My existing 1/2 pond needs some renovating and I don't want to loose the fish. So I just recently completed another 1/2 acre pond 30 feet away from the existing one. My plan is to pump out the existing pond next spring and move the fish over to the new pond. do the renovations and then connect them. Has anyone on here done this before and how did you do it. I'm wondering if I leave the renovated pond empty and just break through or do I wait for it to partially fill up or do I pump the full pond 1/2 empty into the renovated one and then connect. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something