What I've been doing...

[Ole]

that is awesome...i love stuff like that. how long did it take to remove all that ground?

what kind of filtration did you settle on?

Took me in all about 3 weeks just to dig and level the ground. I worked on it when time permitted. 1 word: tiller. It helped loosen all the compacted clay. The filter system was purchased from <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webbsonline.com">www.webbsonline.com</a><!-- w --> . I bought the FILT27 kit. It came with the pump, skimmer and waterfall filter. I added some additional filter media to assist in cleaning the water.

Very cool, looks great!

I did one a few years ago for my wife but I really need to redo the waterfall. I used one of the tiered hard plastic things from Home Despit and it's pretty cheesy, not very "real" looking.

Is your waterfall dug out of a mound then lined in the matting? I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep the water where I want it go and keep it looking natural...

I will post a pic of the stream I created for the second waterfall. The main waterfall I dug out of the mound I created from removing the dirt from the deep sections of the pond. I purchased a large enough liner to cover the entire pond and also the mound of dirt. I didn't want create a need for seaming the liner.

If I build another, it will be larger. I figure this one to be about 2000 gals. I would at least double that. It doesn't cost much more to make a bigger one.