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Some More Backyard Water Pond Designs Considerations

So we looked at location as part of any backyard water pond designs.

You should think about the pond's aeration. Can you add a garden pond waterfall design element to any backyard water pond designs you come up with?

Fish ponds designs should avoid situating the pond in a run-off area. Watch how quickly the area fills after rain. Too much runoff can flood the pond with pesticides. And what affect will that have on your fish? Probably not a good one.

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Designing garden ponds means you need to think about what style of pond you want too.

Formal ponds normally have definite shapes like squares, rectangles, and circles. While natural ponds tend to follow the ground's lines and have no formal shape.

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Also the shape you settle on should be conducive to good water circulation. A rectangular shape is ideal when you have a bottom drain at one side and a water return at the other.

Don't think about a T-shape unless you have two bottom drains and induction jets to stir up the water. That's because water flows best from rounded edges, not corners. The bottom drain and water return should be distanced from each other as far as they can go.

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