Water Gardening: Moving pond to new location, 1 by Dinu

Dinu wrote:
I've chosen a location for the pond where an old coconut tree has now been removed and all its thousands of hard roots are. This is slowly being removed and I'll have to later trim them. I may also have to put in an extra layer of sieved soil for the base for cushioning the plastic liner in such a manner that the weight of the water will not push it down and get pierced. Another anticipated problem may be the rotting of the roots after a couple of years which may make the soil in that area to sink down at least a bit. But the tree-remover says the main fibrous tree portion has been removed and that there is not much danger of the soil sinking due to rotting and also from the work of termites which may eat up the dead roots. He has to dig up a further 4 inches or so to remove the roots and then I'll see how the bottom of the pond will be. Also, I've to decide on the shape. A bean shape is more likely. Notice the roots removed. They are quite tough as well, though hollow-looking. I'll have to do some soil-masonry to bring up the desired shape with a couple of levels. The depth now is 2 feet from the top.