#garden #permies #grownostr #pond #aquaponics 8x4 pond has been running for a few weeks now.

I should have done 4x4 posts on the inside corners with 4” screws. I did have one board start to push out, I lowered the water level and added more screws to the ends.

The stock tank on the top, has a 3/4” pipe from the pump, this fills the tank. It is on a mechanical timer which runs 15 minutes on, 15 off. When the pump turns off it also drains to the level of that bulkhead 1/4”.

The other side has a large 1” bulkhead which sets the level of the stock tank. The tank has plant pond baskets which contain biochar, clay balls, lava rock. This method is super easy to move around, clean, etc.

I have some azolla and minnows in the water right now. I’ll expand to some local bluegill, catfish, etc.

I still need to add an overflow cutout, we had 4” of rain in the past two weeks and I manually dumped out water.