Water Gardening: Need any thoughts on my mud filled pond, 0 by caganimalover

caganimalover wrote:
This is a picture of my pond this morning. Yesterday it was EMPTY. We had monsoon type rain last night. I thought I had solved this problem with the medium size rocks I placed around the back and to the right side to stop the flow of water. I don't know if the water came through that area last night (it was too dark to tell). We emptyied it a few weeks ago and pulled the plants and fish out to clean it because previously muddy water had overflowed it. When I drained it there was mud all over. I had to spray the mud down to wash it out and pump the muddy water out. That was a real chore.

I really don't want to put everything back in it until I have this problem solved and I'm afraid that my fish won't be able to survive in the 29 gal aquarium for a long extended period if it gets too cold.

I am grasping at the possibility that maybe someone around me might be able to come and look at it first-hand and give me suggestions.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. ~~~ Carol