Thread: new pond build

hi all going to be swapping out a 12foot by 6foot 1.2m deep raised pond to a much bigger more natural pond in ground pond
new pond is going to be 6m x 3m by 1.5m deep
question is i have an oase gravity fed drum filter which i belive will be unusable now its going in the ground without building a filter pit which is not happening
i would like to keep the bottom drain in so do i just put a chamber under ground below the water level for the pump to sit in and pump to filters uv ect
new pond will have 55wuv to easypod back to pond
skimmer to bakki shower to pond
and pump to bog filter to waterfall to pond
i thinking that would be enough or would i need mechanical filter before easy pod cilus maybe

thanks

Thanks for your reply samp09
i totally agree that the gravity fed drum in a pit would be much better but unfortunately the ideal place for the new pond is quite limited unless I compromise on pond space which I’m not keen on and the wife wants to build a bbq area next to it 🙄
I’ve moved the above ground pond out of the way and was using the drum as you suggested but had problems with keeping the water level right it’s was constantly dropping causing the drum to be constantly on which I sort of knew would happen

think my options are as you say best to have a pit with gravity fed or reluctantly pump feed with filters above ground

thanks for the advice I have a week to ponder before the digger arrives 😂