Water Gardening: Dreaming of a pond... , 1 by snapple45

snapple45 wrote:
The ground cover is Tiarella, also called Foam Flower. The pond is 480 gallons. There is 20 yr EPDM with underlayment. The rock is a biotite schist called "Green River", not quite a granite in looks. It was quite cheap in comparison to most of the other stuff we looked at, about 17 cents a lb. It does not leach anything into the pond. Rain runoff on limestone would raise the pH too high. The pond is 10 years old. I completely redid the top waterfall 2 years ago because of a slow leak that drove me bonkers. The new waterfall is much, much better. Most of the rocks, including the little stream bed and the waterfall are foamed in. The older the pond gets the better it looks. It has stood up to 10 mighty harsh winters. It houses Shubunkins and Comets. The filter is a Fishmate, pressurized with built in UV buried in a well alongside the pond and hidden by hostas. The water fall weir is a Savio 16" that I cemented in myself. The pump is a Little Giant submersible. Close up of front.