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As I said Meru, the pond takes care of itself largely. It is just a 2m by 1.5 meter hole in the ground with a plastic liner. Holds about 250-300 litres I think. Surrounded by rocks, garden, plants etc and with the water plants it's looks pretty natural.
The sun sheild is a triangular sunblocker material, about 70% blocking I got from the local hardware. Held about 600 mm above the pond by some ropes to the fence and a patio pole. Covers about 70% of the pond during the heat of the day and stops birds attempting to gte to the fish although they will happily fly down to the edge for splashes and drinks. Between that and the swan plants for the monarchs we have quite a little menangerie going on in our back yard.
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