Mark How deep is your pond? What is the wooden thing in the middle? Is it a veggie filter? Can you post a pic of that, as it is hard to see on the pic you have up. The pond looks really nice with lots of planting and the fish have some good shade under the veggie/wooden?? thing. What fish do you have? I have a mixture of shubunkins, Koi, goldfish, comets, tench, golden orfe. You can see some pics of them on my website. it is www.the-horsfalls.co.uk Alison
I must stress I did not design and build the pond. I made a decision when we moved into the house, 3 years ago, what to do with pond. Either fill-in or make a try of it.
The pond is under the min depth, it is only about 45cm! Due to the layer of 100% clay in my area I think who ever dug it decided 45cm was all they could manage. Also the water fall drop height is way to far, hence the lump of slate against the raised section. The pond is 2.5 meter square with a raised section that just contains stones a 2 plants. I don't run the water fall 24/7, just every few days for a few hours.
It is surprising that the fish and baby fish survived the past 2 winters, as the ice was a good 1-2 inches thick.
