Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam Placement of drain pipe in pond?

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Welcome to PB! Is there enough room on the property to dig a small holding pond to transfer the fish to while repairs are being done on the pond? Or, possibly could you purchase a couple of those free standing 3' deep kids pools? Possibly look on Craigslist or some place like that. I have a feeling that the only way to repair the pipe would be to dig it up and lay down new pipe, which would require draining most of the pond.

You can get the fish out by seining. If you went that route, it would give you a very detailed look into your fish population. I'd make the pools species specific, LMB in one, Sunfish in another, etc. The pond is small enough, so there really wouldn't be 1,000's of pounds of fish.

Rex had a good idea in another thread - get a plumbing guy to come out with their camera and look at the inside of the pipe to get a good idea of what's going on.