Thanks for the info! I work in lafayette, so I'll go by there one day!!

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Originally posted by rboustany:
With a pond that small, you can really have a lot of fun by making a very aesthetically pleasing environment. The pond can be fishable as well as very attractive with wetland plants placed throughout. When you dig it you can have have a couple of shallow shelves, about 1 foot depth, extend a few feet from the bank and use these as your aquascaping areas. Here you can plant Louisiana irises, pickerelweed, thalia and spider lilies. These species are all very managable and hardy. I would not put any type of water lilly because the small size of the pond can be overrun easily. Define your aquatic zones and wetland zones by having sharp breaks at the edges of the planted areas. The kinds of problems you can experience with your pond is the same as any size pond but the advantage is that yours is so small it is easily manageable. Put some interesting curves but don't over do it because your area is small. I wouldn't go more than 8 ft deep but don't make the whole thing 3-4 ft. Put an 7-8 ft hole to give it some volume. You don't have to worry about aeration right away. Just see how it develops and work one step at a time. BTW, if you are near Lafayette, stop by the National Wetlands Research Center and I'll show you what we did there.