There have been several threads on different specialty ponds created for specific purposes. Examples are for sediment control or for forage fish production. They generally don't fit regular pond management and may even have very different construction.

I have tried to look these up several times and it is a hassle to find them all. Catmando, FireIsHot and myself are three that come to mind. There is another one that had a complex set of ponds and even diversion terrace to control water flow into the pond that I have read tried to find again with no luck. Having some links to these ponds in an archive I think would be beneficial to anyone contemplating creating a specialty pond.


Edit 2-26-15 - I ended up looking up many of these ponds mentioned above and added those links to the end of my snrub's sediment pond thread. Links start at the bottom of the first page and mostly on the second page of the thread. Will add any additional links to threads I find to this thread instead.

Below is my unofficial list of links to additional specialty ponds.

Ended up adding lots of links to my sediment pond thread of various other mini ponds. Rather than continuing on with that thread adding links about new mini ponds, decided to come back to this thread I originally posted and start adding links to it.

When I find topics of interest, I like to be able to go back to find them easily. Rather than just wasting that effort for only myself, will put the links here in case others are interested.

snrub's sediment pond page Towards the end of this thread there are links to many other forage ponds, sediment ponds and other specialty ponds. Lots of links to small specialty ponds.

This post links to the small ponds that gave me inspiration to create my own small ponds.

Bill D.'s Micro forage pond thread

Feel free to add other links to other threads that have to do with sediment ponds, forage ponds, or any specialty pond that would be considered supplemental to a main pond or enough different than a conventional pond that it would be considered a specialty pond. I'll keep track of this thread on my watch list, and link it in new threads where there are questions about specialty ponds.

Edit 4-13-2015 spazizz Tiny pond ideas
Hatchery pond questions

Edit 5-17-2015 DeeremanJ Mini forage pond thread

Edit 8-27-2015
TGW1 What size of forage pond to make

Edit 4-15-2016
TGW1 small forage pond

6-27-2016 RAH small pond construction

Bob Lusk article on mini-ponds

John F thread on his new pond that will be about 1/8th acre

Edit 1-14-2017
RobertFisher thread contemplating building a 700 sq ft pond and wondering if it can be sustainable

Edit 2-1-17 Haab posts a series of videos showing the process of refurbishing a rundown million gallon Koi pond in Norway

Edit 3-3-17 My New Forage pond from 2012 Trooper4985

Edit 6-20-17 Building weirs to control flow and sediment into a main pond by Matzilla

Edit 7-27-17 Forage pond questions Discussion about transferring forage fish to main pond

Edit 10-26-2017 KapHn8d thread on building his estimated one tenth acre pond
And his finished pond thread here

Edit 7-19-17 Ponds under a half acre by RussinTx

Edit 12-12-17
VEZ thread asking what fish to stock in a tiny pond

800bman thread inquiring about creating multiple small forage ponds

Building forage and hatchery ponds - archives

Edit 11-1-2018 Tips for constructing a breeding pond for BG

Hatchery pond questions

Edit 3-7-2019 wetland, forage pond and mosquito control thread by ShortCut about his wetland/forage pond and trying to gain some mosquito control

Edit 6-19-2019. Building a micro mini pond

Edit 2-1-2020 Italybass thread on building a forage pond

Edit 5-16-2020 TGW1's inquiry about what size forage pond to build

I have read a lot of them, but seem to find one I haven't read every once and a while. Great idea you had of putting all these together into one thread! If I find any in the future I will add them to your thread.