"bruce" wrote in message
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Köi-Lö wrote:
"bruce" wrote in message
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I guess I'll just "go for it" and see what happens. Worse comes to
worse I could just create some water troughs out of copper sheeting to
channel most of the flow in the high erosion areas.
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Why not use a non-reactive material like rubber liner instead of copper?

Mainly appearence. A rubber covered waterfall wouldn't have the same
(ahem...) charm ;^)

Oh. My neighbor covered the liner with flat limestone rocks. You can
barely see it.

Before I'm again trolled by "snooze," I was told to avoid using copper
pipes
etc. where my fish and ponds are concerned.

Copper can cause issues when used in a closed environment like a fish
tank, but for my application I'm not very worried (though it is
something to consider).

It was my understanding if the water is alkaline the copper would not
dissolve and harm the fish or other aquatic life. Someone else I met at the
Pond club said that wasn't necessarily true. All you can do is give it a
go!

The local water is very hard (alkaline) so leeching issues are
minimized, but some alternative
methods would be to use "harder" rocks where the water makes the
plunges.

I see you read or heard the same thing. :-)

Thanks for the input!
-Bruce
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
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