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Re: Pond in Deck

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Posted by LK on June 06, 2002 at 10:53:52:

In Reply to: Pond in Deck posted by Diane on June 01, 2002 at 05:01:46:

For frogs and turtles a gentle slope is needed so they can get in and out easily or if it's large enough you could build a land area onto the pond for them to live on.

A peice of cork bark could be attached to the deck and slope down a foot or so under the surface of the water or you could build a "land area" out of plexiglass to which soil is added to allow them access from the pond to deck and back.

Also remember that many turtles get large when full grown as will bull frogs.

Probably the best thing to do is just not add any animals to the pond and see what comes there on it's own. Just make sure the animals can get in and out or they will drown :(

: We are in the planning stages of building a new deck. We would like to include a pond in the center with benches built around. We would like to have the surface of the water end up at the same height as the surface of the deck, which means that the body of the pond would actually be in the vacant space between the deck and the soil. Any ideas about what we can build it out of? The sides would need to be self-supporting since there would be no soil around the outside. My other concern is about how to maintain the temperature so that fish, frogs, turtles can live there. It's new construction and we will not have trees big enough to shade it well for many years. I plan to bring the fish, etc. indoors for the winter. It's the harsh summer sun that concerns me.

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: For frogs and turtles a gentle slope is needed so they can get in and out easily or if it's large enough you could build a land area onto the pond for them to live on. : A peice of cork bark could be attached to the deck and slope down a foot or so under the surface of the water or you could build a "land area" out of plexiglass to which soil is added to allow them access from the pond to deck and back. : Also remember that many turtles get large when full grown as will bull frogs. : Probably the best thing to do is just not add any animals to the pond and see what comes there on it's own. Just make sure the animals can get in and out or they will drown :( : : : We are in the planning stages of building a new deck. We would like to include a pond in the center with benches built around. We would like to have the surface of the water end up at the same height as the surface of the deck, which means that the body of the pond would actually be in the vacant space between the deck and the soil. Any ideas about what we can build it out of? The sides would need to be self-supporting since there would be no soil around the outside. My other concern is about how to maintain the temperature so that fish, frogs, turtles can live there. It's new construction and we will not have trees big enough to shade it well for many years. I plan to bring the fish, etc. indoors for the winter. It's the harsh summer sun that concerns me.

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