Well, It looks like we're buying the house. It's the wife's favorite. I'll be doing everything I can to make the most of this runoff pond. fingers crossed.
Congratulations! I wouldn't be discouraged at all. The reality is, most ponds are filled via runoff but yours has an advantage, you control the point of entry for most of the water in your pond.
In the future, with a little ingenuity, you can monitor and filter all the water that enters your ecosystem. In the meantime I would buy one of those inexpensive solar fountains with led lights and a few pounds of fatheads to eat the mosquito larvae.
Consider yourself lucky.
