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That whole thing looks super impressive Ro40! you thought of everything and everybody! fish kids, Grandma and everybody will have a place to enjoy! You will get man yrs of enjoyment out of this setup.
All the really good ideas I've ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
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gehajake, thanks for the kind remarks. Any pond building guy knows you have to keep the wife happy first, if momma (grandma) ain't happy... If it holds water, I'll be happy.
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I hope you have all that wood somehow very securely anchored to the bottom because when covered with water is has a strong tendency for floatation. Dry logs are an impressive buoyancy.
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Bill, I wired down all the logs with fence wire attached to one or two metal stakes driven a foot or so into the ground. The water is now rising to submerge some logs so we’ll know soon. My philosophy was to restrain them enough so they wouldn't wander far but not to hold them fast. Most of them are a couple feet from the surface, sitting near a possible spawning site, so I am OK if part or all of a given log sits at the surface until it gets water logged. I have attached a photo of one such set of logs. The attachment is not beautiful but you can see one of the steel rods where the wire is attached, the other rod being behind the logs. If someone has done this a better way I would be glad to see it. I worked with what I had. ![[Linked Image]](https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=18905&filename=wired logs.png)
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Quite a journey. You are tenacious
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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Retired - Your anchoring method should work providing the pond bottom doesn't soften and stakes pull out. Attaching just one end and letting the other end float up is a good idea to make useful structure.
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![[Linked Image]](https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=18992&filename=Frozen Pond.png) The pond is full and was frozen. I am uploading a picture to see if it still works for me. Worked last month, but not now, same as others have been experiencing.
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