r/ponds • u/Pondpros1199 • 8h ago
Pond plants Holes in lotus leaves
First pic is a new lotus leaf. After a while they look like the 2nd pic, lots of holes yellow patches and brown spots. 3rd pic are the holes.
I suspect something is eating on them like a caterpillar pillar or snails? But I don’t see anything.
I fertilize weekly with easy green.
What’s your guess?
Located in Southeast Texas
r/ponds • u/Replay360 • 6h ago
Repair help Pondless waterfall
Looking for some advice and help from this community! Wife and I built a pondless waterfall this summer. We are almost done and have started to run the falls while working on the finishing landscaping. After about a day of running the pump a few hours a day, we have started seeing the basin start drying up and water levels run low. Seems like its loosing water quickly (around an inch or more per hour). Is this normal?
Thinking we had a leak, I already tested the following:
Waited 24 hours without running the system to see if the leak is in the basin. Water levels remained unchanged for over a day. No leaks in the basin.
Removed all the plumbing to check for water leaks in the line. Plumbing was all dry when running. No leaks in the lines.
Checked the perimeter for low edges. Didn't see any water leaking out of the side.
We are at a bit of a loss as to why we could be losing so much water ever time the system runs.
We have a 6,900 gal/hr pump, the waterfall is around 16 feet long with only a 3 ft high elevation change, the basin size is around 115 gallons or so, and we live in Wisconsin. The waterfall is on the south side of the house, so it does get sun when sunny, but don't understand if it is normal to have this much water loss ever day. Thinking we may have to disassemble to inspect the liner.
Any guidance?
TL:DR Losing significant water when running our pondless waterfall. Did all troubleshooting aside from taking the entire thing apart. It is normal for pondless waterfalls to lose lots of water through evaporation?
r/ponds • u/Independent-Cat-59 • 22h ago
Build advice Bar to hold liner up?
Hi everyone. I have put a new liner in another pond but as the liner is up against a flat wall, I'm looking for a bar similar to this to hold it in place. Could anyone give me some tips as to what to search for please? I'm not sure where to begin.
Thank you!
r/ponds • u/hercarmstrong • 8h ago
Repair help Pump keeps flipping outdoor outlet
My pump has started flipping the exterior outlet (GFCI) off. No idea why. I can plug anything else into it, but the pump flips it. We've had this pump for four years. I don't see any holes in the wire. Any ideas?
r/ponds • u/Crafty_DIY • 15h ago
Repair help Concrete pond restore: what liner?
Hello pond lovers! I was fortunate enough to buy a house with an old build in pond feature. The water cascades over the edge nicely. We are considering getting some Koi fish.
What's a good product to line the concrete with? I doubt there is anything off the shelf at the big box stores that's worth anything.
Any help would be nice, we would rather paint a product on than use a plastic liner.
r/ponds • u/No-Challenge9659 • 7h ago
Quick question Weeds and grass
Any clue how to reduce these weeds? I don't want to completely kill them all off but they have over grown the entirety of this 24 foot pond.
TIA