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Lovely work, Shekoi!! It's really coming along quickly for you.. I can only imagine what it's going to look like once all the plants start to really come in..

We have been considering the idea of a stream for our pond as well since one of my husband's handyman magazines had an article about building them..

Very good job..

[span class="edited"][Edited by Oleta 2004-06-21 11:32][/span]

it didn't cost that much, all the rock for the wall and edges i already had, the liner for pond and stream came to around 100 ($190).
the plants were the most about 250 ($475)

you got ne fish in there yet?

yes i have 5, 3 comets ans 2 shubumkins all around an inch, not including tail.

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that so nice buy the way it must have cost to make that have you got ne fish in there yet?

It's cool, but are there any purposes other than decor?

as said it does house bacteria on the gravel and helps put lots of oxygen into the water, but the main purpose is to look good.
then the bog area is for removing nitrates as the plants will use them up.

Glad you all like it. the patio area near the large pond, has now been done and the dry stone wall has been continued around the lawn area, and more plants have gone in pond, stream and garden.
i'll post some more pictures soon.

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great job!! i hope one day that i can have something that looks that good

decor and xtra room for beneficial bacteria to grow on more contacts with the atmosphere so i assume if the water is moving pretty swiftly you can get more oxygen rich waters but im jsut guessing .

Looks great shekoi, just wish i could get my grandmother to do something similar with her pond

It's cool, but are there any purposes other than decor?

I can see them now, nice work !

The Amazon Nut...

The pics of your stream aren't displaying for me darn !

The Amazon Nut...

i'm building a stream to flow into a small 120g pond via a bog pond filled with plants.

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i was wondering if anybdoy who has built a stream could share some advise and pictures.

and if anybody knows of any good pictures of streams on the net?

i just need some ideas so can build the best stream for me and i don't end up having to redo in in couple months cause it's gone wrong.

cheers for anything, shekoi



[span class="edited"][Edited by shekoi 2004-06-18 06:26][/span]

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got the pictures now



how it looked last weekend.



how it looks now.



the stream.

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what you think?.

i'll keep adding pictures as the pond matures.




[span class="edited"][Edited by shekoi 2004-06-20 13:27][/span]

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don't sure how they got there, i think they are the larvae of some fly. they look like small red worms, when they swim they kind of fold in half ( U shaped) then flick out.

have you never brought live ones before? they are very common to buy in england.

i'll try get a photo of all the creatures from the pond tomorrow.

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howd u get blood worms? what do live ones look like?

stream is now finished. i'll post some picture soon

its around 13ft long with to small water falls then the fall into the small bog pond then a fall into the main pond. the stream that been planted with surface growing plants and grasses, the edges have hostas and large flowering plants against the wall.
then small rock plants around the front (where patio will be soon) and inbetween the edge rocks.

had couple prodlems, the pump was to powerfull when we first tested the stream and the water went over the sides in a few places. we inceased the height of the liner around the edge and put more stones on it.
we decreased the flow from the pump by having it run the filter box to.

it's been flowing now for 4 days and i'm about to start the cycle, with water and filter matrial form my pond and a couple of feeder fish.

the stream has already attracted frogs which are now living under the waterfalls, and both ponds are full with baby mosquitoes and bloodworms, so fish should have feast when they move in

[span class="edited"][Edited by shekoi 2004-06-18 05:58][/span]

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i'm using liner to hols water and cement to hold the rocks.
hopefully it looks good when finished so don't have to change anything.

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Question for Shekoi or anyone.

When you build your stream what did you use for the liner to hold water in. Just cement? If you did use cement are you worried that you might want to change it some day. Thx

watch out for algae on the waterfall

how would i combat that? just washed it of with cloth?

thanks for the reply.

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watch out for algae on the waterfall