Pond and Filter

Kids love to dig, don't they?

The buckets on the deck were for washing feet before tracking up the deck. THAT WORKED WELL!!!

The pond was nearly complete in this photo. We still had to finish laying sod.

32 gallon Brute trash can, plastic egg crate used for lighting, and a milk crate.

Inside view showing the PVC drain and inlet connectors installed.

Outside view showing the inlet and drain connectors. The drain has a 1 1/2 inch valve for easy cleaning.

The output was screened with a piece of the plastic egg crate and covered with screen to prevent floating pieces of lava rock from plugging it up.

Inside view showing the placement of the milk crate inside the filter.

This shows the milk crate covered with the eggcrate followed by a layer of screening to help prevent the smaller pieces of lava rock from falling through.

three bags of lava rock were added.

These toads (Bufo terrestris) in amplexus were seen only two days before the eggs were found.

Actually they're toad eggs (Bufo terrestris). This translucent string of black beads was found when I removed the pump for maintenance. They were replaced in tact and can be seen in the next picture.

These tadpoles were sucked through the filter and survived. They are southern toad (Bufo terrestris) tad poles.

This is the fully functioning "waterfall" lava rock bottom fed filter. It will be surrrounded by plants when completed.

Photo Gallery - Construction of My Ponds and Filter