weekend update

I drained the pond this weekend so I could powerwash the liner. You can see how dirty it gets from all of the rocks. I also installed my pump and filled in lava rock in the marsh area. I constructed the PVC pipe connector so the water would rise evenly. If you do not make something like this, a big piece of lava rock could get jammed in the tube and it will slow the water down.

I plugged in my 6,000 gallon per hour pump saturday night and..... it wasn't strong enough! so, i went to North Hills Water Garden and bought a 10,000 gph pump and that did the job. Right now I am waiting for the cement to dry on the spill rock. I will update pictures once the hydraulic cement is dry and the water is flowin!