Re: Need advice on building a small pond.
We have both an inground and above ground ponds. The inground originally started with a formed pond liner. It was simple to set up, once we had the hole dug. We later took out the pond form and expanded the pond creating a free form. We use a bog pond for filtering the pond. We have lillies, and flags for pond plants, and cannas on the outside
The pond form later became an above pond near our garden. It's surrounded with cinderblocks, since that is what we used to build our raised beds. We just recently added a Duck fountain for the filtration system.
On the raised pond, we are just letting the rain fill it up, so it becomes a back up rain barrell. On the inground pond, we fill it up, since we have some fish in that one.
As for fish, if you are going to have a shallow pond, you might want to consider goldfish. There easy to take care of and do well in shallow ponds.
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