Originally Posted By: BrianL
Just throwning some ideas out....could you dig ponds smaller and maybe 6' deep and use water from main pond to keep the water fresh? Also build burm to prevent too much watershed flow, and control water with pump....

I had thought of using a 12' above ground tank, cirulating water from main pond, and have it where I could drain into main pond thru a 6-8" pipe.


Brian I had thought about doing that very thing with my 1/20th acre forage pond. It is slightly above and only 30 feet or so from my main pond. I think it would work slick. All I would have to do is pump water from the main pond to the forage pond and let gravity and the existing overflow pipe take care of the return. I just was not sure I wanted to commit to maintaining the pump and screen/filter most of the year. But I think it would solve the potential water quality issues a small pond with heavy feeding can experience.

Last edited by snrub; 12/13/17 12:23 PM.
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