I've decided to pretty much let my ponds do what they are going to do also. But, they are all full this afternoon, and it finally stopped raining at least for a bit. The old pond did not get overfull, thankfully, so did not quite merge with the forage pond. The barrier between them worked.
Pictures were requested. First pic is my older pond (renovated Aug 2015). Second pic is the forage pond (built Nov 2015) with the older pond in the background. Last pic is the older pond (renovated Aug 2015) with the new pond in the background.
