Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat floating reef

I did something similar using nylon chair webbing suspended under a floating dock. The dock is 8 by 8 and I remove it every winter so I didn't want to permanently attach anything to the bottom because taking it out would be a problem. (as if it isn't heavy enough already) I made a hanging web hideout for small fish by using 24 sections of 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe 8 feet long with caps glued on both ends so it floats. Then I made strips of the webbing between 3 and 7 feet long, folded the top and had the wife sew a loop in one end 3 and 1/2 inches down so a 7 inch diameter loop was made. On the other end she sewed in a small weight. The loops slide over the pipe pretty snug so glue the last cap on after the webbing is on. My setup has 24 rows of strips and each pipe has 24 strips. The strips are mixed in a pattern of various lengths. When the float is in the water for the season it's easy to take the pipes and with a helper on each end lay on the deck and pass the pipe under the float. The floating PVC header keeps the pipe pressed tightly to the bottom of the dock and the weights on the bottom make the nylon webbing hang nicely. Place all 24 pipes and you'll have a pretty dense forrest under the dock. In the fall they are easy to remove and dry out for next year. This has provided me with excellent fishing as the cover is great for baby bluegills and the bass hang out around the outside of the cover waiting for an easy meal. Of course I'm on top getting the easiest meal of all and a tan at the same time! But that's the job of a pond boss, someones got to do it.