Post #129418 by hewey on Tue, Dec 7, 2004 4:19 AM

The pond idea sounds tops.

Placing plants around the edges of the water softens the edges and gives it a more natural feel. This will also give it a 'wild' kinda feel if that is how you want to go.

Lighting can also be used to great effect. An underwater spotlight will light up the boys stream and the boy as well. This or down lights for the wall of water would work too.

Place the pickup for the little boy at the opposite end of the pond to make sure the water circulates. Also make sure you get a pump with an inbuilt filter. You could go a full biological filter, but that is probably overboard for that size pond. Most pumps come with an inbuilt filter that is good enough.

Fish work well in a pond too.Bright fish get eaten by birds, but you cant see black fish, which defeats the purpose...You can put wire over it but that is real ugly.