How To Install a Patio Pond – “A Step By Step Tutorial”

I still think that the waterfall needs more – “Drama” I know i sound picky, but one rock for me just wont cut it if it was my pond, but it still looks good and all, but it could look better !?!

Arteom!! hey, I like dramatic waterfalls too, but I gotta build them how my customers want them. Also, on a pond like this it has a pretty small footprint which means dramatic falls will obscure visibility in the pond because of surface agitation. Also, they have a table about 5 feet away and the dramatic falls can get a bit “loud” when you are sitting right next to it and have to keep yelling across the table for your guests to hear ya!! ……..there’s a method to my madness sometimes

WOW! Great point about the sound, never considered that? Not that is doesn’t look appealing but if you can only “see” the water from the waterfall better. Like if you have a pot and water just flows over it, you cant really see that water is going down, but a crack in this rock lets you see the water more cause it sort of bounces of it! I would just increase the GPH on this! But the costumer’s wanted it and you gave it to them! Anyway nice job it really blend’s in!

Thanks Arteom, as always thanks for the feedback!

Nice corner pond.

Hey thanks, I like your pond stuff too!

wow nice pond i love it i want to build an outdoor pond for my turtles

I have a video called INDOOR POND and it would be a great set-up for turtles, check it out..let me know what you think

nice rock work are they all free floating rocks?

Hi, I am not sure what you mean by free floating rocks?

are they all loose with nothing holding them in place? like cement? or that foam?

Hey Rick, these rocks are held in place with a construction foam that is safe for fish, and aquatic life. we use it for the waterfall area also, to control how the water moves through the waterfall.

great build the rock turned out perfect to match the patio

Just visited this pond the other day. It looks so much nicer now with the plants all grown in!

glad to hear you should do a update video on it sometime.

What a lovely job fella, I have 2 pounds please view my vidz.. I would love to change the bigger of the 2 I have to take up the entire level that it is on, how much would a project like the one in your vid cost?
Regards pete (;

Hey Pete, thanks for checking out The Pond Hunter videos. the project in this video ran about $3900.00 for the complete project, typical projects start at about 3500.00.

Great video ! I just watched it in high quality. The Rocks are amazing . I love the colour . The dark Rock on the left of the waterfall with the light stripe through the middle of it really looks good !
I have just started to collect Rocks for my spring pond project !

Thanks, when I get rockwork in I try to keep the nice rockwork for the areas of higher visibility. rocks that are not as attractive can be set below water level.

awsome

Thanks for the comment! Keep watching..

Alright… So i am planning to install some kind of water feature out front after i am done wit the one i have in the back yard.

But i an not sure if i should get a pond-less or with a pond?? I would love people to be greeted by fish, but then again a pondless looks so interesting? What do you think is best?

@Arteolike I like both, however when you are doing an install with “curb appeal” I lean more towards pondless installations. I am not always comfortable with the fish being exposed to the public it can sometimes tempt people to mess with the pond a bit, sometimes it is good intentioned, sometimes not… it’s the nots that worry me. Let people see your work but for the fish you should be with them, you can educate them too and keep the hobby going!!!

@thePondHunter Yes i was considering that too, our neighbor hood is junk, i don’t really trust people here. I guess i will install a pondless,

@Arteolike Sounds like the pondless would be the best bet if that is the case, better safe than sorry. Unfortunately I have see a few ponds in my time get vandalized and it is always where the public has access to the water feature.