Originally Posted By: Quarter Acre
6 inches of rain from Friday to sunday...

Don't mind the floating pallets. One cinder block was not enough to hold some of them down. Time to go swimming!


The rocks look good. If the pallets are for FHM nesting sites they are fine floating but they should be staked in place so they do not roam around. They will eventually saturate and sink.

If you want them to sink and they are permanent structure you might want to rethink how you use them. Putting them in a Tee-Pee formation with big zip ties (bought where they sell airco ducting supplies) or screws. Just the pallets alone sunk in a matter of a few years they will not even be bumps on the bottom as silt surrounds them. More vertical height is better. Or just stack them together three or four high. If they are for FHM and you want them to sink in shallow water you might want to tie a rope on them so you can pull them out later. In a year or two your FHM will be gone and the pallets will not provide much structure laying flat on the bottom.

Just some thoughts.

Pond looks good.

Edit: I see the pallets may be stacked two high.

Last edited by snrub; 05/01/17 11:11 AM.

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