I am prepairing for anything mother nature has got this year i am setting up my ponds in a 6' chain link fenced in area under a 10' x 20' tent with a guard dog.
I have had problems in the past with small predators bullfrog's snake's and small opossum but the dog has kept out the big ones ducks,racoons etc..The biggest problem i have had in the past is flooding i have a drainage canal in my backyard that drains out 2 large neiborhoods and floods my backyard when we get big summer time downpoors but usually no more than 6" not a big deal evan when i used the inflateabel kidy pools.However when a named storm comes along it is dangerous and the flood water can go as deep as 4' in the pond area
i have had to come home from work and save the fish from rising flood water it's not fun
.So to ease my worries of this extreme problem i am building 4'd x 4'w x 8'l temporary above ground pond to grow out my devil fry
.These are old concrete forms for pouring solid walls i just put some new 1/4" plywood on them the forms themselves are 4"x4" with various lengths of 5/8" lag bolts holding them together the plan is to add 2 or 3 " of sand to the bottom and add a liner and water + fish and bang monster pond that will be able to handle all but the most extreme flood conditions.The tent is a good for keeping out small critters and debris it also helps regulate the hot summer temps here and prevents direct sunlight on the ponds keeping algea growth to a minimum i will also have 2 smaller ponds in there as well. These 2 ponds are the formed inground type but i just use some concrete blocks and bricks and brace them up i know it sounds and looks redneck but it works. I took a few pics putting it together it still has a long way to go but i will keep this thread updated as i work on my pond fort as the work roles along.
I have had problems in the past with small predators bullfrog's snake's and small opossum but the dog has kept out the big ones ducks,racoons etc..The biggest problem i have had in the past is flooding i have a drainage canal in my backyard that drains out 2 large neiborhoods and floods my backyard when we get big summer time downpoors but usually no more than 6" not a big deal evan when i used the inflateabel kidy pools.However when a named storm comes along it is dangerous and the flood water can go as deep as 4' in the pond area i have had to come home from work and save the fish from rising flood water it's not fun .So to ease my worries of this extreme problem i am building 4'd x 4'w x 8'l temporary above ground pond to grow out my devil fry .These are old concrete forms for pouring solid walls i just put some new 1/4" plywood on them the forms themselves are 4"x4" with various lengths of 5/8" lag bolts holding them together the plan is to add 2 or 3 " of sand to the bottom and add a liner and water + fish and bang monster pond that will be able to handle all but the most extreme flood conditions.The tent is a good for keeping out small critters and debris it also helps regulate the hot summer temps here and prevents direct sunlight on the ponds keeping algea growth to a minimum i will also have 2 smaller ponds in there as well. These 2 ponds are the formed inground type but i just use some concrete blocks and bricks and brace them up i know it sounds and looks redneck but it works. I took a few pics putting it together it still has a long way to go but i will keep this thread updated as i work on my pond fort as the work roles along.
