cypher1024;4041230; said:
Apparently it is {affordable} if you live in Costa Rica!

As long as you have the space it's rather affordable anywhere, just start digging.
if you can't afford the equipment, it will just take a really, really long time.

Pazzoman;4213354; said:
I would throw in alligators.....they may find thier way in thier eventually lol

Dude that is all fun and games, till they get about 7' - now i fear for my dogs' safety. They really like to swim, or just cool off in the shallow water in the pond at my in-laws place. Which has three gators 5'-7' that appear to be figuring out that they are now bigger than the dogs. No incidents yet, but the gators are slowly getting braver.
 
What i want to know is where he "hid" approx 6,138 Yds or 8,164 Tns of material? I see alot of people saying he should put a rtc in there. Do rtc's live at a depth of 14ft? I wonder why he made the whole pond that deep. Couldnt he just dig 6 or so "wells" down to that depth and leave the rest at a much higher depth? Either wayits pretty damn cool. I can only imagaine just the fuel costs to run those machines to dig that.
 
Dixon81;4332200; said:
What i want to know is where he "hid" approx 6,138 Yds or 8,164 Tns of material? I see alot of people saying he should put a rtc in there. Do rtc's live at a depth of 14ft? I wonder why he made the whole pond that deep. Couldnt he just dig 6 or so "wells" down to that depth and leave the rest at a much higher depth? Either wayits pretty damn cool. I can only imagaine just the fuel costs to run those machines to dig that.

you'd lose alot of gallonage that way. pls why not, go big or go home if your backhoes has a 17-18' reach why not build a 16' deep pond?

awesome pond though and i love that its natural. my soil is clay so I tried doing by backyard pond natural, but alas it would never clear. luckily you don't seem to have that issue. or hedgehogs, those damnable hedgehogs.
 
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