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How To Replace a Pond Liner

Now that your excavation is fully renovated and ready for action, it’s time for the main event:

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When Replacing a Pond Liner Take These Things into Consideration

This is the ideal time to make adjustments, add protections, or add new features to your pond.

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Should You Get Rid of Your Old Pond Liner?

Once the pond is empty, and the liner is fully exposed, it’s time to remove it. But wait! In some cases, it may be a reasonable option to leave the liner there. 

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6 Primary Considerations when Replacing a Pond Liner

Sometimes the most mundane details are overlooked when you’re getting ready for a big project. 

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4 Steps to Replacing a Pond Liner

Once you’ve settled on replacement, you’re looking at a good chunk of work, so it’s wise to plan to make the most of your effort. 

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Should Your Repair or Replace Your Pond Liner?

Repair is almost always the least expensive option, providing it is successful on the first try.

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Locating a Leak in Your Pond Liner

Most direct damage to the liner produces tears and punctures. A large hole near the surface of the water may be easy to identify and evaluate. 

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Dealing with Pond Liner Leaks - Where Has All the Water Gone?

Once you’ve taken a shot at identifying the type of liner you’re working with, it’s time to try to identify the type, location, and cause of the leak, if possible. 

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5 Types of Pond Liners

Whether you’re dealing with a dry, semi-dry, or just a mildly leaky pond, take the time to see what’s there, a few inches or several inches into the dirt.

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What Type of Pond do I Have?

Artificial ponds come in all shapes and sizes and are used for almost every imaginable purpose

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The Ecology of a Fish Stocking Pond

The intent of a stocking pond is to have an environment that is as conducive as possible for fish growth and survival, no matter what the ultimate purpose of the pond might be.

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Ecosystem Importance in a Fish Stocking Pond

A balanced ecosystem is key to a thriving, long-lasting, fish stocking pond. But what exactly does that entail?

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How Many Fish Should be Stocked in a Pond?

The number of fish depends on the size of the pond. 

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What Are the Most Common Pond Stocking Fish?

A great deal of study has gone into the recommendations for fish to stock in a private pond.

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Pond Management Concerns

You may also want to introduce minnows and/or catfish to your pond.

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Evaluating Your Fish Stocking Pond Habitat

The long-term success of a fish stocking pond depends on the relationships established between the fish and the pond habitat. 

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How to Create a Natural-looking Pond with a Liner

Not all lining material is created equal. Although pre-shaped rigid liners exist, they are not normally what you would choose for your fish stocking pond.

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The Basics of Building a Fish Stocking Pond

A fish stocking pond can be as basic as a large metal drum filled with water and a few plants, but that would certainly not be aesthetically pleasing. 

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So, You Want to Build Your Own Fish Stocking Pond

Fish stocking ponds planned for private land are routinely regulated by state and municipal authorities. 

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The Life Cycle of a Fish

Fish, as almost everyone knows, are almost always hatched from eggs that range from almost microscopic, about a millimeter in size, to the size of a small orange pea in the case of some salmon eggs.

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What You Should Understand about Fish Stocking

Stocking fish of the right size and species, at the best time of year, in ponds that have the most favorable conditions for their survival, only makes good sense.

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Varied Reasons for Stocking Fish

Obviously, fish stocking is a tool for fisheries managements. 

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Fish Stocking Ponds: The How and Why

Fish stocking is an old practice, and it is used throughout the world in an effort to restore dwindling fish populations in rivers and streams. 

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10 Great Fish Species for a Garden Pond—Plus Fish to Avoid

Looking for the right fish species to keep in your new garden pond? 

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Considerations for Both Large Pond Liners and Small Pond Liners

As you’re researching the best ways to build a pond, you’ll run into a lot of conflicting ideas and information.

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