Water Gardening: river rock or other stones in water gardens, 1 by yarapa

yarapa wrote:
Hey Dax,
Sorry about your weather. Its been big & bad news according to all the media stuff. Thus far we've ducked it all. Winter is not my pick of seasons.
The old pump is the one we used when I was a kid. It's just sitting there for fun cause it's a handsome old thing. Fifteen miles from town and I'm lucky enough to be a rural water system. Where I plan to put my outdoor pond will be an excellent spot to fill from my tin roofed porch roofs. In terms of gallons I'm not sure how big it will be. Likely not more than a 12' diameter ranging from 1' to 3' / 3 1/2' deep. This is still a real fluid project...so to speak. How much fluid I'll figure out when I'm digging.
The indoor pond is just this old cut in half boiler we used for watering the cows. I sealed and painted the inside of it to make sure I didn't get seepage in the house. I want the sound of running water, if I can support a plant in it great, if not, ah well. This is just goofy old man recreation so it's a no-lose situation.
Heres the tank sitting in place, I have to get some more rock for the "falls" and put some more plants around it.