How Full Is This Pond? - The Solar Powered Well Pump Is Filling It Up! - RPS Solar Pumps

[@doombuddyfl]

Love the pond updates.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks! It's definitely fun to watch it fill up.

[@OneEyeCustoms]

I can hear the excitement in your voice! Pretty cool set up for sure.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks Doug! If only you still had your jet skis. 🙃

[@OneEyeCustoms]

@@IndyFarmLife I still have one , a spark.

[@IndyFarmLife]

I better see that on Adam's pond soon!

[@BIGALTX]

Your excitement is infectious. I’ve had my 220v pump running for a week and it’s brought my pond up about a foot. I’m getting 13 GPM out of it, 24 hours a day. My plan is to have solar before next summer. Which RPS system did you install? They recommend an 800V for me. Is RPS a sponsor of your channel? I appreciate the pond updates… I’m sure I will be just as excited about mine staying full… Through the Texas summers… Every year… 👍🏻😎

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thank you! I am definitely excited. It's really amazing what continuous flow will do to the water level in a pond! Eliminating the electric cost is a great added benefit. We installed the Pro 750V. I've been very pleased with the results thus far. It's a workhorse. Yes, RPS did sponsor this series of videos, but the results and my enthusiasm for the setup are certainly real. Ha. There is a link below if you want to learn more, but it sounds like you have already been doing your homework!

[@DieselMike]

Not repetitive at all. Keep the updates coming. Consider stocking a few Triploid Grass Carp this spring. What was once lawn and is soon to be submerged weeds would be cleaned up in short order with a few of those aggressive herbivores. In upstate NY, it is extremely regulated and you need to apply for a permit and then the state approves how many you can stock. I put only 6 in my one acre surface area pond in the spring of 2023. They were six inches long at the time. Today they are about 24-30 inches long and the pond has never been cleaner of pond weed. Not that you have an issue as this is one of the cleanest ponds I have ever seen, but it is good preventative maintenance.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thank you! I definitely will. We actually have 5 or 6 triploid grass carp in our pond. They were put in when we stocked it several years ago. Yes, you are right. Highly regulated. I have a certificate with verification from the state that they are in fact sterile. Perhaps that's why our shoreline already looks like it does. Interestingly enough though, in the last few years, I have never seen them! Did you see yours when they were small or only once they got big? I never saw them floating, but wondering if a heron or something picked them out. At the time of stocking they were by far the biggest fish that went in.

[@DieselMike]

@@IndyFarmLife They are a very skittish fish. The minute they see you, they will dive deep and out of site. I only saw them once they got big. That first summer (2023) I was convinced they all died because I never saw them and the weeds didn't get much better. But I read that they get real productive in years 2-6. And MAN, that was certainly the case, because this summer, the pond weed starting coming to the surface in May and by June it just disappeared. Then I started seeing them as I walked slowly around the edge of the pond. I don't know if all 6 are still there, but the surface vegetation is night and day from before I stocked them. This winter I will apply for another half dozen for this spring and see if I get approved (I should), this way I will rotate their age. Apparently, after year 6, they don't eat as vigorous.

[@tlaughlin1969]

I like your idea of a stand pipe on the outlet. Sounds like you have a plan for winter.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks! I would have to brace it somehow but seems to me it would work! Not sure if I will do that yet this fall or not, but it would be easier than digging up the overflow and trying to fix it that way!

[@rogerkaiser8691]

@@IndyFarmLife I think you said in a prior video that you have a lot of fill left over from excaviting the pond, could you use some of it to mae a mound of earth around the stand pipe to insulate it from freezing in the winter? Maybe even have an outlet at the top of the stand that would angle down to let gravity take care of anything above the ponds overflow level with only the output end fo that pipe exposed to air.

[@Eyes0fTheSC]

Great update! I have been waiting for a pond video! For the vertical pipe, make sure that you drill a hole in the side or leave the cap ajar or else it will stay air locked and you won't ever see a water level in it. Just 2 cents from this armchair expert 😂 Keep up the great work!

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thank you! Hey, that's good advice! If I go that route, I will definitely keep that in mind. Still on the fence about doing that. It should certainly work, but it would be a pretty tall piece of pipe hanging out in the woods. ha

[@Eyes0fTheSC]

@@IndyFarmLife Awesome! I meant for the other vertical pipe that you already have & plan to pump water into in the Spring.

[@IndyFarmLife]

@Eyes0fTheSC ohh yes, right right!

[@tonivince589]

You could never do enough pond updates as far as I’m concerned. I share your excitement in filling up this beauty. My prediction of November 4th may be too late now. 😊

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks! I would say that's still a pretty good guess! It really comes down to whether I run the generator at night or not. Those extra hours are a game changer.

[@jamesscroggins3486]

That is awesome, you might consider buying in some type of float switch to turn the pump on and when the pond is at max

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks! It has a float switch. I just haven't installed it yet.

[@johnzink3309]

thx

[@IndyFarmLife]

You're welcome!

[@SpicerDesignsLLC]

Wow, thats crazy how much it grew. That sounded bad

[@IndyFarmLife]

You knew what you were doing. 🤣

[@stevehennessy3588]

Looking great! I've got a pond expert coming out next week to give me some options on how to improve my little pond. I really don't want to scrape it down, but we have so much vegetation around the edges - it needs help. No well for me, but I am looking at a solar aerator/fountain. Thanks for the update and good luck with all the new projects.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks! If you aren't opposed to spraying, I have used a product that will knock out shoreline vegetation quickly. Can't remember the name off the top of my head. Air will certainly help!

[@jerrypauling7809]

Looks good, I'm going to buy a solar pump for our stock tank, ranch in south Texas and rain is far and in between, our 1 acre is now half acre.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Wow, that's quite the drop! Ours never fell off that much. If you decide to buy from RPS (which I would highly advise) I would greatly appreciate it if you would use the RPS link in the description. Thanks!

[@jerrypauling7809]

@@IndyFarmLife will do, thanks that's the one I'm looking at

[@BennieKleynhans]

What do u estimate to be the size of the pond when full?

[@IndyFarmLife]

@BennieKleynhans About 1 acre in surface area and roughly 5 million gallons of water.

[@petenelson8136]

its coming along nicely, an inch a day not that's impressive. Any plans to stock your pond? You've got a few fish in it now, what kind other than the couple of small bass you showed.

[@IndyFarmLife]

Thanks Pete! Our pond is fully stocked. That video is below. Some of the bass and catfish are getting to be a pretty good size. Perhaps one day I'll shoot a fishing video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmmce5-Daa91jrssi=bOn-gHSKzokGuOqT

[@charlestaylor2480]

Anymore backhoe video

[@IndyFarmLife]

It will show up again at some point! :)