New Pond: Questions

We are planning to move and need to build a new pond for our fish at
the new place. Since we will be starting from scratch, I thought I'd
see if any of you have any good advice.

Specifically, we are wondering about:
1. pond kits vs. buying the separate components individually
2. Preformed pond liners vs. flexible pond liners
3. Recommended sources for materials
4. Recommended sources for instructions on how to do this?
5. The pros and cons of putting river rock in the bottom of the pond.

Any suggestions/thoughts/ideas are welcome!

Thanks.

Joan
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Joan G.Wikler
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