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i just found this forum and its great!! I have a couple of questions, i just started construction of a new pond at my cabin. it is at 9000 feet and has 5 plus feet of snow for 3-5 months of the year. My pond is about 10 feet deep and probably 20 wide and maybe 100 long. I dont know what that calculates into gallonage but i was wondering about stocking fish? will i be able to keep them alive during the winter or will they die off?


I have a spring that i will be piping to my cabin and plan to tee off and feed the pond as well. It sits in the low spot that will get surface run off as well.


I was also considering lining the pond. however i have a lot of clay material on site and i tought it would hold water very well.


any suggestions are apprecaited as far as how deep i should go and what i can do to keep the fish alive? i plan on planting trout

thanks

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i would want it a little deeper in N. IL the recommend 10-12ft. Where is this cabin located? I know of places in the green mountains of vermont at about 3000ft+ that have beaver ponds that hold small gamefish yr round mostly small brookies and BG


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Ok new question, my basement sub pumps pump water out into the pond and we just got a ton of rain last night (aug20th). Now my basement has flooded a few times in the short year that we have had it, my question is the pipe that runs out into the pond is below water level and the pumps keep shutting off. I have a battery back-up and a regular sub pump. Now the basement has a walk out that just fills with water and the basement fills right along with it, So does this water line out to the pond have to be above the water level, or is that not my problem. The pipe froze last year and caused my check valves to burst shooting water all over and freezing. I hope somebody can help me. One more question for Bill Cody do you live in Malenta Ohio, I used to play softball there.

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Mike, if your sump pump is above the water line of your pond you should not have any problems at all with the water coming back in. Now if the line is not buried below the frost line(as deep as 6" depending upon your ground make up (clay, sand, etc.) then that would explain why it blew the check valves. Obviously as water freezes it expands thus causing a real mess.
Back to the sump pump, most people's pipes are at or near the surface of the pond as far as the outfall of the water. As far as the sump pump shutting off, they typically run for a 10-20 seconds at most depending on how much water they have to pump down. Then when the float reaches a certain height it will kick on again.

I hope this helps, if not hit me again and see if we can't figure this out.
BJ


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