need pond setup advice

[nortyler]

Hello all. I am hoping you might be kind enough to give me a little
advice. I just dug a 19'x10'x2.5' hole that I would like to turn into a
pond to house common goldfish and aquatic plants. I have a pond that
was built by someone else and is basically a liner, pump, and hose to
the top of a waterfall. My existing pond seems to maintain good health
and requires a drain and clean aprox. once a year to remove built up
muck. I am interested in how effective a skimmer is in eliminating an
annual drain and clean and if Firestone epdm roof liner (I can buy Pond
Guard liner on line for about $.50 a foot with shipping and the roof
liner for $.37 per including tax locally, Pond guard $.95+9% per
locally) can be used. I was also told roofing felt was a good
underlayment. I would like to save where I can, but also not skimp on
quality if the difference in cost is close. So I guess my questions
are;

1. What type of liner 45mil or 60mil, roof or pond epdm? Roofing felt?

2. Filter such as skimmer effective and or necessary?

3. Pump brand recomendations ( pond is 2500 to 3000 gal. with a 20 ft.
run to a 3 ft. tall waterfall)?

4. Does any one know of a reasonably priced supplier in the New Orleans
area? I've tried the usual suspects and liner is is 100% higher, pumps
50% higher than the internet.

Thanks in advance

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

You can see how we did our pond filter situation: www.jjspond.us Click on
*My Filter* to see and read about that. Click on *Demon Pond Filter* for
the parts, and *My Lily Pond* for the plumbing under that pond when going
thru the liner. ~ jan

>On 18 Apr 2005 13:21:47 -0700, "nortyler" > wrote:

>Hello all. I am hoping you might be kind enough to give me a little
>advice. I just dug a 19'x10'x2.5' hole that I would like to turn into a
>pond to house common goldfish and aquatic plants. I have a pond that
>was built by someone else and is basically a liner, pump, and hose to
>the top of a waterfall. My existing pond seems to maintain good health
>and requires a drain and clean aprox. once a year to remove built up
>muck. I am interested in how effective a skimmer is in eliminating an
>annual drain and clean and if Firestone epdm roof liner (I can buy Pond
>Guard liner on line for about $.50 a foot with shipping and the roof
>liner for $.37 per including tax locally, Pond guard $.95+9% per
>locally) can be used. I was also told roofing felt was a good
>underlayment. I would like to save where I can, but also not skimp on
>quality if the difference in cost is close. So I guess my questions
>are;
>
>1. What type of liner 45mil or 60mil, roof or pond epdm? Roofing felt?
>
>2. Filter such as skimmer effective and or necessary?
>
>3. Pump brand recomendations ( pond is 2500 to 3000 gal. with a 20 ft.
>run to a 3 ft. tall waterfall)?
>
>4. Does any one know of a reasonably priced supplier in the New Orleans
>area? I've tried the usual suspects and liner is is 100% higher, pumps
>50% higher than the internet.
>
>Thanks in advance

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Eddypilot]

What about a UV light? are they not needed or is it just not part of
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